Lots of revision paid off in the end.

This guy was an amazing poet and musician, often dubbed “The Godfather of Rap”, he’s famous for one of the most critically acclaimed political songs: “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” as well as his innovative recent album “I’m New Here”.

May his words and wisdom continue to inspire.

I’m into electronic, hip-hop, dubstep, alternative and ambient, including:
Lone, Flying Lotus, Daft Punk, TOKiMONSTA, Akala, Take, Mr Beatnick, Mark Ronson & The Business Intl, Dam-Funk, Röyksopp, Calvin Harris, Magnetic Man, Mylo, Wu-Tang Clan, Luke Vibert, Toddla T, Lukid, Q-Tip, Acid Washed, Chase & Status, Simian Mobile Disco, Groove Armada, Friendly Fires, Michael Jackson, Teebs, Burial, Katy B, 4hero, Wagon Christ, Jurassic 5, Telonius, Prodigy, Plan B, SBTRKT, Gorillaz, Lowkey, J Dilla, Caribou, Chromeo, Pariah, M.I.A., Andreya Triana, Jamie Woon, Radiohead, Robyn, The Books, Quantic, Beck, Boards of Canada, deadmau5.

Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/sonicaab

20 – Akala – Yours And My Children

Alaka is definitely one of my favourite artists at the moment. His intellectual lyrics break from current mass commercialisation of hip-hop, creating thought provoking tunes, which challenge the status quo and give power to the people.

19 – The Streets – Trust Me

The streets new album comes out in February 2011, but Tust Me was released late last year. Great beat, clever lyrics, good music.

18 – Burial – Shell of Light

Burial is a musical genius, hands down. His style of dub-step has pushed the bounds of the genre and has inspired up and coming artists such as Jamie Woon and Pariah.

Burial – shell of light by Marika kartozia

17 – Jamie Woon – Wayfaring Stranger (Burial mix)

Jamie Woon finally gained commercial fame in 2010 with his song Night Air. But I’ve been listening to the Burial remix of Wayfaring Stranger for well over a year now, still one of my favourite tracks.

Jamie woon-wayfaring stranger burial mix by pempenki

16 – Katy B (featuring Ms Dynamite) – Lights On

Katy B is my favourite female vocalist at the moment. Granted she doesn’t have the best voice in the world, however she is just so damn cool.

She has stuck to her roots, coming from south london and growing with underground london sounds such as funky, dubstep and dnb, her collaborations with some of the best in the business are making her one to watch for 2011.

Lights on also features Ms Dynamite, whom I also have big respect for. After her early rise to commercial stardom, she took a break from music. But now she is “back with vengeance” in a big way, teaming up with Dj Zinc, Redlight, Magnetic Man, and Katy B. She is another one to watch for 2011.

15 – Robyn feat. Ryksopp – None of Dem

Now I have to say, Robyn is an artist that confuses me. Some of her tracks sound like really commercial pop, but others sound like great dance tracks. Her collaborations with Ryksopp however are always great, so it’s no surprise None of Dem was one of my most listened to songs.

Robyn – None Of Dem by billpham

14 – Lukid – Veto

Ah Lukid. 2010 continued my passion for that fresh new sound of instrumental electronic hip-hop, or future jazz, or whatever it’s called now. Pioneers such as Flying Lotus have paved the way for this exciting new sound. Still not well known outside the underground music scene, I think big things might be coming in 2011 for these artists.

13 – Tensnake – Congolal

The retro disco sound of Tensnake was a great summer hit of the underground electro scene in 2010. Chilled out, sweet vibes, great on a summer’s day on the beach or in the park.

12 – Boards of Canada – Olson

Boards of Canada, master’s of chillout released this song ages ago. But it caught my attention in 2010 and was a great song to just chill out and relax after a hard days work.

11 – Daft Punk – Derezzed

After a decade away, Daft Punk made a come back to produce the soundtrack to the Disney movie Tron Legacy. Because of this, a lot of the songs are more “background” tracks rather than propper club classics from which we’re used to from the duo. However Derezzed is a short, fast track that gets your heart racing and in the mood for some action!

10 – Uffie feat Pharrell Williams – ADD SUV (Armand Van Helden remix)

Now this was one of my favourite club bangers in 2010. Straight up good party music.

9 – Dark Sky – Something To Lose

Now this track fuses some really cool genre’s together. Starts off with some old sckool garage, then mixes into jungle/dnb. Quality track.

8 – Lone – Fly Fire Rainbow

Lone’s trippy, uplifting vibes make his tracks great chillout music. This track is the quintessential essence of his style.

7 – Mr. Flash – Champions (TV Track)

I was hooked to this instrumental hip-hop track throughout 2010. It just gets you pumped up for anything. A night out, a night in, a trip to the co-op, lol.

6 – The Count & Sinden feat. Bashy – Addicted To You (Lone Remix)

This track is sickkkkkkk!!!! Count & Sinden released a brand new album in 2010, and Lone gave Addicted to you a touch of his magic to make a brilliant club track.

5 – Flying Lotus – Do the Astral Plane

Ah, the main man himself Flying Lotus. This guy is a genius, genre inventing, game changing artist. His sound is pathing forth the future generation of hip-hop and those in the industry know it. Lil Wayne has been spittin on some of his instrumnetals and it’s just a matter of time untill one of his tracks becomes a hit.

His third studio album features the tack Do the Astral Plane, which just shows off the diversity of his sound.

4 – Daedelus – Fates Say

This song was like crack to me during the latter half of 2010. Mesmerising beat, with a slight ethnic twinge.

3 – Andreya Triana – Lost Where I Belong (Flying Lotus Remix)

Andreya Triana is damn sexy.
I could listen to her voice all day.
Soulful, cultured, beautiful, she has a lot going for her. The flying lotus remix of her song Lost Where I belong just goes to show she has the right connection in the music business. I hope she does well in 2011.

2 – Acid Washed – Acid Washed (Jungle Fiction Remix)

Now this group called Acid Washed released just 1 self named track. But the number of remixes this song has is astounding. The Jungle Fiction Remix was my favourite and was found on my playlist all too frequently in 2010.

1 – Telonius – Disco-Tec (Moulinex Remix)

2010 was the year I fell in love with electro.
Of all the other genre’s of music I love, I never really gave enough time or attention to electro. Last year that changes, and one of my favourite tracks was the remix of Disco-Tec by Moulinex.

Enjoy and happy 2011!!

                    
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Server Error in ‘/’ Application.

924D3DEEAC964880B38A9F4D4B664511^TestUser^123^123^20071011T161646

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: Sitecore.Exceptions.TicketParseException: 924D3DEEAC964880B38A9F4D4B664511^akom^123^321^20071011T161646
…

Why is this happening?

A: These characters “^” and “|” can’t be used in the name of the user and the password.

Reference:
http://sdn.sitecore.net/Scrapbook/Illegal%20characters%20in%20the%20name%20of%20the%20user%20and%20the%20password.aspx

item:renamed
0
Item
Result item

1
String
Item name before renaming

Unfortunately in practice the second value is actually the current item name, and not the previous name.

This bug presents a massive problem if you require the previous name.

Fortunately I found a way around this.
By using the Sitecore history engine, you can work out what the previous name was.

Solution:

        protected void OnItemRename(object sender, EventArgs args)
        {
            var itm = Event.ExtractParameter(args, 0) as Sitecore.Data.Items.Item;

            if (itm == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            var history = itm.Database.Engines.HistoryEngine.GetHistory(DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-1), DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(1));

            if (history.Count < 1)
            {
                return;
            }

            var oldEntity = GetOldEntity(itm.ID.Guid, itm.Paths.Path, history);

            var oldName = GetOldName(oldEntity.ItemPath);
        }

        ///

        /// Uses the history engine to retrieve the last entry with a different path from the target item.
        /// 

        ///

        /// The item id.
        /// 
        ///

        /// The item path.
        /// 
        ///

        /// The history.
        /// 
        /// 
        /// History Entity
        /// 
        public static HistoryEntry GetOldEntity(Guid itemId, string itemPath, HistoryEntryCollection history)
        {
            var oldEntities = from h in history
                              orderby h.Created descending
                              where h.ItemId.Guid.Equals(itemId) && (!h.ItemPath.Equals(itemPath))
                              select h;

            return oldEntities.Count() < 1 ? null : oldEntities.First();
        }

        ///

        /// Gets the old item name
        /// 

        ///

        /// The old item path.
        /// 
        /// 
        /// The old item name
        /// 
        public static string GetOldName(string oldItemPath)
        {
            return oldItemPath.Substring(
                (oldItemPath.LastIndexOf("/", StringComparison.CurrentCulture) + 1),
                (oldItemPath.Length - oldItemPath.LastIndexOf("/", StringComparison.CurrentCulture) - 1));
        }

The error:

Sitecore’s event handlers conflict with RadGrid, which causes sorting, filtering, editing and deleting to fail.
I kept receiving a bank page every time an event fired, as if it lost the datasource.

The solution:

The solution to this problem is to exclude the controls from Sitecore’s event handlers.
You can do this very easily by updating the following section in the Sitecore web.config:

  
    
      
        System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater
        System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataList
        System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridView
        Telerik.Web.UI.RadGrid
      
    

CryptographicException file not found

Server Error in ‘/’ Application.
The system cannot find the file specified.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: The system cannot find the file specified.
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[CryptographicException: The system cannot find the file specified.
]
System.Security.Cryptography.Utils.CreateProvHandle(CspParameters parameters, Boolean randomKeyContainer) +7715070
System.Security.Cryptography.DSACryptoServiceProvider.ImportParameters(DSAParameters parameters) +258
System.Security.Cryptography.DSA.FromXmlString(String xmlString) +501
Sitecore.Nexus.Licensing.NexusLicenseApi.(String xml, Guid instance) +124
Sitecore.Nexus.Licensing.NexusLicenseApi.GetSnapShot(Guid instance) +683
Sitecore.SecurityModel.License.LicenseManager.GetSnapshotData(Guid instance) +47
Sitecore.SecurityModel.License.LicenseManager.UpdateSnapshot() +70
Sitecore.SecurityModel.License.LicenseManager.Initialize() +8
Sitecore.Nexus.Web.HttpModule.Application_Start() +76
Sitecore.Nexus.Web.HttpModule.Init(HttpApplication app) +435
System.Web.HttpApplication.InitModulesCommon() +65
System.Web.HttpApplication.InitModules() +43
System.Web.HttpApplication.InitInternal(HttpContext context, HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers) +729
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetNormalApplicationInstance(HttpContext context) +298
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetApplicationInstance(HttpContext context) +107
System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +289

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.4927; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.4927

This random error is actually being caused by the IIS application pool not being configured to run using a non-standard user account Identity.

The solution:

To solve the problem, set Load User Profile to true for the website application pool in IIS.

1. Open IIS Manager
2. Click on Application Pools on the right.
3. Right Click on the application pool for your web site and select “Advanced Settings”
4. In the Process Model section, set Load User Profile to true.

References:

http://www.realnero.info/2010/04/sitecore-cryptographicexception-file.html
http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog.aspx

But this isn’t the case. To check if an item is valid, I created a custom function called ValidateItemFields that works in an item event handler.

Solution:

        ///

        /// Validates all fields in item.
        /// 

        ///

        /// The item to be validated.
        /// 
        /// 
        /// True if all fields are valid.
        /// 
        private static bool ValidateItemFields(Item item)
        {
            if (((item != null) && !item.Paths.IsMasterPart) && !StandardValuesManager.IsStandardValuesHolder(item))
            {
                item.Fields.ReadAll();
                item.Fields.Sort();
                foreach (Field field in item.Fields)
                {
                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(field.Validation) && !Regex.IsMatch(field.Value, field.Validation, RegexOptions.Singleline))
                    {
                        return false;
                    }
                }

                var formValue = WebUtil.GetFormValue("scValidatorsKey");
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(formValue))
                {
                    var validators = ValidatorManager.GetValidators(ValidatorsMode.ValidatorBar, formValue);
                    var options = new ValidatorOptions(true);
                    ValidatorManager.Validate(validators, options);
                    var valid = ValidatorResult.Valid;
                    foreach (BaseValidator validator in validators)
                    {
                        var result = validator.Result;
                        if (validator.ItemUri != null)
                        {
                            var item1 = Client.ContentDatabase.GetItem(validator.ItemUri.ToDataUri());
                            if (((item1 != null) && StandardValuesManager.IsStandardValuesHolder(item1)) && (result > ValidatorResult.CriticalError))
                            {
                                result = ValidatorResult.CriticalError;
                            }
                        }

                        if (result > valid)
                        {
                            valid = validator.Result;
                        }

                        if (validator.IsEvaluating && (validator.MaxValidatorResult >= ValidatorResult.CriticalError))
                        {
                            return false;
                        }
                    }

                    switch (valid)
                    {
                        case ValidatorResult.CriticalError:
                            return false;

                        case ValidatorResult.FatalError:
                            return false;
                    }
                }
            }

            return true;
        }

Example:

///

        /// On Item Moving event handler for ImportArticle Items
        /// 

        ///

        /// The sender object.
        /// 
        ///

        /// The args.
        /// 0 - Item being moved
        /// 1 - Move destination
        /// 
        public void OnItemMoving(object sender, EventArgs args)
        {
            var item = Event.ExtractParameter(args, 0) as Item;
            if (item == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            // Check item type is ImportArticle
            if (!item.Template.Name.Equals(TemplateName))
            {
                return;
            }

            // If ancestor is a child of Content Node, then return
            if (item.Axes.GetAncestors().Any(ancestor => ancestor.Paths.Path.Equals(ContentItemPath)))
            {
                return;
            }

            // If item is valid, return
            if (ValidateItemFields(item))
            {
                return;
            }

            SheerResponse.Alert(ErrorMessage, new string[0]);
            ((SitecoreEventArgs)args).Result.Cancel = true;
        }

Just take a look at the people that work the hardest today, nurses, cleaners, factory workers, firemen the list goes on. If the American Dream was true, then these people should be the thriving. But instead its the people who do the least work such as land owners, bankers and shareholders, getting rich through rents, investments and exploiting the poor’s debt.

Pyramid of the Capitalist System

The IWW (Industrial Workers of the World), produced a classic poster depicting the capitalist pyramid scheme, showing all the instruments the capitalist uses to control the masses.

Modern Pyramid of the Capitalist System

I discovered a more recent version on Francois Tremblay’s blog, which is more relevant to how the Capitalist Pyramid scheme functions today.

If you have a namespace which has the same name as another namespace but at a different level, .net won’t know which namespace to use, and will through an error.

This is also true for classes as well.

Example:

namespace Zone.Section
{
public class ShowZone{}
}


using Zone.Section

}

Now the example above will not compile, because .net can only see the Zone for Website.Zone, and not Zone.Section.

This problem usually occurs if you haven’t organised your namespaces properly, or is you have inherited code form various sources.

The solution

To get this code to work, you need to use the global prefix, and define the “using” (or Imports in vb.net) within the namespace.

For example:

using Zone.Section

}

OR

namespace Website.Zone
{

}

If the business is created by more than one person, then those people share the profits of the business in a partnership.

After the setup of the business, any new workers that join the business are not usually entitled to any profit generated, only their wage which is set by the employer.

This is were the problem starts.

Workers are exploited by their employers whom benefit entirely from the profits created from their labour. This is a form of unearned income, which is the process of those with capital controlling the means of production to extort capital from the workers.

This is the system of capitalism, which dominates the world today.

In small to medium sized business, where the owners of the business are usually also employees within the business; the owners primary motivation is profit, but because they are also employees they usually care about the well being of the workers and the social responsibility of the business.

As the business grows and the founders have extorted a significant amount of capital from the workers, they often retire and live entirely off there capital generated by the workers labour.

Because the workers never get their rightful share of the profits, the amount of capital they can save to start their own business is limited, and ultimately they would have to find wealthy investors to finance their own business.

Investors give capital to entrepreneurs, and in return they want a share of the ownership of the business, and a share of the profits.

This reduces the share of the profits the founder of the business recieves, so they are encouraged to reduce the pay and working conditions of the workers to compensate, exploiting the workers even more.

To generate more unearned income, the wealthy elite (Bourgeoisie) encourage a “free market” where they can invest money in all different types of companies and exploit workers to fund their extravagant lifestyle.

The ultimate form of capitalism is slavery, where the the owners of the plantations also owned the workers, and extorted the maximum amount of profit, becoming incredibly rich and powerful.

This is why today some countries are rich and some are poor. The poor countries were the ones where the workers were exploited and enslaved, and the rich countries are the ones which did the exploiting using brute force and barbarian tactics.

What’s the alternative?

The alternative to the exploitative business model are co-operatives.

In a co-operative, the workers and consumers all own the business, which means they get to share equally in the profits the business makes, and have full control over how it is run.

This benefits the workers, because they receive better pay and working conditions. It benefits consumers, because they get products they need. It benefits the wider community because business decisions made will take into consideration the needs of the community and the effects the business has on society – making it possible reduce carbon emissions, promote fair trade and invest in community projects.

These types of businesses already exist, so you can make a difference today by trying to purchase from them whenever you can.

• The Co-Operative Group
• John Lewis Partnership

Further reading:
What’s the Problem With Unearned Income?

Publishing a Cuyahoga site from the source code using visual studio will not work using the in built publishing tools alone. You need to take a few additional steps.

Please note I used Visual Studio 2008 to create this tutorial. The steps may differ slightly in different versions.

1. Rebuild solution

Rebuild the entire solution to make sure everything is up to date.
Also make sure all your modules have been added to the Modules folder of the Web project successfully.

2. Publish Cuyahoga.Web project

Publish the web project by selecting from the menu:

• Select the Cuyahoga.Web project in the solution explorer.
• Select Build from the menu bar.
• Select Publish Cuyahoga.Web.
• In the Publish dialog:
  • Select a target location for the published site.
  • Select “Delete all existing files prior to publish” for a clean install.
  • Select “Only files needed to run this application.”
  • Select Publish button.

3. Add module files to published site.

You need to copy the modules folder from you Cuyahoga.Web project, over to your published site manually.
If there is nothing in your Cuyahoga.Web modules folder, you probably didn’t rebuild the solution properly, so go back and repeat step 1.

4. Deploy

Your site is now fully compiled and ready to deploy.

It didn’t seem obvious to me at first how to change the appearance of the Cuyahoga admin template, so I thought I’d create a simple guide to point you in the right direction.

Web Config

Cuyahoga Admin Web Config

The web config within the admin folder of your Cuyahoga site is where you can find the template settings.
/Admin/Web.config

<appSettings> <add key="TemplateDir" value="~/Admin/Controls/" /> <add
    key="DefaultTemplate" value="AdminTemplate.ascx" /> <add key="DefaultCss"
    value="~/Admin/Css/Admin.css" /> <add key="DefaultTitle" value="Cuyahoga Site
    Administration" /> </appSettings>

Template directory

Set this to the directory that contains the template you want to use for the admin section.

Default template

Set this to the template file you wish to use as the default admin template. Note that this file must reside within the template directory.

Default CSS

Set the default CSS file to be used by the template.

Default Title

Set the default page title use for the admin section.

Conclusion

Its probably best to make a copy of the standard AdminTemplate.ascx template, then edit this to fix your design if your new to using templates in Cuyahoga.

But the system is flexible enough to allow you to create your own templates from scratch.

This tutorial shows you how to create a simple module for the open source CMS Cuyahoga.
Visual studio 2008 was used to create this example, but it should also work in Visual Studio 2005 with the SP1 upgrade.

Supporting documents:
Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample Files VB.net
PDF tutorial

1. Download Cuyahoga source

You can download the latest version here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cuyahoga/files/

2. Install and run site

Set up a sample site or use your current Cuyahoga site.

3. Open the Cuyahoga solution in visual studio.

4. Add a new web application project to the solution.

Name the project using the following standard: Cuyahoga.Modules.

Add Project

Add Web Project

6. Add directories

Add the following directories to your project:
Web
Install
Install/Database
Install/Database/mssql2000

Add Folders

7. Add post build events.

Edit and then add the following post build events to your project properties:

xcopy /s /y "$(ProjectDir)"Web\*.as?x "$(SolutionDir)"Web\Modules\Sample\
xcopy /s /y "$(ProjectDir)"Install\Database\*.sql "$(SolutionDir)"Web\Modules\Sample\Install\Database\
xcopy /s /y "$(TargetDir)"Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample*.dll "$(SolutionDir)"Web\bin\

You can find the post build events window by going to:
Open Project Properties

Go to Project Properties

Properties Compile

Build Events

If your using a different version of visual studio, the build events window might be a tab in the project properties window.

8. Add project references.

You will need to add at least the following two project references:
Cuyahoga.Core
Cuyahoga.Web

To add a project reference, right click on the project in the solution explorer and the select add reference.

Add project reference

Add reference

9. Create the module controller.

Create a new class in the root of your module project called Module.
For example – SampleModule

Add the following code to your class, remember to change SampleModule for the name of your module.

C#

using System;
using Cuyahoga.Core.Domain;

Namespace Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample
{
    ///

    /// Controller class of the module
    /// 

    class SampleModule: ModuleBase
    {
        ///

        /// Controller constructor
        /// 

        Public SampleModule()
        {
            //nothing in the constructor for this basic sample
        }
    }
}

VB.net

Imports System
Imports Cuyahoga.Core.Domain

'''

''' Controller class of the module
''' 

Class SampleModule
    Inherits ModuleBase
    '''

    ''' Controller constructor
    ''' 

    Public Sub New()
        'nothing in the constructor for this basic sample
    End Sub
End Class

10. Create a user control.

Add a new user control to your web folder, for example:

<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Sample.ascx.cs"
    Inherits="Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample.Web.Sample" %>
Hello World!

The code behind needs to inherit the BaseModule Control.

For example:

C#

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

using Cuyahoga.Web.UI;

Namespace Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample.Web
{
    ///

    /// Sample control displayng in Cuyahoga the "Hello World" text
    /// 

    public partial class Sample : BaseModuleControl
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //for this basic sample we do not need to do anything
        }
    }
}

VB.net

Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.Security
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts
Imports System.Web.UI.HtmlControls

Imports Cuyahoga.Web.UI

Namespace Web
    '''

    ''' Sample control displayng in Cuyahoga the "Hello World" text
    ''' 

    Partial Public Class Sample
        Inherits BaseModuleControl
        Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            'for this basic sample we do not need to do anything
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

11. Create the SQL installation scripts.

In the Install/Database/mssql2000 folder you need to add 3 files to take advantage of the auto install and uninstall features.

Version File

For example if your module is at version 1.0.0, you need to add a file called 1.0.0.sql with the following code:

UPDATE cuyahoga_version SET major = 1, minor = 0, patch = 0 WHERE assembly = 'Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample'
go

install.sql

The install.sql file will contain all the tables and stored procedures that need to be installed in the database to run your module, as well as update some of the CMS tables to identify your module.

For example:

/*
 *  Table data
 */
--Install the Sample module for Cuyahoga in SQL Server

INSERT INTO cuyahoga_moduletype ([name], assemblyname, classname, path, editpath, inserttimestamp, updatetimestamp)
VALUES ('Sample', 'Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample', 'Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample.SampleModule', 'Modules/Sample/Sample.ascx', NULL, getdate(), getdate())
GO

INSERT INTO cuyahoga_version (assembly, major, minor, patch)
VALUES ('Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample', 1, 5, 0)
GO

uninstall.sql

The uninstall.sql file will contain instructions to delete the tables, stored procedures and other records installed by the install.sql file.

For example:

--Uninstall the Sample module in Cuyahoga for SQL Server

DELETE FROM cuyahoga_version WHERE assembly = 'Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample'
go

DELETE FROM cuyahoga_moduletype
WHERE assemblyname = 'Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample'
go

12. Rebuild entire solution and run.

Run the site and login as admin.
Navigate to the modules page and you should now see your module in the table.

Click install and if everything is fine it should be installed and you can now add that modules to sections of the site.

Troubleshooting

Namespace problems.

You might come across a problem when you try to install the module which throws the following error:

An error occured: Loading failed for Sample.Could not find module: Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample.SampleModule, Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample

This is caused by some of the namespaces in your module not being compiled correctly.
I found out that Visual studio sometimes adds the default namespace to your class in addition to whatever namespace you declare.
So if you used Namespace Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample.Web in your code, this will actually come out as Namespace Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample.Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample.Web.
To fix this remove the default namespace from your class. So the example I provided before will now simply be: Namespace Web

Install Scripts

In order for the install scripts to work, they need to have the right file name and be places in the correct folder structure defined in the tutorial.
Its recommended to have all three files for this feature to work smoothly.

Cannot see web form or user control source files in Visual Studio.

For some reason, Visual Studio will sometimes hide certain files and folders. To see all files in the project folder go to PROJECT in the main menu and select SHOW ALL FILES.

Further reading:

http://www.paolocorti.net/2007/04/30/cuyahoga-hello-world-sample-module-tutorial/
http://www.cuyahoga-project.org/home/developers.aspx

By default you are unable to add web forms or user controls to a Class Library project. This guide will tell you how to get around this.

IMPORTANT – Backup your project file before you make any amends to it, just in case something goes wrong.

Step 1 – Open class library project file in a text editor.

The project file is usually in the root folder and has a file extension of .vbproj or .csproj

Step 2 – Add or replace the tag

Add or replace the tag with the following:

{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{F184B08F-C81C-45F6-A57F-5ABD9991F28F}

This tag should be underneath the tag, which is within the tag.

Example:

  
    Debug
    AnyCPU
    9.0.30729
    2.0
    {42FC0FAF-C05B-4C16-AB8A-3F4698F910D8}
    {349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{F184B08F-C81C-45F6-A57F-5ABD9991F28F}
    Library
    Cuyahoga.Modules.Test
    Cuyahoga.Modules.Test
    512
    WebControl
    v3.5
    On
    Binary
    Off
    On
  
  
    true
    full
    true
    true
    bin\Debug\
    Cuyahoga.Modules.Test.xml
    42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022
  
  
    pdbonly
    false
    true
    true
    bin\Release\
    Cuyahoga.Modules.Test.xml
    42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022
  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      3.5
    
    
      3.5
    
    
      3.5
    
  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
    
    
    
      True
      Application.myapp
    
    
      True
      True
      Resources.resx
    
    
      True
      Settings.settings
      True
    
  
  
    
      VbMyResourcesResXFileCodeGenerator
      Resources.Designer.vb
      My.Resources
      Designer
    
  
  
    
      MyApplicationCodeGenerator
      Application.Designer.vb
    
    
      SettingsSingleFileGenerator
      My
      Settings.Designer.vb
    
  
  
  

Step 3 – Save file and open project up in visual studio.

Conclusion

You should now be able to add web forms and user controls from the solution explorer within visual studio.

Further reading:
http://haacked.com/archive/2006/02/07/AddingWebUserControlToAClassLibraryInVS.NET2005.aspx

If a directory within an ASP.net website is deleted while the site is running, this causes the whole site to reboot, loosing any session data and logging out users.

This quick tutorial will show you a quick fix that can be run in your global.asax to prevent this from happening.

Step 1 – Define the bug fix method

Define the following method somewhere in your application (easiest is within the global.asax file, but you can place it anywhere else that’s more convenient).

C#

private void FixAppDomainRestartWhenTouchingFiles()
{
if (CurrentTrustLevel == AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Unrestricted)
{
// From: http://forums.asp.net/p/1310976/2581558.aspx
// FIX disable AppDomain restart when deleting subdirectory
// This code will turn off monitoring from the root website directory.
// Monitoring of Bin, App_Themes and other folders will still be operational, so updated DLLs will still auto deploy.
PropertyInfo p = typeof(HttpRuntime).GetProperty("FileChangesMonitor", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static);
object o = p.GetValue(null, null);
FieldInfo f = o.GetType().GetField("_dirMonSubdirs", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.IgnoreCase);
object monitor = f.GetValue(o);
MethodInfo m = monitor.GetType().GetMethod("StopMonitoring", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
m.Invoke(monitor, new object[] { });
}
}

VB.net

        Private Sub FixAppDomainRestartWhenTouchingFiles()
    If CurrentTrustLevel = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Unrestricted Then
        ' From: http://forums.asp.net/p/1310976/2581558.aspx
        ' FIX disable AppDomain restart when deleting subdirectory
        ' This code will turn off monitoring from the root website directory.
        ' Monitoring of Bin, App_Themes and other folders will still be operational, so updated DLLs will still auto deploy.
        Dim p As PropertyInfo = GetType(HttpRuntime).GetProperty("FileChangesMonitor", BindingFlags.NonPublic Or BindingFlags.[Public] Or BindingFlags.[Static])
        Dim o As Object = p.GetValue(Nothing, Nothing)
        Dim f As FieldInfo = o.[GetType]().GetField("_dirMonSubdirs", BindingFlags.Instance Or BindingFlags.NonPublic Or BindingFlags.IgnoreCase)
        Dim monitor As Object = f.GetValue(o)
        Dim m As MethodInfo = monitor.[GetType]().GetMethod("StopMonitoring", BindingFlags.Instance Or BindingFlags.NonPublic)
        m.Invoke(monitor, New Object() {})
    End If
End Sub

Step 2 – Create Global.asax file in root of application.

If you don’t already have a global.asax file, you need to create one in the root of your application.

Step 3 – Run method in Application Start event of global.asax

C#

protected void Application_Start(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Misc
FixAppDomainRestartWhenTouchingFiles();
}

VB.net

Protected Sub Application_Start(ByVal sender As [Object], ByVal e As EventArgs)
' Misc
FixAppDomainRestartWhenTouchingFiles()
End Sub

Conclusion

This should fix the bug and prevent the ASP.net web site from restarting when a directory is deleted.

Further reading:
http://forums.asp.net/p/1310976/2581558.aspx