2sxc Documentation

Simple Apps allow quick deployment, installation, testing and clean removal without side effects. Install an app, adapt to your needs - simple and standardized, using tokens and razor. added-06.00.00

With the new DataSource called App you can retrieve data from another App. For example, you can query a References-App from another Portal to show the same references again. added-06.01.00

With the ADAM extension, 2sxc automatically takes care of all content files (like images, pdfs, etc.). This greatly increases user comfort and speed when working with content-files. added-07.03

The user can choose whether he wants to add an item to a list and immediately show a demo-record (with the [+] button), or just open a dialog which doesn't add anything if he cancels. added-05.05.01

Various features of Apps like the Required (DNN) Version or Path ar explained here added-06.00.00

This app datasource helps you access data from other apps or just group your information by content-types (like tables) added-07.00.00

Using the App-Object you can access path information, settings and resources. added-05.05.00

Now apps can use centralized settings and multilingual resources for their templates. Works with tokens and razor. added-06.00.00

Now you can easily get all Categories with App.Data["Category"] or all questions with App.Data["Question"]. You can also use this as the input for further filtering, sorting and more. added-06.01.00

Any visual query you create can also be used from razor using this property. added-07.00.00

Passing data in query through this DataSource will help you remove many attributes to make your JSON smaller and also keep hidden fields hidden. added-07.00.00

To access data from 2sxc inside JavaScript, just enable the publish-feature and you will get a JSON-feed with all the data. We recommend to use this together with the JavaScript-API giving you a seamless Sexy-JavaScript experience! added-05.02.00

AngularJS Apps in DNN are a bit different than outside DNN, mainly because they are not alone (MAP instead of SPA) and also need to know which module they belong to. 2sxc automates the initialization of everything. added-07.00.00

In case something breaks on a large upgrade, please consult this to see when we introduced what breaking changes. added-

2sxc automatically bundles and minifies your secondary files as you need it. Also called Client-Dependency in DNN or Enable Optimizations in 2sxc. added-04.00.00

This data source ensures that duplicate requests are served from the cache and that the query doesn't happen any more. added-07.02.00

Use simple tokens like [QueryString:Person] or [User:UserId] to configure data pipelines. This even allows for fallback-scenarios (like when the querystring doesn't have a configuration, like [QueryString:AppId|[AppSettings:DefaultAppId]] added-06.00.00

Each portal has it's own virtual data base (VDB) and in it a bunch of Apps, again separated from each other. If you need to, you can access other VDBs... added-04.00.00

Since 2sxc 8.4 you can create content-blocks inside other content blocks. This allows you to create list/details scenarios and still use designed 2sxc-content block or even gallery apps inside the details-page. added-08.04.00

A content-type defines the structure of an information-set. A news-item has a title, body and date, whereas a person also needs first/last names, birthday, etc. added-01.00.00

Using simple server-side commands, you can create entities, edit and delete them in code. Thanks to this feature, you can create your own edit-dialogs or partial dialogs for workflows and similar. Also create simple or complex feedback forms and more. added-06.05

CSVs are a popular file format to sync data from a backend system like an ERP into the web site. Now you can just use the exported file as data, cache it, publish - whatever you want. added-07.02.00

Supports placing all data in the module into the DNN-Search. This works for simple items (like title/text/image) as well as for lists. The special feature is that it allows you to change how the index works. You could specify an alternate (detail-page) url for each item. added-06.02.00

Now you can easily add any kind of data to the pipeline with the DataTableDataSource. This is great for adding XML, RSS, NoSQL sources, Resx-files and much, much more. added-06.00.06

Easily access backend data with a DataSource. Attach some filters and viola! you get a very powerfull, configuration based data query system. added-04.00.00

All data (entities) are versioned automatically and can easily be restored whenever you need a previous version. added-06.00.00

To keep things nice and separate data-preparation from data presentation we added a method called CustomizeData(). This is always called before the template is processed - for showing, for JSON delivery and for search-indexing. added-06.01.00

Sometimes you just want to add piece of HTML to your page that will always be the same - like a decorative line. Since you're not adding any data, there is no content-type to choose from. This is where the Design-Element is used. added-01.00.00

Need to know more about @Dnn.Portal, @Dnn.Module.Id, Dnn.User, Dnn.Tab or similar - this is your best starting point. added-01.00

A data source which will deliver Form And List data (formerly known as UdT or User Defined Table) to your templates, razor, tokens or WebAPI / JSON. added-07.00.00

A DataSource allowing you to add SQL but only run on the DNN Database. It also prevents you from using statements such as Insert and protects you against SQL Injection. added-07.00.00

Now you can easily query all or some user profiles to show in user directories or show extracts of users for any kind of use case. Highly cachable :) added-08.05.00

Enable or disable various languages in 2sxc. added-04.00.00

This can now be done in code. added-06.01.00

Export/Import is now available and handles a variety of complex scenarios. It can match languages, re-link files and much more. added-05.04.00

Use this input-type to provide editors with an icon picker. It also provides icon search and more. added-08.03.07

This input-type is for creating url-parts which are safe, lower-case and without special characters. It prevents bad input and can automatically be populated based on another field - like the title. Use it to define URLs for News, Blogs, Artices, Real-Estate-Items and more. added-08.03.05

The entity field type is to establish relationships between content-items, both 1:1 and 1:n. This can be a lookup-relationship like 'Author', a parent-information like 'ManagedBy', a list of shared children like 'Tags' or a list of un-shared children like 'recipe-steps'. added-02.00

Each field type has special features and ways to use it. We try to keep all options/feature listed in our documentation. added-01.00.00

You can now specify if the user should see a file, page or image-picker, and which one is default. added-05.04.00

Thanks to Github support you can now version your App in Github (data, templates and assets), and 2sxc will ignore all the temporary Github-parts when exporting the app added-07.02.00

UI to help users choose GPS coordinates for addresses and similar. Automatically finds a previously entered address and allows to manually change pin. added-05.04.00

Hide all complicated settings like Administration from the content-editor by creating a user group called 2sxc Designers. added-03.00

All content from 2sxc is 100% cached by default, meaning it will not access the database at all. added-04.02.00

Awesome Image-Resizer with really neat features. added-05.03.00

2sxc provides an extensive, advanced content import/export system to help you migrate from other tools or import data from Excel and other lists. added-07.00.00

A hovering mini-toolbar tells the user where he can add new content-blocks or apps. This works in normal view mode and is super-fast and elegant. added-08.04.00

When installing Apps or anything else, everything is done automatically and DNN doesn't need to restart. This is very powerful because in a live large system - downtimes and I-Hope-It-Still-Works-Afterwards are not acceptable. added-06.00.00

With InstancePurpose your code knows if it's running to be templated, for publishing JSON data or for search indexing. added-06.01.00

In your Queries you can use the In-Token like [In:StreamName:ValueName] to use parameters from existing Content-Items. This is usually used together with Module-Content to allow the editor to configure queries. added-07.00.00

The JavaScript API provides various automation helping you connect data from 2sxc with JavaScript. added-04.00.00

Amazingly simple integration with knockoutJS. An amazingly simple data-backend using 2sxc, a cool JS-Framework to play with the output - all connected with the Data-Pipeline of 2sxc. added-04.00.00

Once you apply a list to a template, you suddenly have multile items presented - maybe as a table or as a designed list. What you then often need is a way to add a title before that or create settings for the way the list is presented. added-03.00.00

You can use strongly typed data sources with safe configuration to supply your templates with any data you need. added-05.00.00

Designed content can be one item, or it can be an entire list of items. This is very easy to do. added-03.00.00

With the simple toolbar you can enhance the editing experience. added-03.00.00

Use simple HTML-tags or javascript to create inline or hovering add and edit-buttons added-06.00.00

To use module-data like ModuleID in [Token] templates (important for JSON-feeds, Details-Links and more) we added a [Module:...] value provider. added-05.02.00

This data source delivers the content-items which were specifically added to a module. It's the default data-source on all modules and also provides Presentation-information. added-07.00.00

2sxc offers powerfull - we believe the best possible - multi-language implementation. added-04.00.00

Point to a 2sxc Page with some extra parameters, and all HTML around the 2sxc will disappear. This helps create details-pages in lightboxes or dynamic areas of the HTML, or even allows you to produce a manual JSON-Feed without any HTML around it. added-04.00.00

Now you can use npm (nodeJS package manager) and Gulp/Grunt when developing your 2sxc-Apps. This helps you create better code and automate lots of working steps. added-07.02.00

Use 2sxc to create lists and then show cool detail pages in lightboxes or otherwise. All SEO-optimized. added-04.00.00

Now you can user @RenderPage to call other Razor-Scripts, and these scripts automatically receive the save Content, List, Presentation etc. variables to work with. This allows you to re-use partial templates. added-06.00.00

Links will still work even after moving pages and files in DNN. They also still work when you rename pages or files. added-05.04.00

All views in an app can be protected using permissions - thereby ensuring that certain views can only be used by editors / admins. This allows you to create edit/admin-UIs as needed. added-07.01.00

Thanks to new permissions you can give anonymous users access to Queries or even allow creating content-items (like feedback forms). added-07.01.00

You can easily use PetaPoco in Razor Templates with DNN and 2sxc. added-06.00.06

Sometimes you want to pre-fill a new Entity with existing information - like the current date, the users name, or data from another list like a file-ID or infos from an XML-Stream. This is now possible. added-05.05.01

The new quick-dialog shows preview-images for apps, views/templates and content-types. Here's how it works and how you can use it. added-09.01

To use query-string parameters like ?showrecord=37 (important for detail-pages or filtering stuff) we added a [QueryString:...] value provider. added-05.02.00

To make content editing even faster - and consistent across modules and inner-content - we introduced the hovering quick-edit toolbar. added-08.04.00

Now you can connect entities (like authors and books) in awesome ways. Also extremely usefull for tagging and similar scenarios. added-05.03.00

The new RelationshipFilter helps in list-pages to find all items with a category and similar scenarios. added-06.01.00

Now 2sxc offers a simple REST API so that you can access content like .../app-content/Feedback/342 to perform all kinds of actions using JavaScript. added-07.01.00

You can create templates that allow configuration with the Presentation-Element. For example, you could configure image-size or placement, click-behavior or show/hide things in your template. added-03.00.00

There are cases where certain parts of an app should be shared across multiple zones / portals. added-02.00.00

It was always possible to use SQL data before, but with the new data sources it actually is fun to use and fully integrated. added-06.00.06

A DataSource allowing you to add SQL to run on any Database. It also prevents you from using statements such as Insert and protects you against SQL Injection. Note that it's currently not available in the Visual Query Designer. added-07.00.00

This data source allows you to choose from various data sources. It returns the first one actually containing data - so it's ideal to try various filters and return "All" if none of the filters match. added-07.00.02

Tokens offer a way to use default-values if a token is empty. Ideal for queries or simple texts like "Name Unknown". added-06.00.00

Stacking tokens within tokens allows you to choose between many tokens and also implement multi-language default-values. added-07.00.00

2sxc comes with two built in view engines. The Token-Engine uses simple placeholders like [Content:Title] and allows you to do amazing things - with very simple technologies. added-01.00.00

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Use this to filter / find one or more items comparing values like name, category etc. Since 08.05 it also has many comparisons like contains, between, etc. added-07.00.00

Create vCards based on 2sxc Data. Very easy to use. added-05.02.00

Now any view can have a name in the URL - so that a module showing that App can easily change between views just by adding "Details" or "CategoryList" to the URL. Simple and powerful. added-06.06.00

The new visual query designer helps you retrieve, filter and sort data for use in any kind of template - be it Tokens, Razor, JavaScript, AngularJS etc. added-07.00.00

Thanks to the fully automated WebAPI integration you can easily include and distribute your WebAPIs with you Apps. added-06.05