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Hi,
I'm very new at Umbraco so this may be a case of rtfm. I've got the basics working, created a template macro, content etc. Now I'm looking into the options to use Umbraco to manage existing data in another database which consists more of entities than dynamic content, for example a list of countries with specific textual data and some images for each of the entries. This data is currently used on a non-umbraco site but the management of that data needs a new interface. What would be the best way to get Umbraco to do this?
thanks, Seth
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Joined: 7/19/2006
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Location: Preston, UK
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Seth,
You can create your own usercontrols to do this then expose those usercontrols via the dashboard. When you goto different sections of the editor ie content / media on the right hand side you see a dashboard. The elements that appear in the dashboard are controlled via the dashboard.config. So you could create your controls and expose them on an existing dashboard or you could create your own section (need to run some sql) then expose again via the dashboard.config.
Regards
Ismail
Level 2 certified. If it aint broke dont fix.
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