customaspfunctions

Custom ASP Functions

Important: As of 8.01 SP2, the platforms/ASP folder is installed to the program files/Ektron/utilities folder. In order for ASP platform support to function, move the platforms/ASP folder to the Workarea folder and configure it.
Previously, the platforms folder was installed to the Workarea folder by default.

Ektron CMS400.NET displays content on your Web site through the use of custom Ektron ASP functions and ComObjects. Your template you must include the following file to be able to use the custom functions:

This file (application.asp) calls the file with the custom Ektron functions to allow the page to function properly. The include statement must appear at the top of every template file that uses an Ektron CMS400.NET custom ASP function.

Warning! ContentWS.asmx is the web services (WSDL) file that the custom ASP functions use to talk to Ektron CMS400.NET. The WSDLpath located in the applicationAPI.asp file must be set to location of the WSDL file. The default WSDLpath is http://localhost/CMS400Developer/WorkArea/WebServices/ContentWS.asmx. If you have changed the location of ContentWS.asmx you need to update the WSDLpath. For example, if your site is www.example.com, the WSDLpath would be http://www.example.com/WorkArea/WebServices/ContentWS.asmx.

To customize Ektron CMS400.NET, you need to be familiar with these tags.

Function	Description	More Information
Calendar Functions
Calendar	Displays a calendar with different display types. For example, a daily view calendar.	Calendar Function
Event Calendar	Displays a month view event calendar	Event Calendar Function
Collection Functions
Collection	Displays links generated by collections	Collection Function
CollectionXML	Creates XML for a collection by wrapping tags around all of the collection items and their properties. This allows you to use an XSLT to define how the XML collection is displayed.	XML Collection Function
Random Content	Randomly displays the content of a collection item	Random Content
Random Summary	Randomly displays the summary of a collection item	Random Summary
RSS Collection	Creates an RSS feed out of the items in a collection.	RSS Collection Function
Content Functions
Add Content	Allows a user to add content to Ektron CMS400.NET programmatically.	Add Content
Content Block	Displays and manages a content block	Content Block Function
Form	Displays a content block associated with a form	Form Function
Multipurpose	Displays either a content block or a form	MultiPurpose Function
List Summary Functions
Archive ListSummary	Displays summaries of archived content blocks	Archive List Summary Function
List Summary	Displays a list of content block summaries	List Summary Function
List Summary XML	Creates XML for a list summary by wrapping tags around all of the collection items and their properties. This allows you to use an XSLT to define how the XML collection is displayed.	XML List Summary Function
RSS List Summary	Creates an RSS feed out of the items in a list summary.	RSS Summary Function
Single Summary	Displays the summary for a content block	Single Summary Function
Login Functions
Login	Adds the login or logout button	Login Function
Menu Functions
DropHTMLMenu	Used to display a DHTML menu	DHTML Menus
GenerateMenu	Works with DropHTML menu to display DHTML menus	DHTML Menus
XML Menu	Creates XML for a menu by wrapping tags around all of the menu items properties.	XML Menu
Metadata Functions
Metadata	Displays the metadata for the current Web page	Metadata Function
Search Functions
Search	Inserts a text box with a search button	Search Functions (ASP)
Search Display	Creates an area to display search results	Search Display Function
Site Language Functions
ShowSiteLanguage	Lets a site visitor select a language in which to view site.	Show Site Language Function