Packages
Overview of the free / open source Umbraco packages I’ve created (some in collab with others). This list only features the most recent ones and the still usefull/active ones that work with Umbraco 6.
Char Limit Datatype
New datatype, a textarea with a limit on the characters. The character limit can be set on the edit datatype page (default this is set to 100).So you get feedback on the amount of characters left when you are typing. If you exceed the limit the content gets trimmed.
Full details: http://www.nibble.be/?p=49
Project page: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/char-limit
Config tree
Adds a tree to the developer section called "Config Files". It will list all of the *.config files in your ~/config folder. These can all be modified in the editor provided.
Full details:http://www.nibble.be/?p=53
Project page: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/developer-tools/config-tree
Dictionary Datatype
Adds a new datatype that can come in handy when working with multilingual sites and you don’t wan’t to replicate a certain content/media node for each language. A property of this type will add a textbox(or textarea) for each language that is set.
Project page: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/dictionary-datatype
Eazy D
Makes creating Umbraco dictionary items easier
Trailer:http://www.nibble.be/?p=286
Full details: http://www.nibble.be/?p=298
Project page: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/developer-tools/eazy-d
Look who’s editing now
Avoid conflicting content edits with this package. Page edits will be visible in the tree and on the page it self if multiple people are viewing/editing the same page.
Full details: http://www.nibble.be/?p=188
Project page: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/look-who’s-editing-now
Optimus
UI layer on top of the Asp.net Web Optimization framework for Umbraco, making it possible to create script and style bundles from within the backoffice.
Trailer:http://www.nibble.be/?p=238
Full details:http://www.nibble.be/?p=237
Project page: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/developer-tools/optimus
Optimus Lite
Instantly make any Umbraco website faster!
Trailer:http://www.screenr.com/bfMH
Full details: http://www.nibble.be/?p=244
Project page: http://our.umbraco.org//projects/developer-tools/optimus-lite
Seek and destroy
Customizable ajax locator control
Trailer:http://www.nibble.be/?p=255
Full details: http://www.nibble.be/?p=263
Project page: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/developer-tools/seek-and-destroy
There is no spoon
Matrix property editor with a configurable amount of cols/rows
Full details: http://www.nibble.be/?p=386
Project page: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/there-is-no-spoon
Misc
If you are interested in the sourcecode please check my github account https://github.com/TimGeyssens/
An overview of older packages can be found here
http://our.umbraco.org/member/1171
Hey there,
I’ve got a relatively small CMS project (2 websites of less than 12 pages each) that needs a developer. Each site has only two design templates (home and interior), so the coding should go rather quickly. My team can provide HTML prototypes. Typically, we’d do this sort of thing in-house, but I’m looking to expand our contractor base and you seem to know your stuff with Umbraco. Interested?
rjs
Hi Tim!
I’d love to try out your AJAX Poll package for Umbraco, but I can’t find a link to download it?
Regards,
Thomas K
Hey Thomas,
I’ll digg up the package( source) and post it later today.
Kindly,
Tim
Package is available for download
Thanks a million!
AJAX Poll is fine for my needs - simple yet very flexible. The screencasts explained everything I needed to know to implement it.
Hey Tim -
I was looking into your polling package, but I don’t see any templates so when I create a new “Poll Container” I don’t see anything on the published page. I don’t see any bodyText content or properties (other than “votes”) to be able to build a template for it.
This newbie is definately missing something here. Help me out?
Also, where are these “screencasts” that Thomas references in his May 12th post? Maybe that’s all I need.
Hi Tim,
The AJAX Poll works great. Just wondering if you could please send me the source code so we can change a few things.
Cheers,
Neil
@JHildeman, I’ll see if I can digg them up
@Neil, you’ve got mail
Hi Tim,
Nice work!! Respect!
I will ask same question as Neil few lines above: “Just wondering if you could please send me the source code so we can change a few things.”
Thanx in advance!!
Greetings,
Mitch
@mitch, you’ve got mail
Thanx again Tim!
Hi Tim!
True component!
Could you share sources with me as well, please.
Thank you. :).
Hi Tim!
I’d love to try out your AJAX Poll package for Umbraco, but I can’t find a link to download it?
Regards,
Terje D
Hi Terje,
The donwload link is on this page
I would like to see the source code as well.
for the ajax poll package.
Hi Tim
I am interested in using the poll you created, however I would like to customise it. I would be highly appreciative if you could send me the source code.
Regards
Luke Green
Hi Tim,
Is the source still available for your Polls package? I would be interested in it if so to try and customise it for a site I am currently working on.
Thanks for all the great work on Umbraco.
Simon
Hi Tim,
I also would like to examine the source for the poll you created. I have a need for such an item and am trying to understand how to ‘extend’ umbraco by using an existing ‘extension’.
Could you please email the source or a link to where I can download it?
Thanks in advance!
Frank
Hi Tim,
I’d love to review the source for the Ajax Polls package and probably make some modifications to it. I’d be glad to send you any and all updates I make to it.
Keep up the great work.
Zac
Hi Tim,
Is this poll also working on v4 of Umbraco? Are there any problems known to this package in v4? I’m looking for an Umbraco Poll, but this is the only one, and I haven’t found out yet if it handles well with v4.
Tnx in advance!
Remco
To answer my own question, it seems to work in 4.0.2.1!
Could you please send me the source code? I’m implementing it in a Dutch site and need to modify some texts.
Thanx in advance!
Remco
Hi,
The poll module is not working.
here i am unable to add my poll question, and no db or file interaction.
please send the code,so that i can utilize and full fill my requirement.
Thanks,
Saradhi
Is there any “guide” for installing and using this? I’m getting an error when I try to use it:
Invalid object name ‘xtraStarRating’.
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.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Invalid object name ‘xtraStarRating’.
This happens when I pass the parameter “RatingBarUniqueId” (if I don’t pass that parameter I get an obvious error stating that I need to pass it).
I have installed the star rating package and all when I insert the macro to the template i will get this!!
&nbps;
text
any idea? am I doing it right?
Have I missed anything?!!
any help is much appreciated.
Thanks so much for all your hard work! I am using the Star Rating package for a number of sites and it works great.
I am trying to find the source so that I can edit to make a thumbs-up/thumbs-down version (this seems to be the trend right now..). It used to be hosted here, but the link no longer works:
http://testing.netcentric.be/TG.Umb.StarRating/xtraUmbracoStarRatingSourceRC1.zip.
Can you please re-post somewhere? Thanks!
Your ajax star rating is giving me error now my menu and other xstl files cannot be created after un install it
Could not load file or assembly ‘file:///C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\My Web Sites\Umbraco CMS14\bin\bin\xtraUmbracoStarRating.dll’ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
whats teh reason how to resolve this issue please let me know rigth away
Thank you
Max
Max,
If you notice, it is looking for a bin folder within the bin folder, but this does not exist. This is due to a change somewhere between Umbraco 4 and 4.5. You need to either change your xsltextensions.config to remove the preceeding “\bin” or you can create a bin folder within your bin folder and move the dll there. The 1st method woule be better, but functionally they both work the same.
Just downloaded the package to have a play using umb version 4.7.0 and when i click send as mail i get the following:
Server Error in ‘/’ Application.
——————————————————————————–
This version of EO.Web.dll is built for ASP.NET 2.0. Please use the .NET 1.1 build to run on ASP.NET 1.1.
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.Exception: This version of EO.Web.dll is built for ASP.NET 2.0. Please use the .NET 1.1 build to run on ASP.NET 1.1.
Source Error:
Line 38:
Line 39:
Line 40:
Line 41:
Line 42:
Any idea’s? Thanks Darren
Hi Tim,
We are currently evaluating a number of CMS systems to create our new extranet site for /- 5.000 users. Since we are a Microsoft oriented company, I want to limit the choice in .NET based systems.
I don’t have a lot of experience with Umbraco but when looking at the Umbraco site to the upcoming releases page, there is one thing that worries me. Under “will not be implemented” they mention multi language support.
Since I live in Belgium and you are familiar with the multilanguage aspect here, I wondered how you handle this. The site will be used in multi countries but with a main focus to BE. I want to avoid having to recreate the same page just to have it translated. We currently use Ektron which has an easy way to handle to handle this but has some shortcommings in other areas.
Can you give me some info on how you handle multi language for BE oriented sites?
Greets,
Geert
@Geert,
Check out this chapter on umbraco.tv for more details on how to setup multilingual sites http://umbraco.com/help-and-support/video-tutorials/umbraco-fundamentals/running-multiple-sites/structure,-domains-and-languages
hi ,
could some one send me the source code for star rating package ? i realy want to see how you developed this, this is the only star rate package i found on the net and its really realy nice.
thanks guys .
regards
nando
Hi Tim, can I get the source code for star rating? We are running Umb 4.10 with SCE and running into issues.
Thanks for your time.
Hi Tim,
Any chance to get the source code for the Dictionary Datatype package?
I would like to try to implement RTE to it.
Many thanks
mkariti
Hi Tim,
Thnaks for your gr8 wrk..
actly am looking for starrating Can you plz add the file again,I am not able to find.
Looking for source code package for “Mail Engine” and can’t find it on GitHub. Need to rebuild it to add the .NET 4.0 EO.Web.dll - can you please add it? Thanks so much!