RenderTags can be used in many different ways. By using them one not only is able to read content from several places in the project you also can change and manipulate page rendering and use the render tag technology for your control structures...
13.03.2017
Find a content-class by guid within the project.
09.03.2017
When using the RedDot Query Language (RQL) to customize and improve your RedDot...
06.03.2017
Since version 7.5 there is the RedDot CMS API also known as RenderTags...
27.02.2017
What would be good is if there was one “translation” file that you could use so you only need to translate each thing once. Funnily enough, there’s a really easy way of doing this with Navigation Manager’s RenderTags...
22.02.2017
This week I deployed my first project using V9 of Open Text Web Solutions’ Management Server (aka RedDot CMS) – and since it comes with the new XHTML compliant Text Editor (Telerik) – I decided it was time to do away with HTML Tidy...
20.02.2017
When pages are connected to multiple links allover the project – for example by using keywords – you will end up with one page published multiple times in several folder. This leads to duplicate content and search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, …
15.02.2017
Have you recently tried adding a red dot inside of a render tag? Chances are (100% chance) the code below will stop the render tag code inside the template from working.
13.02.2017
Transfer content from one element to another within the same page instance...
09.02.2017
Taming the beast that Open Text so frankly called ‘Web Solutions Management Server’ we have some pretty nice tools available since version 7.1. RenderTags are a quick and effective way to create navigation elements like this breadcrumb navigation...
08.02.2017
This whitepaper has been submitted by Phil McKenzie, a RedDot freelancer who encountered a very common but not so easy to solve problem – building microsites within only one RedDot project but keeping the layout and additional functions flexible...
06.02.2017
Nothing like a little frustration to spur a new blog post. It all began last week as I was adding some localisation to a RedDot 6.5 project. Everything was working beautifully in SmartEdit and Preview. Then I published and it all went so very wrong…
30.01.2017
The most important part of any project is the careful planning of everything, not just the design of the final site. You need to be comfortable in the knowledge that what you build now will be easy to maintain, update and expand...
16.01.2017
Show/Hide Page's Structure Element in SmartTree...
05.01.2017
Gavin Cope already came up this year with his great article on how to debug classic ASP script which runs in Open Text Management Servers PreExecute Mode. Keith Bloom picked up the idea and improved it a fair bit...
30.12.2016
One of the most requested solutions for a Open Text RedDot CMS project is a template for RSS feeds. And because many customers use PHP on their live sites it would be nice to already have it written in PHP...
21.12.2016
This is a classic article about how to create a RSS Feed using our beloved CMS and this topic has been asked about 5 million times now on Google Groups Wiki and everywhere else…
19.12.2016
This article covers the key factors for successful CSS and HTML integration into your OpenText Management (RedDot CMS) Server project. This best practice article outlines the major points to pay attention to when implementing your HTML into the CMS...
16.12.2016
Reorder all elements according to order of appearance in code...
08.12.2016
Wenn man eine Projekt-Optimierung oder Wartung vornehmen möchte, ist es immer hilfreich zu wissen wie der aktuelle Zustand des Projektes ist. Doch wie kommt man an diese Daten? Bietet OpenText™ Management (RedDot CMS) Server hierbei eine Unterstützung?...
30.11.2016