Introduction
Setting up lemoon 4 in Visual Studio 2005/2008 is easy. All you need is the latest lemoon 4 project template which can be downloaded from below. Before creating a new lemoon 4 project, please read through the software requirements.
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Installing the VS project template
First of all, you need to download the project template package. You can alwas download the latest project template from www.lemoon.se/ladda-ner.aspx. The download contains a package (lemoon.zip) with a VS template .zip file and documentation.
The lemoon[version]webapp-vstemplate.zip file should be saved in your Visual studio project template folder. This is usually located at C:\Users\[user]\Document\Visual Studio [2005/2008]\Templates\ProjectTemplates. Do not unzip the content of the zip file.
Create new lemoon web application project
With the template in place, open up an instance of Visual Studio. From the File menu, choose New Project. Select Visual C# from the left hand tree view. The template Lemoon Web Application is now visible under My Templates
Enter a new name for the project. This is usually the same as the customer name or similar.Click OK to create the new project.
Configure database
Open SQL Server Management studio (supporting MS SQL 2005 and 2008). Create an empty database and name it Lemoon4 (or any name you prefer). Important: Make sure Fulltext Indexing is installed and activated on the created database.
Configure your web.config file in your created Lemoon project to work against your local database.
What's next?
Want to get started with the development? Select one of the articles below to learn more.
7. Developing a web site with lemoon® 4 cms
7.1 Setting up a lemoon® 4 cms project in Visual Studio
7.2 Implementing the xhtml design
7.3 Creating relevant content types and templates
7.3.1 StartPage
7.3.2 StandardPage
7.4 Creating the functionality
7.4.1 Top navigation menu
7.4.2 Start page spots
7.4.3 News list
7.4.4 Search
7.4.5 Sub page navigation
7.4.6 Commenting
7.4.7 Tags