Connect Sitefinity

The Silktide plugin for Sitefinity lets you open any page in Sitefinity from Silktide, and tells Silktide to retest a page when you publish it. See CMS connections for what a connection does.

You need administrator access to Sitefinity and to the project's files.

1. Get your key

1. In Silktide, open Settings, then Integrations, and choose CMS.
2. Choose Sitefinity, pick what the connection applies to, and choose Connect.
3. Copy the key.

2. Install the plugin

Download the plugin files, then:

1. Move SilktidePlugin.dll to your project's bin folder.
2. Move Global.asax to your project's root folder.
3. Move the SilktideFiles folder to your project's root folder.

If your Sitefinity back office uses a different address scheme from the default, edit backofficeurl in SilktideFiles/JSON/silktideConfig.json to match. Keep [pageRelativePath] in it: the plugin replaces it with each page's address. Most sites do not need to change this.

3. Add the configuration page

1. In Sitefinity, create a new page, name it, and choose Create and go to add content.
2. Drag the SilktideAPI widget onto the page.
3. Publish the page.

If the SilktideAPI widget is missing or does not work, add a reference to SilktidePlugin.dll in your main project, then rebuild and run the solution.

4. Add the key

1. In the Sitefinity back office, choose Silktide.
2. Paste the key and choose click here for verification.
3. When it is verified, choose Save.

5. Add the meta tag

In your .cshtml page template, ideally the master template other pages inherit, add this line inside <head>:

<meta name="silktide-cms" content="@SilktidePlugin.Services.SilktideBackofficeUrl.GetEncUrl()" />

Every page that should open in Sitefinity from Silktide needs it.

6. Retest and check

Retest the website in Silktide. When the test finishes, open a page in the Inspector and choose Open in CMS. The page opens in Sitefinity.

To check publishing, update a page in Sitefinity and publish it. Silktide starts testing that page within a few minutes.