Tutorial: Import events from Facebook
This tutorial guides you through the steps required to create a custom inbound pipe that imports Sitefinity CMS events from Sitefinity CMS Facebook page and a custom outbound pipe that publishes the events as Sitefinity CMS events. It is intended for developers and covers step-by-step a wide range of activities and best practices on how to create a pipe for Sitefinity CMS Publishing system. To register the pipes and resources you create a module and use the Initialize method.
For more information about modules in Sitefinity CMS, see Modules: Design and use modules to encapsulate content.
System requirements
Before you begin creating the pipes, you must have the following installed:
- .NET Framework 4.5
- Visual Studio
Prerequisites
In order to create and use your module, you need to have an up and running Sitefinity CMS project. For more information about installing Sitefinity CMS and creating and starting a project, see Install, upgrade, and deploy.
NOTE: The code provided in this tutorial is written in C#. You can convert the code to VB using the Telerik Code Converter.