Create the Conference add-on

  1. Review items to be exported.
    These include the following:
    • Conferences, Speakers, and Sessions dynamic modules, built with the Module builder
    • Sample dynamic content items.
    • Home page – sample page with Filtered Sessions widget.
    • Sessions, Conferences, and Speakers pages – pages that open when you click an item on the Home page.
    • Filtered Sessions widget – the custom widget that is used to demonstrate how to export custom code.
  2. Navigate to Administration » Export.
  3. Select the following:
    • Conferences dynamic module
    • Speakers dynamic module
    • Sessions dynamic module
    • Pages
  4. Name the add-on folder Conferences
  5. Click Export.
    All selected items are exported to folder ~\App_Data\Sitefinity\Export\Conferences and Conferences.nuspec file is generated automatically including all exported files.
  6. Modify the .nuspec file in the following way:
    • Include the following:
    • Inside the <metadata> tag, update the <authors>, <owners>, and <description> elements.
  7. Generate NuGet package by opening a command prompt and navigating to your project’s ~\App_Data\Sitefinity\Export folder and executing the following command:
    nuget pack Conferences.nuspec

    For more information, see Create the NuGet package

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