The document provides a technical guide for building custom sections in Umbraco, highlighting the differences between versions 6 and 7. It covers creating custom sections, trees, editing data, and creating menus and dialogs, along with specific code examples for both versions. The content is aimed at developers looking to enhance their use of the Umbraco CMS platform.

1. BUILDING CUSTOM
SECTIONS IN UMBRACO
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN V6 AND V7
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2. WHY USE CUSTOM SECTIONS
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3. TECHNOLOGY
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4. TECHNOLOGY
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5. TECHNOLOGY
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6. CREATING A CUSTOM SECTION
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[Application(duug-customers, Customers, icon-people, 15)]
public class Section: IApplication
{
}

7. CREATING A CUSTOM TREE
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8. CREATING A CUSTOM TREE
IN UMBRACO 6
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9. CREATING A CUSTOM TREE
IN UMBRACO 6
[Tree(duugcustomers, duugcustomerstree, Customers)]
public class CustomerTree : BaseTree {
public CustomerTree(string application)
: base(application)
{
}
public override void RenderJS(ref StringBuilder Javascript)
{
// render javascript for tree
}
public override void Render(ref XmlTree tree)
{
// render tree items
}
protected override void CreateRootNode(ref XmlTreeNode rootNode)
{
// create root node of tree
}
}

10. CREATING A CUSTOM TREE
IN UMBRACO 7
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11. CREATING A CUSTOM TREE
IN UMBRACO 7
[Tree(duug-customers, duug-customers-tree, Customers)]
[PluginController(DUUG)]
public class CustomerTreeController : TreeController {
protected override TreeNodeCollection GetTreeNodes(string id, FormDataCollection queryStrings)
{
}
protected override MenuItemCollection GetMenuForNode(string id, FormDataCollection queryStrings)
{
}
}

12. TALK IS CHEAP. SHOW
ME THE CODE.

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14. EDITING YOUR DATA
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15. EDITING YOUR DATA
IN UMBRACO 6
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16. EDITING YOUR DATA
IN UMBRACO 7
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17. EDITING YOUR DATA
IN UMBRACO 7 : ANGULAR EDITOR ROUTES
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18. EDITING YOUR DATA
IN UMBRACO 7 : PACKAGE MANIFEST
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javascript : [
'~/App_Plugins/DUUG/scripts/customer.edit.controller.js',
'~/App_Plugins/DUUG/scripts/customer.create.controller.js',
'~/App_Plugins/DUUG/scripts/customer.delete.controller.js',
'~/App_Plugins/DUUG/scripts/customer.resource.js'
]
}

19. REUSING EXISTING EDITORS
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20. TALK IS CHEAP. SHOW
ME THE CODE.

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22. CREATING MENUS DIALOGS
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23. CREATING MENUS DIALOGS
IN UMBRACO 6
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24. CREATING MENUS DIALOGS
IN UMBRACO 6
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25. CREATING MENUS DIALOGS
IN UMBRACO 7
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26. TALK IS CHEAP. SHOW
ME THE CODE.

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28. WRAP UP
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30. QUESTIONS ?

31. USEFULL LINKS
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32. THE END