Has anybody tried getting a ASP .NET dynamic content page to display within MySource Matrix running a page with design customisation. I am looking at an exisiting site which has ASP .NET content generated from a database - this content needs to go into a page within the CMS package. I have examined this issue with a redirect page but it seems to regenerate the entire page. Is their anyway to force the content into a certain part of a page so I dont loose the sites look and feel ?
Sounds like you're after the remote content asset, which is only part of the commercial CMS module.
Is their information on the Remote Content Asset on the matrix website ? Maybe some documentation. I'm just trying to work out a solution without having to go down the path of frames or popups… yuk…
Just played in the sandbox with the Remote Content Asset page. This is exactly what the client will need to consider purchasing - it works so easily.
Thanks for that.
Can the remote content be used to display pdfs in the main content part of the website??
If i had a page split down the left with a menu, content in the middle and news/alerts down the right. If a user selected a pdf from the list in the content part can i then display this in the same part using the remote content asset??
I know this would replace the list of docs but they could use breadcrumb at the top or the back button.
In our old site we use Frames to achieve this, but the site currently opens it in a new window.
No, the remote content asset will recognise the PDF as a remote binary object and trigger the browser's download mechanism instead of displaying it. The remote content is used to nest remote HTML and images only.
However, you could create a custom design that uses an iFrame to embed the contents of a PDF.