Create a new page in asp.net on button click

Question

I'm trying to create a portfolio website where students can log in, choose from a selection of templates and then edit the content.

The users page is already set up but contains no html or asp.net. I want to have it so that when the user selects the template and clicks the button, the code from that template is then written into their page.

Any ideas how I could do this?

You might also want to consider a Content Management System (CMS) - there are plenty of .Net ones that are open source and/or free - stackoverflow.com/questions/954764/good-net-based-cms — dash
– dash, Commented Mar 31, 2012 at 14:30

Wiktor Zychla · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-31 13:32:01Z

1

Creating physical pages is not a good idea.

What you rather can do is to have your "pages" in the database and expose them through a url facade built on url rewriting.

A simplest example would be - you have a table, PAGES with Name and Body. Pages can be accessed with ShowPage.aspx?page=PageName. However, a facade exposes them as Pages/PageName.aspx which is internally rewritten into the ShowPage.aspx?page=PageName.

It doesn't really matter if you code agains WebForms or MVC, the general idea remains the same.

answered Mar 31, 2012 at 13:32

Wiktor Zychla

48.5k6 gold badges83 silver badges114 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

3 Comments

user1305075 Over a year ago

But how would I get the write the html/asp from the selected template so that the users personal page then has that code as well?

Wiktor Zychla Over a year ago

Tons of options. Dynamic pages can be created from manually crafted HTML, you can even expose a web HTML editor or you can dynamically create data from other tables.

user1305075 Over a year ago

How would I do it using a table in a database?

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Create a new page in asp.net on button click

1 Answer 1

3 Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

3 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related