How to get a simple website working?
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User283571144 posted
Hi farm boy,
Where does the data from the "Register" process go?
As far as I know the default website use the identity to manage the user account.
Details about identity in asp.net, you could refer to below article.
Identity use EF to CRUD the data into database.
Microsoft has create many method, you could use UserManager.Create method to create the new user.
It will use EF to create the new user into database.
Like this code:
protected void CreateUser_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { var manager = new UserManager(); var user = new ApplicationUser() { UserName = UserName.Text }; IdentityResult result = manager.Create(user, Password.Text); if (result.Succeeded) { IdentityHelper.SignIn(manager, user, isPersistent: false); IdentityHelper.RedirectToReturnUrl(Request.QueryString["ReturnUrl"], Response); } else { ErrorMessage.Text = result.Errors.FirstOrDefault(); } }How can I manage the database of new users? (Where is the database of registered users?)
You could find the database connection string in the web.config file's connectionStrings tag.
Like this:
<connectionStrings> <add name="DefaultConnection" connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Initial Catalog=aspnet-WebSite3-ac6bb7de-76cb-42ab-92ed-eb49f3ccbbe6;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\aspnet-WebSite3-ac6bb7de-76cb-42ab-92ed-eb49f3ccbbe6.mdf;Integrated Security=SSPI" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/> </connectionStrings>You could manager your database in the VS SQL Server Object View(View---> SQL Server Object View.
How can I assign roles to users?As far as I know, you could use Usermanager.AddtoRole method to achieve your requirement.
More details about how to assign roles to users, you could refer to below article.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/web-forms/overview/getting-started/getting-started-with-aspnet-45-web-forms/membership-and-administration
How can I hide selected pages from the publically visible website?
How can I reveal sets of pages to the different roles that I want to choose and set up?
Normally, we could check the user is in role in the master page's page load event.
If user not in the role, you could hidde the page by using below codes:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (HttpContext.Current.User.IsInRole("canEdit")) {
//adminLink is the a tag in the client html adminLink.Visible = true; } }Best Regards,
Brando
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User475983607 posted
farm boy
1: I don't know what you mean by "Individual Account option".
In VS2015 I just use: File>New>Website>ASP.NET Forms Website
I can't see anything that says|: "Individual Account option."Sorry, I was not specific enough. There is a "Change Authentication" button on the "Select a Template" window that opens model where you can select the "Individual Accounts" option. Make sure you are targeting .NET framework 4.5+ on the Add New Project Windows. (prior screen)
farm boy
That is good news. So which bits of the auto-generated website do I have to get rid of.
OR:
How do I use VS2015 to generate a website that does not have all of the "ASP.NET Identity" stuff in it.See the previous reply and linked tutorial. The tutorial shows how to add email confirmation to the defualt ASP Identity template. This is a good way to become familiar working with the ASP Identity API.
farm boy
3: SSMS
I have been using SSMS for more than ten years so I know how to create diagrams in SSMS.
But I have encountered two problems:
3.1: In the EF "default" database, the diagramming feature is not on the list of options that I see when I right click on the DB name.
https://1drv.ms/i/s!AkeiYlM3TByIsiy570bosRYwsqMnThe linked image is from Visual Studio not SSMS. SSMS is available for download at the following link.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms
farm boy
3.2: I don't know how to move this EF artefact into SQL Server 2016 where I can use SSMS to study it.This is an entirely differnet discussion realted to deploying databases. These days I use code first migrations in the old days (not too old) I used deployment scripts. Anyway, for now, the easiest path is to create the Web Forms template with the individual account option (above). Immediately open the web,config and change the connection string to the 2016 instance and database you want. The migration (tempalte) will create the database if the database does not exist. By default the tempate creates the database in (localdb). Finally, run the app and create an account to invoke the migrations (setup the database).
Example connection string.
<connectionStrings> <add name="DefaultConnection" connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDb)\SqlInstanceName;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\TestDb.mdf;Initial Catalog=TestDb;Integrated Security=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> </connectionStrings>Use the Visual Studio SQL Server Object Explorer to find the local database instance name if you're not sure.
farm boy
Note -I have installed the "old" aspnetdb in SQL Sever 2016 but I don't know how to use it with a VS2015 generated website.ASP Identity does not work with the old aspnetdb tables as the schemas are different. It is possible to make it work by but not practical. The Identity API has new features, like claims, that are common in modern web apps.
Other bits you need to be aware of... The template uses a framework called OWIN (Open Web Interface for .NET) to configure ASP Identity. The framework's goal is to decouple the host and application. You'll see OWIN used a lot in the source code.
With that being said, OWIN has been replaced with ASP Core. Also Web Forms does not exist in ASP Core. Since you are embarking on learning new technology, this might be a good time to investigate MVC (or Razor Pages) in ASP Core.
