Progress.Sitefinity.Samples.RealEstate

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The Real Estate starter kit is developed for companies in the fields of real estate, tourism, and hospitality. Such companies want to effectively showcase their properties, keep information up to date, and present attractive offers. This ultimately results in more sales and profits.

This starter kit provides companies with a head start on their project. In addition, the starter kit gives developers a template for adding custom features to Sitefinity CMS. Some of the starter kit's features are:

• property listing module
• property search
• agent directory
• photo galleries
• maps

Requirements

• Sitefinity CMS license
• .NET Framework 4.5
• Visual Studio 2012
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008R2 or later versions

Prerequisites

Clear the NuGet cache files. To do this:

1. In Windows Explorer, open the %localappdata%\NuGet\Cache folder.
2. Select all files and delete them.

You need to attach the database backup files to your SQL Server. To do this:

1. In SQL Management Studio, open the context menu of Databases and click Attach...
2. Click the Add... button and navigate to the SitefinityWebApp » App_Data folder.
3. Select the SitefinityRealEstateStarterKit.mdf file and click OK.
4. Click OK.

Nuget package restoration

The solution in this repository relies on NuGet packages with automatic package restore while the build procedure takes place.
For a full list of the referenced packages and their versions see the packages.config file.
For a history and additional information related to package versions on different releases of this repository, see the Releases page.

Installation instructions: SDK Samples from GitHub

1. In Solution Explorer, navigate to SitefinityWebApp » App_Data » Sitefinity » Configuration and select the DataConfig.config file.
2. Modify the connectionString value to match your server address.

For version-specific details about the required Sitefinity NuGet packages for this sample application, click on Releases.

Login

To login to Sitefinity CMS backend, use the following credentials:
Username: admin
Password: password

Additional resources

Progress Sitefinity CMS Documentation:

• Develop: Use and extend Sitefinity CMS functionality