Getting Started with MVC

Developing a website with NgageCMS, the base project template has everything included to quickly get started, giving you a great base to work from.

Running the base template project, will by default display a series of web pages utilising the bootstrap.

Requirements

• Visual Studio 2013 or higher
• API URL (supplied by Ngage Software)
• Basic knowledge of C# and MVC

Setup

1. Request the base project template & API URL
2. Install the project template, close all instances of Visual Studio, and run the 'NgageMvcInstaller.vsix' installer
3. Once complete open Visual Studio
4. Select File - New Project
5. Select 'Ngage Base MVC Template' from the template list
   ('Templates/Visual C#/Web/NgageSoftware')
6. Enter a project name and location
7. Click OK, your project will now be created
8. Open Package Manager Console (Tools > Nuget Package Manager > Package Manager)
9. Run the command [ Update-Package -Reinstall ] (exclude the brackets) (this may take a minute to complete)
10. In Solution Explorer right-click on the 2 folders below and 'Exclude from Project'
    • _NgageReferences
    • uploaded_classes
11. Edit the web.config file and replace the API URL (supplied by Ngage Software)
12. Run the project and the default website will be launched.