Creating Custom Module In Evoq Content

7. Read and follow the instructions given in the visual studio and make the respective changes for smooth development of the module.
8. Open the View .ascx file and add some content to view on the page of the site and save
9. Change the Debug mode from Debug to Release and Build the solution
10. An Install folder will be created inside the DesktopModules folder containing two zip files.

Example: ...\MyDemo1\DesktopModules\DemoModule1\install

Install and Source files will be created, from which we will need Install file.

Install the module in Evoq site

To use the custom developed module, we need to install the module in the site.

Steps for installing the module are

1. Select the settings options from the personal bar and click on
   
   
2. Click on Install Extension
   
   
   
3. Upload the zip File for installing the Module which was created in step – 2. Select the Install zip file.
   
   
4. Click on next and follow the steps. Accept the terms and click install. Custom module is now installed and ready to use in the site. To check whether the module has been installed or not, check the list of modules if the name of the module will appear in the list then the module has been successfully installed.

Add module in any Evoq page

To show the content of our custom module or to use the functionality of our module, we need to drag and drop that module in the specific page.

To use the module either we can create a new page for that or else we can place the module in any of the default pages of the site. If we choose to create a new page then we need to follow the below given steps.

1. Click on pages
   
   
2. Click on Add page. Enter the Details and save the page.
   
   
3. View that page and click on the add module option of any of the content pane. You can use any of the options from the below images to add to the module.
   
   
   
4. One popup will appear for selecting inbuilt/custom modules.
   
   
5. The content of the module will be placed in the content pane which you select for adding the module.
   
   
6. Publish the page if you want the content to remain as it is and if you want the changes when the page is in view mode rather than only in edit mode.

A demo of the install file is attached. If you want to install the module in your site, then download the install file and follow steps 3 and 4.