How to keep Admin sidebar-menu when displaying view from new Admin menu option

Hello,

I'm using nopCommerce 3.90 with source.

I created a plugin that adds a menu option to the end of the Admin menu.  When it executes the method called by the new menu option, the admin sidebar-menu disappears and all of the other text on the screen as well.  My view text appears, but on one big blank screen.

How do I allow my view to display without losing the rest of the Admin screen with all of the menu options etc.?

Here is my Plugin:

using Nop.Core.Plugins;
using Nop.Services.Common;
using Nop.Web.Framework.Menu;
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web.Routing;

namespace Nop.Plugin.Misc.LakesideImport
{
     public class LakesideImportPlugin : BasePlugin, IMiscPlugin, IAdminMenuPlugin
     {
          public void ManageSiteMap(SiteMapNode rootNode)
          {
               var menuItem = new SiteMapNode()
               {
                    SystemName = "Misc.LakesideImport",
                    Title = "Lakeside Import",
                    ControllerName = "LakesideImport",
                    ActionName = "ImportProductFile",
                    Visible = true,
                    RouteValues = new RouteValueDictionary() { { "area", null } }
               };
               var pluginNode = rootNode.ChildNodes.FirstOrDefault(x => x.SystemName == "Third party plugins");
               if (pluginNode != null)
                    pluginNode.ChildNodes.Add(menuItem);
               else
                    rootNode.ChildNodes.Add(menuItem);

               //throw new NotImplementedException();
          }

          public override void Install()
          {
               base.Install();
          }

          public override void Uninstall()
          {
               base.Uninstall();
          }

          public void GetConfigurationRoute(out string actionName, out string controllerName, out RouteValueDictionary routeValues)
          {
               actionName = "Configure";
               controllerName = "LakesideImport";
               routeValues = new RouteValueDictionary { { "Namespaces", "Nop.Plugin.Misc.LakesideImport.Controllers" }, { "area", null } };

               //throw new NotImplementedException();
          }
     }
}

Here is my Controller:

using Nop.Web.Framework.Controllers;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace Nop.Plugin.Misc.LakesideImport.Controllers
{
    [AdminAuthorize]
    public class LakesideImportController : BasePluginController
    {
          public ActionResult Configure()
          {
               return View("~/Plugins/Misc.LakesideImport/Views/MiscLakesideImport/Configure.cshtml");
          }

          public virtual ActionResult ImportProductFile()
          {
               return View("~/Plugins/Misc.LakesideImport/Views/MiscLakesideImport/ImportProductFile.cshtml");
          }
     }
}

Here is my View:

@{
    Layout = "";
}
<div class="panel-group">
    <div class="panel panel-default">
        <div class="panel-body">
     <p>
     You have reached the start screen for the Lakeside Import of ProductFile.
     </p>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Any help that anyone can provide would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks,
Tony

Change the layout in your view to this:

Layout = "~/Administration/Views/Shared/_AdminLayout.cshtml";

Thanks Adam.

That fixed it.

My new top level entry in the admin menu appears as "Plugins".

Is there a way to change that?

Thanks again,

Tony

The locale resource you're referring to is possibly "Admin.Plugins".  Also, check out Nop.Admin/sitemap.config.

Hope that helps!

AdamK wrote:

Adam,

I found this in the Nop.Admin/sitemap.config file:

<siteMapNode SystemName="Third party plugins" nopResource="Admin.Plugins" IconClass="fa-bars" />

I don't see how that helps me.

As far as the "locale resource", are you referring to this file: "C:\Users\Tony\Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Projects\Lakeside390\Presentation\Nop.Web\App_Data\Localization\defaultResources.nopres.xml".

Should I change that file?

<LocaleResource Name="Admin.Plugins">
    <Value>Plugins</Value>
  </LocaleResource>

Thanks,
Tony

Carneno wrote:


Either change the value of the existing string resource in admin>configuration>languages>string resources, or use a different one by replacing the relevant key in sitemap.config.  That's two solutions!

This link contains good information about localization in nopCommerce: http://docs.nopcommerce.com/display/en/Localization

Hope you see how that helps!

Adam,

Is it possible to change it programmatically so that it is only effective for my plugin?

Thanks,
Tony

Carneno wrote:


In your ManageSiteMap method, maybe something like:

var node = rootNode.ChildNodes.FirstOrDefault(x => x.SystemName == "Third party plugins");
node.Title = "My New Node Title";

Thanks Adam.

I'm sorry I do not have the expertise to figure that out.

Thanks for all of the help that you have provided.

Tony