1. Download and Unzip
    • Try our free version or buy the full version.
    • Unzip the Kurkulis zip folder
    • There is a sample project and the entire demo project.
      The Kurkulis dll will be in the bin folder.
  2. Add Dll
    • Get the Kurkulis.dll file from bin folder and add it to your references to get started with a new project. All of the Kurkulis controls are located within that single dll.
  3. The Kurkulis controls can utilize Sql Server, Mysql, or Sql lite to store information. It creates all of it's own tables and never touches your existing database tables. The database user will need to be able to create the initial tables. Each tool may utilize its own table. You can even seperate your websites data from the content management of Kurkulis.
    • DTIConnectionString - This is the first connection string name the Kurkulis controls look for. This is so you can have all of the Kurkulis controls on their own seperate database.
    • ConnectionString - Having failed to find DTIConnectionString it will default to the standard ConnectionString.
    • If no connection string is found by default The Kurkulis controls will create a Sqllite database located in a folder at the root called "DataBase"
  4. Content Management
    • Drag over an Admin Panel and put it on your master page so It can be accessed from anywhere
    • If there are any static elements on the page such as a footer you can wrap them in an Edit Panels
    • Any existing content can be wrapped in a Sortables if you wish to move, add, and delete content. Individual items can be put in ASP panel objects or Edit Panels to seperate content into different Sortables. Be sure to set the ContentType Property of any editpanel or sortable to a unique value.
    • A Menu can be placed on the page. By default it will use the simple template which is a series of unordered lists nested for each child in the menu structure. The Chrom menu template (used on this site) is a horizontal menu that will enable you to have drop down menus under each heading. There is also a vertical menu template. Or you can create you own using the Menu templating.
    • If you would like to increase the upload size limit of the media uploader just add "<httpRuntime executionTimeout="54000" maxRequestLength="512000" />" to the web config file
  5. Add Login Page
    • Add a new Login page
    • Drag over the Login Control from the toos menu
    • Run the applicaton and Login with the default user "DTIAdmin" and the Default Password "DTIPass". You will be prompted to create your first user
    • Create your administrator user. This user will have the ability to edit anything in Edit Panels and all the functions of Admin Panel. The password will be hashed after the first user is created.
    • Login and begin editing