Edit in Place Functionality Not Working

Deane Barker

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When I try the "edit in place" functionality (Right click, then choose "Edit"), the page just posts back. I am unable to edit anything. It does this in both IE and FF.

The "Edit" option is initial available in the right click menu. When I select it, the page posts back, and now the "Edit" option is disabled, but the "Cancel" and the "Save and Publish" options are now enabled -- as if the page thinks it is allowing me to edit at that moment.

All script files seem to be loading fine:

contextmenu.js
episerverscriptmanager.js
onpageedit.js

On at least one page, there are no other javascript files, so it can't be a conflict.

One thing I did notice --

When I right click, I can watch requests go out (via Firebug) for all the images in the right-click menu. A request for"/util/Empty.htm" always fails with a 404. Is this request something critical?

#28096

Feb 20, 2009 4:02

René Voigt

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Are you using <EPiServer:Property... in your code front file?

On page edition is only working with Property webcontrols, not with code like <%=CurrentPage["MainBody"] %>

/René

#28120

Feb 20, 2009 14:30

Deane Barker

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Yes -- I'm sorry for not mentioning that. We are using the EPiServer:Property control.

#28122

Feb 20, 2009 15:22

René Voigt

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This seems to be a known issue in R2. In case you are using a non SP1 version you should either upgrade or try the following fix i got from support:

#28128

Feb 20, 2009 16:38

Deane Barker

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That did fix the 404, thanks. The editing functionality, however, still doesn't work.

#28130

Feb 20, 2009 20:15

Deane Barker

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Doing some more debugging. The postback looks okay:

__EVENTARGUMENT=Edit
__EVENTTARGET=OnPageEditControl

I can verify that these two values are coming back into the page in the Forms collection on postback.

Here's the control code from the underlying template.

<EPiServer:Property ID="Property2" PropertyName="PageDescription" runat="server" />

#28131

Feb 20, 2009 20:43

Deane Barker

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Be aware that this is likely a very involved issue. My installation has some larger problems, I think.

I installed the default EPiServer site -- fresh site, using the default templates. Still, it doesn't work.

The issue is much larger than this particular site, I think.

#28141

Feb 20, 2009 23:19

Rizo

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I've this problem aswell. Nothing really happens when I try to edit in place, but it does give me the option to save, so episerver THINKS that it's working. If I try to save, then the page crashes with a null reference.

noone that has a solution?

#28678

Mar 18, 2009 9:53

Alan Ramos

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Hello,

I have the problem that Editing in PLace does not appear but this happens when I try to create the project with the SDK in Visual Studio 2008 in Windows Vista Ultimate and EPiServer CMS 5 R2 SP1

I think that there is something strange with the setup.

Is there somebody that has any idea about this.

Thanks in advance

#29073

Apr 03, 2009 14:17