How to install automatically QuickelSoft CMS

If you already have a tool in your company to automatically install applications on servers or workstations, you can use this script to install and configure a QuickelSoft CMS domain.

This script bypasses the manual steps of the QuickelSoft CMS installer.

Before installation

• Be sure you have an IIS server up and running, that you have created a virtual directory for your web site and that you have extracted the files from QuickelSoftCMS.zip.
• Read the document “How to use the QuickelSoft API from a .Net application”

Table creation and domain configuration

 Installer installer = new Installer(
      ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["QuickelSoftCMS_ConnectionString"]);
 try
 {
  installer.Install("UserID", "PassWord", "Firtsname Lastname", "your@email.com", 
      "YouCustomerName", "");
  Console.Out.WriteLine("Done !");
 }
 catch(QuickelSoft.CMS.API.Exceptions.CMSException ex)
 {
  Console.Out.WriteLine("An error has occured");
  Console.Out.WriteLine(ex.Message);
  Console.Out.WriteLine(installer.LastErrorDescription + " [" + installer.LastError + "]");
 }

This script will create the table in your Sql Database and configure the QuickelSoft CMS domain and create an Anonymous reader for your sites.

See the API documentation for more information on the Installer class.

Site creation

You can also create a site definition immediately after installation.

 Context context = new Context();
 try
 {
  context.Login("UserID", "PassWord");
  SiteCollection sites = context.GetSites();
  Site site = sites.Create();
  site.Name = "My Site";
  site.MainLanguage = "en";
  site.SharedDirectoryPhysicalPath = @"c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mysite\html";
  site.SharedDirectoryVirtualPath = "/html";
  site.URLRewritingPrefix = "home";
  site.URL = "http://localhost/MySite";
  site.Save();
  Console.Out.WriteLine("Done !");
 }
 catch(QuickelSoft.CMS.API.Exceptions.CMSException ex)
 {
  Console.Out.WriteLine(context.LastErrorDescription + " [" + context.LastError + "]");
 }