Starting from Kentico 9 development of ASP.NET MVC 5 applications is supported. This repository contains a sample web application Dancing Goat that demonstrates all features related to MVC development support. We hope it helps you when building your projects.

The repository consists of the following projects:

• DancingGoat - sample ASP.NET MVC 5 application built with Kentico.
• Kentico.Web.Mvc - provides features for development of ASP.NET MVC 5 applications with Kentico:
  • Localization of validation rules.
  • Support of Kentico preview mode.
  • Global handling of 404 (Not Found) HTTP status.
• Kentico.Search - provides an improved API for Kentico smart search and working with search results.
• Kentico.Newsletters - provides an improved API for management of Kentico newsletter subscriptions.
• Kentico.Glimpse - provides Kentico SQL debug information via the Glimpse web diagnostic platform.

• IIS 7.5+
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5+
• Visual Studio 2013+

1. Install Kentico.
2. Import the Dancing Goat site from the webtemplates/DancingGoatMvc.zip import package.
3. Enable web farm in the automatic mode.
4. Rename the src\DancingGoat\ConnectionStrings.Template.config file to ConnectionStrings.config.
5. Rename the src\DancingGoat\AppSettings.Template.config file to AppSettings.config.
6. Copy the CMSConnectionString connection string from the Kentico web.config file to the src\DancingGoat\ConnectionStrings.config file.
7. Copy the CMSHashStringSalt app setting from the Kentico web.config file to the src\DancingGoat\AppSettings.config file.
8. Open the KenticoMvc solution in Visual Studio and run the Dancing Goat web application.
9. Open the Smart search application and rebuild the Dancing Goat MVC search index.

Note: The initial build can take a little longer as it needs to restore NuGet packages.