Make your websites with Razor

Razor is a view engine option for ASP.NET. And C1 CMS allows you to use the Razor syntax to create and use yet another type of CMS Functions - "Razor functions".

Note. Although Razor is often associated with MVC, you do not need MVC support on your C1 CMS Website to start creating and using Razor functions. If you, however, do need Razor bundled with MVC, please consider using MVC Player.

In C1 CMS v 4.0 or later, Razor functions are "first-class citizens".

(In earlier C1 CMS Versions, you can make use of the C1Contrib's Razor Functions.)

The Razor functions are available in C1 CMS for insertion on pages, templates, in other functions and in function calls in the CMS Console.

Note. To quickly create boilerplate-code Razor functions (as well as Razor page template) from Visual Studio 2012, install an ad-hoc Visual Studio 2012 extension by C1 CMS: CompositeC1RazorExtensions.vsix. (It works with Visual Studio 2012 only.)

In this guide, you'll learn how to create, edit and use Razor functions. 

• Creating Razor Functions

  Learn how to create Razor functions in C1 CMS

• Defining Parameters

  Learn how to define parameters in Razor functions.

• Changing Widgets

  Learn how to change widgets for Razor function parameters.

• Changing Return Types

  Learn how to change types of return values in Razor functions.

• Getting Data

  Learn how to get data in Razor functions.

• Rendering URLs

  Learn how to render Page URLs and Media URLs in Razor functions.

• Execute Other Functions

  Learn how to execute other functions in Razor functions.

• List to Details

  Learn how to create a simple List-to-Details function for CMS Pages using Razor.

• Samples

  Learn by example and check a few sample Razor functions.

• Advanced Setup

  Learn how to change the root folder for your .cshtml files (Razor functions) and do other advanced setup tasks.

• Getting Error Info

  Learn how to get error information on Razor functions.