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  • Simeon Ostberg 96 posts 341 karma points
    Jan 25, 2018 @ 12:22
    Simeon Ostberg
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    Change web.config settings in Umbraco backend?

    Hi everyone,

    I was wondering, if it is possible to change settings in web.config from the backend.

    We have some external macros in our Umbraco for selling accreditations or so. This is coming from an external database. When I set up a new edition in this database, the edition ID changes (of course).

    However, the database content, which is shown on our website, is controlled by keys in the web.config. I would like to do this a little more userfriendly and do these settings in the backend. Is this possible?

    So, basically: Is it possible to change an add key value in the Umbraco backend?

    Thanks a lot!

    Best, Simeon

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  • Alex Skrypnyk 5908 posts 22603 karma points MVP 4x admin c-trib
    Jan 25, 2018 @ 12:28
    Alex Skrypnyk
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    Hi Simeon

    There is a package - https://our.umbraco.org/projects/developer-tools/config-tree/ Try to use it

    Alex

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  • Simeon Ostberg 96 posts 341 karma points
    Jan 25, 2018 @ 13:07
    Simeon Ostberg
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    Hi Alex,

    Thanks a lot, but I guess, this is not, what I'm looking for. I was more looking for a possibility to use a datapicker or so. Is this possible?

    Thank you!

    Best, Simeon

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  • Søren Kottal 530 posts 3521 karma points MVP 2x c-trib
    Jan 25, 2018 @ 14:49
    Søren Kottal
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    Hi Simeon

    You can't OOTB, but you can without too much effort create a dashboard for editing specific parts of the web.config.

    I created one for controlling ModelsBuilders settings. You can see the source here for inspiration: https://github.com/skttl/SettingsDashboardForModelsBuilder

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  • Sebastiaan Janssen 4899 posts 14655 karma points MVP admin hq
    Jan 27, 2018 @ 20:56
    Sebastiaan Janssen
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    It would be a bad idea to keep updating the web.config, every time you save it, the application pool recycles. I would go for either an Umbraco document with these values in them, so you can easily query it, or a text file that will not recycle the app pool every time you need to update it.

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  • Simeon Ostberg 96 posts 341 karma points
    Jan 29, 2018 @ 15:12
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    I understand. How would I best do this? Or is it really bad? Especially considering, that the changes are done once a year or so.

    Best, Simeon

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