Using the Sitecore EditFrame with a DataSource

This post is a supplement to Brian’s excellent post on sc:EditFrame with some more use cases.
http://briancaos.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/using-sitecore-editframe-in-pageedit/

Using the Sitecore EditFrame with a DataSource

DataSource: Item Full Path (if not set Context is used)
Buttons: Notice it must link to a folder containing buttons and not a button.

<asp:Repeater runat="server" ID="FooterLinks" DataSource="<%# FooterLinkSections %>">
    <HeaderTemplate>
        <ul>
    </HeaderTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate>
        <li>
        <sc:EditFrame 
        ID="FooterEditFrame" 
        Buttons="/sitecore/content/Applications/WebEdit/Edit Frame Buttons/FooterNavigationSection" 
        runat="server" 
        Title="Edit the link list"
        DataSource="<%# ((FooterNavigationSectionItem)Container.DataItem).InnerItem.Paths.FullPath %>">
            <p>
                <%# ((FooterNavigationSectionItem)Container.DataItem).FooterNavigationSection_Title.Raw %></p>
            <asp:Repeater runat="server" ID="FooterLinks" DataSource="<%# ((FooterNavigationSectionItem)Container.DataItem).FooterNavigationSection_Links.ListItems %>">
                <HeaderTemplate>
                    <ul>
                </HeaderTemplate>
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <li>
                        <a href="<%# Sitecore.Links.LinkManager.GetItemUrl(Container.DataItem as Item) %>">
                        <%# NavigableItem.GetNavigationTitleRaw(Container.DataItem as Item) %></a></li>
                </ItemTemplate>
                <FooterTemplate>
                    </ul></FooterTemplate>
            </asp:Repeater>
        </sc:EditFrame>
        </li>
    </ItemTemplate>
    <FooterTemplate>
        </ul></FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Using the EditFrame with code behind/inline code

Using the object browser on Sitecore.Web.UI.WebControls.EditFrame you will find the RenderFirstPart RendeLastPart, for using these you must use the HtmlTextWriter.

var navList = footerItem.FooterNavigation_Selector.Item.GetChildren<FooterNavigationSectionItem>();
StringWriter output = new StringWriter();
using (HtmlTextWriter writer = new HtmlTextWriter(output))
{
    foreach (var selectorItem in navList)
    {
        var links = selectorItem.FooterNavigationSection_Links.ListItems.Aggregate(
            string.Empty,
            (current, item) =>
            current +
            string.Format(
                "<li><a href=\"{0}\">{1}</a></li>",
                Sitecore.Links.LinkManager.GetItemUrl(item),
                NavigableItem.GetNavigationTitleRaw(item)));
 
        var editFrame = new EditFrame
               {
                   ID = "editLinks" + selectorItem.ID.ToShortID(),
                   Title = "Edit the link list",
                   Buttons = "/sitecore/content/Applications/WebEdit/Edit Frame Buttons/FooterNavigationSection",
                   DataSource = selectorItem.InnerItem.Paths.FullPath
               };
        editFrame.RenderFirstPart(writer);
 
        writer.Write(
            string.Format(
                "<li><p>{0}</p><ul>{1}</ul></li>",
                selectorItem.FooterNavigationSection_Title.Raw,
                links));
 
        editFrame.RenderLastPart(writer);
    }
}
renderFooterLinks.Text = string.Format("<ul>{0}</ul>", output);