Create a new site programmatically and select parent site? (SharePoint)
- by peter
Hi, I am using the following code to create a new site:
newWeb = SPContext.GetContext(HttpContext.Current).Web.Webs.Add(newSiteUrl, newSiteName, null, (uint)1033, siteTemplate, true, false);
try
{
newWeb.Update();
}
NewSiteUrl and newSiteName are values from two textboxes and on whichever site I use this code (in a web part) the new site will be a subsite to this site.
I would now like to be able to select a parent site so that the new site can sit anywhere in the site collection, not just as a subsite to the site where I use the web part.
I created the following function to get all the sites in the site collection and populate a drop down with the name and url for every site
private void getSites()
{
SPSite oSiteCollection = SPContext.Current.Site;
SPWebCollection collWebsite = oSiteCollection.AllWebs;
for (int i = 0; i < collWebsite.Count; i++)
{
ddlParentSite.Items.Add(new ListItem(collWebsite[i].Title, collWebsite[i].Url));
}
oSiteCollection.Dispose();
}
If the user selects a site in the dropdown, is it possible to use that URL in newSiteUrl so decide where the new site should be? I don't get it to work really and the new site still becomes a subsite to the current one. I guess it has to do with HttpContext.Current? Any ideas on how I should do it instead?
It's the first time I write custom web parts and the sharepoint object model is a bit overwhelming at the moment.
Thanks in advance.
