Creating the tool:
EPiServer – How to create gui plugins using MVC – Dejan Caric
I had to configure the route initialization like this to make it work:
public void Initialize(InitializationEngine context)
{
//ContentLanguagePlugin
RouteTable.Routes.MapRoute("ContentLanguagePlugin", "admin-tools/content-language-plugin/{action}/{id}",
new
{
controller = "ContentLanguagePlugin",
action = "Index",
id = UrlParameter.Optional
},
new
{
controller = "ContentLanguagePlugin"
});
}
I added EPiServer resources in <head> for EPiServer CSS feeling to it:
(_Layout.cshtml file)
@using EPiServer.Framework.Web.Resources
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge" />
<title>Content Language Tool</title>
<!-- Shell -->
@Html.Raw(ClientResources.RenderResources("ShellCore"))
@Html.Raw(ClientResources.RenderResources("ShellWidgets"))
<!-- LightTheme -->
@Html.Raw(ClientResources.RenderResources("ShellCoreLightTheme"))
<!-- Navigation -->
@Html.Raw(ClientResources.RenderResources("Navigation"))
<!-- Dojo Dashboard -->
@Html.Raw(ClientResources.RenderResources("DojoDashboardCompatibility", new[] { ClientResourceType.Style }))
<style>
a {
color: blue !important;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration: underline !important;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="epi-padding epi-contentArea">
<div>
@RenderBody()
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Some info regarding the EPiServer CSS classes etc:
https://www.epinova.no/en/blog/creating-a-consistent-look-in-episerver-plugins/