Re: [dotnetopenauth] Can I use MVC just for login for an asp.net site?

[Brad Laney]

I don't exactly know what you are saying. You are either using web forms, MVC, or a non Microsoft view engine. It sounds like you are using web forms, but no controls?

Anyway. If you implement .net membership for security, you can share the auth token between the two sites. Its very simple. You can use the default membership provider to accomplish this.

If you pm me I can give you some sort of an example

On Aug 7, 2012 8:17 PM, "Bill Gillingham" <ebs...@gmail.com> wrote:

Sorry for such a general question...

I am migrating my site from classic ASP to asp.net.  Phase one of my migration was to get things running on asp.net - and they are!  Phase 2 is to convert the site to MVC (I am already using RouteTable and PageRouteHandler - so, I can see my path fairly well).  That being said, I want to implement OpenID in phase one.  All examples of DotNetOpenID seem to involve Web Forms (I don't use them - no server side controls) and MVC.

I think I read that MVC can be implemented over time - if so, would it be wise to implement MVC just for 'mysite.com/Login'  ?  I'm using VB.Net - if that raises any red-flags.

I don't use any server-side controls - the app is just generating html and spitting it out to my master template.  I don't plan on using Web Forms - but do plan to update the entire site to use MVC.

(So, basically, I am a newb to asp.net trying to implement OpenID using vb.net by following code written in c# that uses technologies I am not using (web forms and MVC).)

Hope I'm making a bit of sense :(

Thanks,

bill

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[Andrew Arnott]

Brad, I learned recently that web forms and MVC can coexist in the same web project quite well.  

Bill, there are indeed samples of accepting OpenID on MVC web sites.  Just download http://sourceforge.net/projects/dnoa/files/latest/ and check out the OpenIdRelyingPartyMvc sample.

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[Bill Gillingham]

Thanks for the reply - I guess I am using webforms...  I am using a few aspx files and routes (which resolve to aspx files) and a mater page.  I guess when I think of 'webforms,' I think of things like:

<asp:Button ID="loginButton" runat="server" Text="Login" OnClick="loginButton_Click" />

But, I think you are suggesting (and I'll look into it - no need to clarify) that web-forms are pretty much 'aspx' - whereas MVC is handled differently (without aspx files - ultimately by controllers).

Just knowing this will help - it always helps to know what name is used to describe the thing you are doing!  (Makes searching google much easier too).

bill

[Ryan Rousseau]

It sounds like you are using the WebForms view engine for MVC (and depending on your version of MVC, it is the default option). Your views will end in aspx, but there won't be a code behind (aspx.cs file) because the logic is backed by controllers. 

If you have the option to change, Razor is a much better view engine (and there are many more 3rd party engines available) b

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[Andrew Arnott]

In MVC, you have controllers, but you also have views.  .aspx is your view.  A "pure" MVC solution arguably means not only that the view has no code-behind, but that your view does not contain any ASP.NET controls, like buttons as you've pointed out.

Just in case the answer isn't clear then, the answer is yes, we have samples that do OpenID logins in the pure MVC style (not relying on ASP.NET controls) and samples that use ASP.NET controls in web forms.  While none of the samples use Razor (one of the view engines that you can use with MVC) because it's all pure HTML anyway it shouldn't really matter.

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