Hi,

Do widgets only work for blogs?

I want to be able to embed a video trough the CMS, so I tought a widget would be handy.. but it is not working since i don't use a blog.

For images I always extend a page type like this:

....
static $has_one = array(
'PageMediaFoto' => 'Image',
);

function getCMSFields() {
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
$fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.Afbeeldingen", new ImageField('PageMediaFoto'));
return $fields;
}

...

Is this also possible for a video?

First, check out:
http://doc.silverstripe.org/widgets#adding_widgets_to_other_pages

but you might also be interested in short codes

Yes, in 2.4.x, it appears widgets only work for blogs.

I've spent 4 or 5 hours trying various permutations and combinations. No go. The widget tab appears in the CMS, I can add a widget to a page but I cannot make it appear. I did finally get rid of the double listing of widgets in the CMS for blog pages, evidently much more persistent than the docs make it appear due to a confusion between SideBar and Sidebar.

I would appreciate it if someone who is familiar with widgets and who has edit privileges in the docs, would pull a copy of 2.4.1 and try http://doc.silverstripe.org/widgets#adding_widgets_to_other_pages and update and correct it. It's wrong at the moment.

I couldn't get the tutorial to work on my 2.4 install either, but I found this module in the forums: http://www.silverstripe.org/all-other-modules/show/274910#post274910

Once installed it was a little tricky to figure out how to set up the widgets and the CMS interface is slightly buggy, but works like a charm on the front end.

That looks interesting, but I re-imaged my test machine yesterday and I'm back to playing with Drupal, which now looks much more stable and manageable than it did previously.

My take, for what it's worth: Silverstripe was noted as being 'most promising' in 2008. It's still promising, but hasn't moved beyond that. Too much is broken, mis-documented and/or mis-adapted for new versions. If you're willing to spend the time to become an expert, learn sapphire and the APIs, then it's probably fine -- possibly better than fine. If you're like me, a programmer with limited time trying to put together a freebie website for a nonprofit, it's just not gonna fly.