Note: These topics discuss customizations which apply to self-hosted Blackbaud NetCommunity websites. If Blackbaud hosts your Blackbaud NetCommunity website, please contact Blackbaud for more information about your options for customizations.

Create a Parts Project

Note: These steps require Visual Studio.

To create a project for custom framework parts, you can use the Create new project wizard in Visual Studio.

  1. From Microsoft Visual Studio, click FileNewProject.

    The New Project screen appears.

  2. From the New Project screen, select InstalledTemplatesVisual BasicWebASP.NET Empty Web Application. Then enter a name and location for the project.

  3. Click OK. The new project appears in Solution Explorer.

  4. Add a reference to BBNCExtensions.dll to the project.

    BBNCExtensions
    C:\Program Files\Blackbaud\bbappfx\vroot\bin\BBNCExtensions.dll
  5. Save the project.