allow users to modify default module names, descriptions, and categories and improve control panel behavior

Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/SiteTemplates/EmptySiteTemplate.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+using Oqtane.Models;
+using Oqtane.Infrastructure;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Oqtane.Repository;
+using Oqtane.Shared;
+
+namespace Oqtane.SiteTemplates
+{
+    public class EmptySiteTemplate : ISiteTemplate
+    {
+        private readonly IPermissionRepository _permissionRepository;
+ 
+        public EmptySiteTemplate(IPermissionRepository permissionRepository)
+        {
+            _permissionRepository = permissionRepository;
+        }
+
+        public string Name
+        {
+            get { return "Empty Site Template"; }
+        }
+
+        public List<PageTemplate> CreateSite(Site site)
+        {
+            List<PageTemplate> _pageTemplates = new List<PageTemplate>();
+
+            _pageTemplates.Add(new PageTemplate
+            {
+                Name = "Home",
+                Parent = "",
+                Path = "",
+                Icon = "home",
+                IsNavigation = true,
+                IsPersonalizable = false,
+                EditMode = false,
+                PagePermissions = _permissionRepository.EncodePermissions( new List<Permission> {
+                    new Permission(PermissionNames.View, Constants.AllUsersRole, true),
+                    new Permission(PermissionNames.View, Constants.AdminRole, true),
+                    new Permission(PermissionNames.Edit, Constants.AdminRole, true)
+                }),
+                PageTemplateModules = new List<PageTemplateModule>()
+            });
+
+            return _pageTemplates;
+        }
+    }
+}

Oqtane.Server/Repository/ModuleDefinitionRepository.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory;
 using Oqtane.Extensions;
 using Oqtane.Models;
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ namespace Oqtane.Repository
 
         public void UpdateModuleDefinition(ModuleDefinition moduleDefinition)
         {
+            _db.Entry(moduleDefinition).State = EntityState.Modified;
+            _db.SaveChanges();
             _permissions.UpdatePermissions(moduleDefinition.SiteId, EntityNames.ModuleDefinition, moduleDefinition.ModuleDefinitionId, moduleDefinition.Permissions);
             _cache.Remove("moduledefinitions:" + moduleDefinition.SiteId.ToString());
         }
@@ -90,6 +93,18 @@ namespace Oqtane.Repository
                 else
                 {
                     // existing module definition
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(moduledef.Name))
+                    {
+                        moduledefinition.Name = moduledef.Name;
+                    }
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(moduledef.Description))
+                    {
+                        moduledefinition.Description = moduledef.Description;
+                    }
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(moduledef.Categories))
+                    {
+                        moduledefinition.Categories = moduledef.Categories;
+                    }
                     if (permissions.Count == 0)
                     {
                         _permissions.UpdatePermissions(siteId, EntityNames.ModuleDefinition, moduledef.ModuleDefinitionId, moduledefinition.Permissions);
@@ -166,7 +181,7 @@ namespace Oqtane.Repository
                             moduledefinition = new ModuleDefinition
                             {
                                 Name = moduleType.Substring(moduleType.LastIndexOf(".") + 1),
-                                Description = moduleType.Substring(moduleType.LastIndexOf(".") + 1),
+                                Description = "Manage " + moduleType.Substring(moduleType.LastIndexOf(".") + 1),
                                 Categories = ((qualifiedModuleType.StartsWith("Oqtane.Modules.Admin.")) ? "Admin" : ""),
                                 Version = new Version(1, 0, 0).ToString()
                             };
@@ -175,6 +190,10 @@ namespace Oqtane.Repository
                         moduledefinition.ModuleDefinitionName = qualifiedModuleType;
                         moduledefinition.ControlTypeTemplate = moduleType + "." + Constants.ActionToken + ", " + typename[1];
                         moduledefinition.AssemblyName = assembly.FullName.Split(",")[0];
+                        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(moduledefinition.Categories))
+                        {
+                            moduledefinition.Categories = "Common";
+                        }
                         if (moduledefinition.Categories == "Admin")
                         {
                             moduledefinition.Permissions = new List<Permission>

Oqtane.Server/Scripts/Master.00.00.00.sql

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ GO
 CREATE TABLE [dbo].[ModuleDefinition](
 	[ModuleDefinitionId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
 	[ModuleDefinitionName] [nvarchar](200) NOT NULL,
+	[Name] [nvarchar](200) NULL,
+	[Description] [nvarchar](2000) NULL,
+	[Categories] [nvarchar](200) NULL,
 	[CreatedBy] [nvarchar](256) NOT NULL,
 	[CreatedOn] [datetime] NOT NULL,
 	[ModifiedBy] [nvarchar](256) NOT NULL,