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2.18 Expert
EPiServer Community Expert module provides functionality enabling users to ask questions that can be answered by the
domain experts. Experts do not have to be community members to provide answers to the questions.
2.18.1 Add an Expert
To fully use the Expert functionality, at least one Expert has to be added to the community to answer the questions. In
this section, we will focus on adding an Expert that is not a community member – its only job in the community is to
answer questions.
Import Necessary Namespaces
First, import the necessary namespaces that will be used to add an expert. The namespaces StarSuite.Core, and
StarCommunity.Modules.Expert are described by clicking on their respective names. Make sure you add the assembly as
a reference, mentioned in 1.1.1.
using StarSuite.Core;
using StarCommunity.Modules.Expert;
Create a New Expert
Creating a new expert is a simple call to the Expert class constructor. The Expert class constructor allows for providing
several properties describing an expert: first and last name, e-mail address, general description, qualifications, home page,
phone, status and assigned site within the community.
When the Expert object has been created, it has to be committed to database using the AddExpert method of the
ExpertHandler class object.
// Get site that the expert will be assigned to
StarSuite.Core.Modules.ISite site = StarSuite.Core.SiteHandler.GetSite(1);
// create a new Expert
ExpertBase expert = new Expert("John", "Doe", "john@doe.com",
"Description", "Qualifications", "555-55-55",
"http://johndoe.expert.com", ExpertStatus.Active, site);
// save expert in the database
expert = ExpertHandler.AddExpert(expert);
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