A Journey from Stuck to Success: Unravelling the Silly Mistake in “Kentico 13 Page Builder and Form Builder”
Have you ever found yourself entangled in a web of complexity, grappling with a problem that seemed insurmountable? I recently embarked on a two-day journey through the labyrinth of Kentico 13’s Page Builder and Form Builder, struggling with an issue that had me scratching my head😲. Little did I know that the solution to my problem would turn out to be a seemingly insignificant detail buried in the depth of my application’s code.
It all began when I needed to see my Live website content in Kentico Xperience 13 — Page Builder and needed to use Form Builder for creating forms. As always, I got an error that is very familiar to me😂.
Errors:
- Page Builder: “User is not authorized to modify the current page.”
- Form Builder: “Permission ‘EditForm’ is required for resource ‘cms.form’.”
My task seemed straightforward enough; ensuring that only authorized users could access and edit content through these builders. Armed with my reliable administrator credentials, I delved into the Kentico admin panel, ready to tackle the task at hand.
First, I ventured into the permissions application, meticulously ticking all the boxes to provide every conceivable permission. I even went a step further and created a new role specifically for global administrators, hoping that this would magically unlock the gate to the elusive Page Builder and Form Builder.
Yet, despite my persistent efforts, the problem persisted. At this point, I began to suspect that the issue might run deeper than the user roles and permissions. Could it be a database problem, I wondered? I painstakingly combed through the database tables used for authentication in our Kentico admin, searching for any irregularities or discrepancies. I still found myself locked out, unable to make any progress.
I tried the logical step of creating a new global administrator user with full permissions, hoping this would grant me access to Page Builder and Form Builder.
But once again, my quest for a solution proved fruitless. It was as if the issue was mocking my every attempt to conquer it. Frustration began to set in 😩, and I couldn’t help but wonder if I was missing some critical detail, hidden in plain sight.
Two days had passed, and my struggle showed no signs of ending. It was then that, in a moment of exasperation, I revisited the code of our core application. And that’s when it hit me like a lightning bolt — a single line of code that had eluded me all along- app.UseAuthentication(); 😒in the start-up file.
Yes, you read that right. A simple call to enable authentication had been the key to unlocking Page Builder and Form Builder all along 😂. It was an astonishingly trivial oversight that had caused me hours of frustration.
But as the saying goes, “It’s always the last place you look.” With this newfound revelation, I quickly added the missing line of code to my application’s startup file. It was as though I had discovered a hidden treasure map that led straight to my coveted destination.
With a sense of both relief and amusement, I revisited Page Builder and Form Builder, and there it was — access granted! The issue that had left me flummoxed for two days had been vanquished by a simple line of code.
So, what’s the moral of this story? Sometimes, in the world of software development, the most challenging problems have the simplest solutions 😆. It’s a reminder that even the most experienced developers can stumble over seemingly inconsequential details.
