1. Working with items

Create an alias

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You can create an alias definition item using the System/Alias data template. For example, to create the alias definition item /Sitecore/System/Aliases/MyAlias to cause the URL /MyAlias.aspx to activate the /Sitecore/Content/Home/Sample item:

Sitecore.Data.Database master = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");

Sitecore.Data.Items.TemplateItem alias = master.Templates[Sitecore.TemplateIDs.Alias];

Sitecore.Data.Items.Item aliases = master.GetItem("/sitecore/system/aliases");

Sitecore.Data.Items.Item myAlias = aliases.Add("MyAlias", alias);

Sitecore.Data.Items.Item sample = master.GetItem("/sitecore/content/home/sample");

myAlias.Editing.BeginEdit();

Sitecore.Data.Fields.LinkField linkField = myAlias.Fields["linked item"];

linkField.LinkType = "internal";

Sitecore.Links.UrlOptions urlOptions = Sitecore.Links.LinkManager.GetDefaultUrlOptions();

urlOptions.AlwaysIncludeServerUrl = false;

linkField.Url = Sitecore.Links.LinkManager.GetItemUrl(sample,urlOptions);

linkField.TargetID = sample.ID;

myAlias.Appearance.Icon = sample.Appearance.Icon;

myAlias.Editing.EndEdit();
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