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Web Forms for Marketers 8.1 with more Custom Fields
In a previous post, I talked about how to create custom hidden fields in WFFM. While this is a great way to get custom data to your Save Action, it really doesn’t allow for much more flexibility from...
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Sitecore Shared Session: Moving from the tempDB
If you’ve setup a Sitecore instance with MSSQL-based shared sessions, you’ve probably followed this guide:...
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Fixing Timeouts with TDS Deploy
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\HedgehogDevelopment\SitecoreProject\v9.0\HedgehogDevelopment.SitecoreProject.targets(631, 5): Deploy failed. Reason: The request channel timed out while waiting for a...
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Merging Final Renderings back down into Shared Renderings
The first question you’re going to ask is.. why the heck would you do that? Part of me is a little bit of a perfectionist. We’re not quite launched yet, and I want the presentation details as clean as...
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Sitecore Hangs on Item Save or Create
I’m posting this up here mostly for me, in case I run into this again. Our new Sitecore install was having some serious issues. You could browse the tree and do everything as expected in Content...
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Deferring Config File Load
Does your solution have one or more Z folders in the App_Config/Include directory? The answer is probably yes. And in those folders are probably some files that start with a Z. Most of you know why:...
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Dynamically Rendering Items with Variable Caching
This one is going to be a long one, so my apologies in advance. Here’s the scenario: You have a folder in Sitecore which contains a list of items to render. Some examples would be a header navigation...
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Sitecore Web Forms For Marketers – Debugging Email Sending
If you’re developing an email send action, or using the default send-email action in WFFM, you probably want to test it out before you send it to the world. If you’re working locally, then a great...
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TDS Sync issues with 8.1 Update 3
If you’ve just upgraded to 8.1 Update 3 from anything earlier, you’re in a for a treat the first time you sync with TDS. Every single item has changed! Looking at the shot above, you can see EVERY...
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JSON Serialization Issues with Delivery Servers (k__BackingField)
We recently ran into an issue where the same code deployed to our authoring server wasn’t behaving as it should on our delivery servers. On each sever, we were making use of WebAPI to grab some data...
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Switching Search Providers in Sitecore 9
We all remember the pain involved in switching Search Providers from Lucene to Solr. There were many a tales of woe. It crushed dreams. Drinks were had in order to lament. Maybe it wasn’t that bad....
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Forms in Sitecore 9 (WFFM)
Raise your hand if you’ve used Sitecore’s WFFM tool. Now keep your hand up if you loved it. I’m not saying anything. Good news if you weren’t a fan. In the latest version of Sitecore, the WFFM tool...
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Server Role Configuration in Sitecore 9
New with Sitecore 9 is the ability to specify server roles. There is nothing new here when it comes to the roles available, however. It’s still your typical Authoring, Delivery, Processing and...
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Dynamic Placeholders in Sitecore 9
If you’ve done a site in Sitecore, you know about the Dynamic Placeholders. It’s been a critical part of supporting the Editing Experience. In Sitecore 9, this feature is now out of the box! The...
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Infrastructure Software Changes in Sitecore 9
With Sitecore 9, there’s been a ton of changes when it comes to infrastructure. With more first-party love for Azure, the entire PaaS model has become more front-and-center. What does this mean from...
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Using Set in Configuration Files for Sitecore 9
This is a quick one, but man is it sexy. I’m loving the new configuration support in Sitecore 9. Let’s take a look at the new “set” command in the patch configuration. Here’s how we could update two...
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Sitecore Rocks with Sitecore 9
Once you’re up and running with Sitecore 9, you’re likely going to want to setup Sitecore Rocks. Due to some security changes with Sitecore 9, Rocks will have a problem connecting to the instance....
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Controlling Configuration Load Order in Sitecore 9
New with Sitecore 9 is the ability to specify the ability in which config files load. Loading in Alphabetical order is soooo 2016. There’s some work arounds for it, but nothing official. All that...
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Sitecore Installation Framework (SIF) and HTTPS Everywhere
Everyone loves the SIM Tool. It’s one of my favorite parts about Sitecore development. Want a new Sitecore? Fill in some blanks, click a button and poof. You’re ready to go. Sitecore 9 has changed...
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Extending SIF – Custom Modules
I’ve been tinkering with the concept of a rollback script for Sitecore 9 and I’ve had to add a bit more functionality to SIF to handle this. This can be done by adding in custom modules to SIF, which,...
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