8.1 Experience Editor JavaScript APIs
There are parts of Sitecore APIs that are well understood, widely used, and probably won’t change without a really good reason. And then there are relatively new APIs – some introduced along with new...
View ArticleUsing Gulp and Unicorn within a SCORE scaffolded project
I would like to share some findings from my investigation into the replacement of TDS with alternative open source tools such as Gulp and Unicorn. Gulp is a toolkit that will help you automate painful...
View ArticleMedia Indexing Approaches
Sitecore has powerful search capabilities for those who are interested in runtime performance. Lucene is embedded by default with a standard set of indexes for all databases that is automatically...
View ArticleMultiplatform Development for Sitecore
When you’re building a website, you typically don’t worry about targeting multiple Sitecore versions. You usually pick one version and develop against it at full speed. Contributing to a library or...
View ArticleHow to Force the Index to Update on the CD Server
The issue: Index not updating properly A while back I ran into an issue where the index on the CD server was not updating correctly. I checked the EventQueue table and the event existed to update the...
View ArticleSite Clusters – Part 4: Renderings shmenderings; or why you should care about...
A critical portion of understanding Site Clusters is wrapping your head around Shared and Final layout, and understanding the impact this has on your content authoring experience. The concept of Shared...
View ArticleExperience Editor error strikes again!
An error occurred. [Log message: After parsing a value an unexpected character was encountered: {. Path ‘scLayout’ Victory is Fleeting A couple of months ago I wrote a blog post about how to solve a...
View ArticleCreate Content Pages From Launchpad in Sitecore 8
Working with large enterprise clients usually requires a different approach. When it comes to security and defining permissions, a more sophisticated approach is often required. Recently, one of our...
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