Sitecore .Net Rendering host deployment to AKS
Steps that I followed to deploy Sitecore MVP site to AKS
Create new email template in Sitecore Content Hub
Lets find out how to add new email templates in ContentHub
Why Sitecore is moving away from Azure Webapps to Kubernetes
Use case : deploy 10 webs for 3 environments in the cloud.
How to enable Sitecore ContentHub Preview API
Problem : HTTP 401 error while accessing /api/graphql/preview/ide or /api/graphql/preview/v1
How to identify Sitecore SXA version
Identify SXA version from Sitecore Dashboard
Enable Application Insights for Sitecore in Azure PaaS
I have not found good document which lists the steps to ensure Application Insights have been enabled correctly for Sitecore on Azure PaaS.
Renew Sitecore Client Certificate for Sitecore 10 PaaS
Renew Sitecore Client Certificate for Sitecore 10 PaaS
Create a custom module in SXA 9.3
Create a custom module in SXA 9.3
Deploying Sitecore 10 to AKS (Azure Kubernetes)
Here is how I successfully deployed Sitecore 10 to AKS, hope it helps someone.
Sitecore check database fragmentation percentage
The script that helps to identify the avg fragmentation percentage for all the Sitecore database indexes.
First Sitecore Form
Struggled a bit while creating a Sitecore form on a page. Here is how to add it.
Traditional Sitecore to Sitecore SXA upgrade
Sitecore upgrade to SXA
Sitecore support timelines
Sitecore versions mainstream support, Extended support and Sustaining support
Get sitecore roles from application insights
Azure Application Insights provides a great set of tools to dwell on the issues of your application.
Gitflow - Git branching strategy
A good branching strategy is necessary for CI/CD. This works for me, let me know if you disagree on any of this.
Disable Identity server in sitecore 9.x
Sometimes we need to disable identity server in Sitecore 9 versions. As this is enabled by default.
Reset sitecore admin password to b in Sitecore 8.0 - 9.2
Sometimes it's necessary to update the admin password to default one, it might be because you refreshed your local copy of the database from production or you simply lost your password.
no registration found for extension 'managekeystorage' of type 'task' -Install
In my experience, this happened when we were using the wrong version of SitecoreInstallFramework to install Sitecore. Check the Sitecore documentation of which version of SIF is needed and install that before Installing Sitecore instance.
Deploy Sitecore-9.1.1 XP Scaled as Paas in Azure
Steps to install Paas environment in Azure
Step by step guide to install Sitecore 9.1
Install Sitecore 9.1
Power shell scripts to get user info from B2C Tenant
Powershell commands to connect and retrieve data from B2C tenant.
List of HTTP security headers that secure your site
There are a number of security headers that have been added to the HTTP
specification that can provide defence-in-depth protection against certain vulnerabilities.
Basic user role which can allow content editors to edit and publish
This is how to create a basic user role in Sitecore which can be assigned to content editors so they can edit and publish content.
Content ediors cannot edit rendering parameters, datasource and placeholders
When your content editors are inherited just by the sitecore\Author role they cannot able to edit data sources, placeholders and rendering parameters.
Give Permission to presentation tab for content editors
Sometimes Sitecore content editors need to access presentation details so they can re-arrange the order of the renderings.
Extension method to get Sitecore start item or home item from any itemId on Sitecore multi-site environment
Extension method to get Sitecore start item or home item from any itemId on Sitecore multi-site environment
Sitecore Hyphenate Item name and set displayname to item name
It's better to make URLs in lowercase and hyphenate for SEO purposes. In case of Sitecore, URLs are generated based on the items created in Sitecore.
Sitecore manual publish an item in all publishing targets and languages
Sometimes we need to trigger Sitecore publish on an item on all publishing targets and on all languages. Here is the way we can achieve it.
Sitecore get all base templates for an item recursively
It's a good approach to divide all your Sitecore templates into small chunks. This helps re-usability of the templates.
Sitecore publish at specific time
Publishing Sitecore items at a specific time increase performance of the Sitecore website, rather than going without of box Sitecore functionality of running an agent every x number of minutes to do publish.
Value cannot be null Parameter name objectToSwitchTo - Glassmapper Rendering parameters
Value cannot be null Parameter name objectToSwitchTo - Glassmapper Rendering parameters
Better way of handling sitecore 404 pages
Out of the box Sitecore way of handling 404 error is to respond with 302 redirect the original request to "sitecore/service/notfound.aspx". Then "sitecore/service/notfound.aspx" will respond with 404 response code.
Custom name for rendering in presentation details
This is how to create a custom name for the rendering in presentation details.
Creating a web API in Sitecore for ajax calls with in Sitecore context
Web Api's in Sitecore instance with Sitecore context.
Global content sharing strategy for buckets and repositories in Sitecore
If you have a global section with a repository of items in Sitecore buckets and are shared between different Sitecore websites in a multi-site environment, here is the way how to deal it in a nicer way.
Building your first chatbot using Microsoft Chatbot Framework for beginners - Part 1
When you started to learn anything new, its not easy. I felt the same while creating my first chat bot. Here is how I solve the challenges I faced.
Change Sitecore default content editor language
By default Sitecore content editor language for Shell website(Sitecore CMS) is "en". This can be modified globally or per user basis.
The model item passed into the dictionary is of type Sitecore Mvc Presentation RenderingModel, but this dictionary requires a model item of type xxx
You might have come to this page as you encountered same error as mine. I am using Glassmapper as ORM for Sitecore.
What is Sitecore patching? Why we as Sitecore developers need to use it?
Sitecore provides us with an opportunity to better control our config changes to Sitecore instance in the way of patching.
Image uploaded by media dialog from sitecore content item responds with 404
This is identified as a bug in Sitecore 8.1 update 3. See the response from Sitecore below:
Creating a Sitecore contact programmatically
Recently, I get into a situation where i need to create a Sitecore contact when a user submits a contact form. I find it hard while finding a right solution for this. So i am sharing my solution here.
Cannot upload multiple images or files at once in content ediotor?
The ability to upload multiple files simultaneously is provided by flash upload. This kind of upload is possible in case browser is allowed to use flash player.
Renamed template field is not published correctly?
I have found the same issue. All i have done is renamed an existing field and published but Sitecore is not updating the web database with new field name.This means some item/rendering parameter fields are not updating on publish.
Auto publish sitecore items
Auto publishing is a great tool in Sitecore that can help the performance of your Sitecore website. This is what you needs to know before turning on auto publishing in Sitecore instance.
Dealing with 500 errors in Sitecore 8,7,6
This is how to deal with 500 response code errors in Sitecore 8, 7, 6 versions correctly.
Creating multiple bots in single endpoint url
If you work with Microsoft bot framework you would have already realised that you need to have different domain names for each chat bot. This is how we can have multiple chat-bots that sit on the same domain name.
I hate programming, really?
I have heard this sentence repeatedly, mostly from students in India who are undertaking their undergraduate studies in Computer Science. I don't blame them, but the real question is do you really hate programming or is it the fear of something new that puts you off or makes you hate it?
Sitecore 8 stuck on publish
Sitecore 8 is great product compared to previous versions of Sitecore. But, it comes with some glitches, this is one of them.
Disable unicorn in sitecore
Unicorn is a great tool for Sitecore to serialize all your Sitecore items, but sometimes u do need to disable in development environments to test your issues. Here is the simple way to do it.
How to add syntax highlighter to your Umbraco TinyMCE Rich text editor
Umbraco does not provide this feature by default. most of my blog posts I write here also need syntax highlighter, this helps the reader to understand the code easily.
MsBuild Command line parameters for teamcity to deploy
TeamCity is a great tool for continuous build and deploys tool for your projects. Here are the command line arguments that will come in handy while creating a build step in TeamCity.
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