In a previous post, I outlined a method to incorporate a common Razor mechanic (layout inheritance) to create similar page layouts while allowing for variations between different Sitecore data templates. While it isn’t common in some circles, it was at least familiar since it is how standard MVC handle markup… Read more »
On a recent project, I’ve had to refamiliarize myself with the process of creating custom command buttons within Sitecore Content Editor. Some existing commands our team had already defined used convention in which they passed along control to Sitecore.Context.ClientPage.Start. What this does is allow the command to execute asynchronously without… Read more »
TL;DR MVC renderings don’t work with Web Form layouts and vice versa. Issue This might be a rare problem but I figured I’d share anyways. Since Sitecore v8.2.4 (170614) was recently released, I wanted to get it up and running locally and try it out. Once I had it installed,… Read more »
Part of what makes Sitecore a great platform for developers is that there is often more than one solution for a requirement. At the presentation level, one common need is to have similar page layouts while having specific differences between templates and other situations. You may have seen this handled… Read more »
Introduction There are many steps developers should take to make the most SEO-friendly web pages. One such task would be embedding a canonical URL tag. If you’re not familiar, it’s a tag included in the head of the HTML document that informs search engines what the definitive URL for a… Read more »
I’m working on a Sitecore upgrade for a client that is looking to go from v6.6 to v8.1. There is still some hesitation from our group to move to v8.2 until there’s at least one update to work out any kinks. I’ll probably share some more of the overall upgrade… Read more »
I found this in some C# website code I inherited: This isn’t the end of the world and I’ve probably written blocks like this myself. There are some superficial changes like eliminating the second “list” variable or not retrieving from the cache the second time. But it gets really messy… Read more »
Sometimes the rate of progress moves so fast, there are certain features you see so often you start to believe they are default behavior. One such example is a clear feature on simple text inputs. This is useful for things like search queries where you might change your mind and… Read more »
For a client using Sitecore, we were asked to support a sitemap XML file. The basic requirements would be that it should be produced from items in the content tree, specifically ones that relate to actual pages. It should also work in a multi-site environment so that the output produced… Read more »
Spending more time in the server-side, “back-end” realm of web development, I love it when front-end tasks are made easy through approachable frameworks. Which is why I like Bootstrap and AngularJS. I know they both have their flaws and detractors but from my point-of-view, they serve a purpose and make… Read more »
