Boosting the performance of your Sitecore instance can speed development across all your projects. Diego shares 3 quick tips for shaving off those precious few seconds that can make your projects fly!
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Troubleshooting Sitecore 9 Analytics and Forms
Leveraging the power of Sitecore Forms and Analytics can be the key to delivering a site that provides an awesome customer experience. Marijana helps you troubleshoot some common hiccups, and gets you on your way!
How to Quickly Install Sitecore 9
Ready to get started with Sitecore 9? Installing it can be quick and easy if you have the right tips and tricks. Learn the prerequisite software and configurations you’ll need to install Sitecore 9 and hit the ground running!
Using Sitecore PowerShell to generate a report on last updates to your content
Recently I had to build a report in Sitecore to show the latest updates done on the content tree of a Sitecore instance and had to determine which users made those changes. One of the other important things on this report was the ability to have content authors generate the report from the Content Editor. If you ever need to perform such actions, the Sitecore Powershell Extensions (SPE) module is probably your best bet.
How To Find Items That Don’t Have Any Language Versions Using Powershell
Traditional Powershell commands require a -Language param to retrieve specific item versions. Locating items with out a specified language is a challenge. Here is a great work around.
Coveo Database Connector: Refresh Schedule
If you are dealing with a database source that’s frequently updated, you need to propagate these changes to your index so that your search results display up-to-date data. This can be challenging if you’re dealing with a large data set; a good refresh strategy will help.
Uh-oh, the Sitecore Sheer UI dialog is jacking up my Rich Text Editor. Now what?
Use these 4 simple steps and you will no longer lose your content or field values in the Rich Text Editor when using a Sheer UI dialog.
Experience Editor error strikes again!
“After parsing a value an unexpected character was encountered: {. Path ‘scLayout’…
Experience Editor error – After parsing a value an unexpected character was encountered: {. Path ‘scLayout’
I’ve recently been sparring with a very annoying Sitecore error. It occurs only in Experience Editor, after the Rendering Parameter properties dialog of a rendering is opened, and the user then tries to save the page.
How 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 index but it just wasn’t happening. I cleared the EventQueue table and tried again but in some cases […]
Searching Sitecore Page Datasources in Atomic Architecture
Searching Sitecore Page Datasources When first enabling search in your Sitecore solution, you may find that page content is not searchable. This is especially true if you heavily rely on Experience Editor for your site assembly. Searching Sitecore page datasources is solved by a very common pattern that I refer to as “Page Visualization.” Page Visualization […]
Defaulting to Shared Layout Editing in Sitecore 8.1
At Brainjocks, now Perficient, we’ve been using both shared and final rendering fields from the page editor (sorry – visual experience editor) since Sitecore 8.0. SCORE™ includes a toggle in the ribbon when run in Sitecore 8.0 that allows page designers to select between shared and final rendering fields when editing pages and standard values. […]