The 2nd post in our Site Clusters series covers how to get started with this localization strategy–creating multiple websites that share 1 content tree. To recap – a Site Cluster is a simple way to create multiple websites that share a single content tree.
Information Architecture
Site Clusters in Sitecore – Part 1
We often create multilingual websites using Sitecore’s powerful CMS. Sitecore has a great solution for multilingual content. Each item in the content tree can include a number of item versions, and each item version can be delivered in a different language, so translation of content is simple and straightforward. Well, not exactly. These item versions […]
Using a Sitecore Item Provider for Component Security
You can use Data Providers for Security? Recently, @techphoria414 asked on the Sitecore Stack Exchange: “What are some appropriate uses for Sitecore Data Providers?” My answer was: When Security is just too complicated for Sitecore. People offered a lot of suggestions with lots of ways to implement data providers using different strategies and philosophies. Still, I thought […]
Multiplatform Development for Sitecore
Contributing to a library or framework requires multiplatform Sitecore development to maximize applicability of your work. You need to think about how to make your code work with multiple different versions of Sitecore, and how to make it smooth and easy to switch between versions. This post will show you how.
Indexing Patterns in Sitecore
Proper Search Index implementation is an essential part of development for the Sitecore platform. When you begin to work with indexes, you have to decide what index to use in your project and how store data in it. This article intends to show you possible options and give you tools to make educated decisions.
A Recipe for Solid SSL in Sitecore
When building a modern website, a developer needs to pay attention to many things. One of those is security; it always should be placed at the top of the priority list. And the best way to protect site bytes and user input while they’re traveling between a browser and web servers is Transport Layer Security (TLS a.k.a. SSL). If you want to learn how TLS can be implemented in Sitecore, you don’t need to search further. Let’s start…
Off By One Hour
[su_note note_color=”#fafafa”]Sitecore 8 added timezone support to all dates. Make sure you read this section of the documentation if you are not familiar.[/su_note] Intro We were mostly careful with our dates and put our Sitecore into GMT Standard Time from the very beginning to avoid converting things back and forth: Turns out – and it’s […]
Dynamic Product Detail Pages. Part 3 – WFFM
[su_note note_color=”#fafafa”]In part 1 of this series we built a functional prototype of a dynamic product detail page. In part 2 we componentized it and learned to share product data with all components on the page. It’s now a fully functional solution but it’s not yet complete.[/su_note] Web Forms For Marketers It’s not uncommon to […]
Dynamic Product Detail Pages. Part 2 – Componentization
[su_note note_color=”#fafafa”]In part 1 of this series we built a functional prototype of a dynamic product detail page. It’s an MVC route with a controller behind it that stages page context and kicks off rendering pipeline(s) for the product detail page template that is Page Editor editable. We did it this way and did not […]
Dynamic Product Detail Pages. Part 1 – Page Editor
Scenario Your Sitecore site needs to display product detail pages. Maybe it’s retail, maybe it’s e-commerce, maybe it’s a catalogue with (or without) online sample orders, maybe it’s an inventory listing with inquiry forms, maybe it’s something else. The detail pages may have same look and feel for all products, may vary per category or […]
MVT in MVC – A History Lesson
Multi-Variate Test has been a part of Sitecore DMS for quite some time. It basically allows marketers to vary a component’s datasource or a rendering itself and see which variation does better as measured in the overall engagement value. Testing is a big deal these days and Sitecore 8 attempts to disrupt the status-quo with […]
Sitecore 8. Developer’s Notes – Part 1
[su_note note_color=”#fafafa”]Unlike my usual blog posts where I pick a subject and dig deep, this one is a broad collection of notes that I’ve recorded since I started exploring Sitecore 8 and playing with SCORE and FakeDb in it. Like many Sitecore enthusiasts I just couldn’t help it and got my hands on it the […]