Posts Tagged ‘Sitecore’

[su_note note_color=”#fafafa”]I recently had to import various data sets as items into Sitecore. There are many tools one can use but I wanted something very simple, something readily available, and yet something powerful and flexible enough to build a reusable component. I figured I would use Sitecore Powershell Extensions.[/su_note] For a treasure hunt we need […]

[su_note note_color=”#fafafa”]I have recently found myself working on a project that needed federated authentication. While intrAnet sites could use SiteMinder agent, extranet sites could only do SAML via something like Shibboleth. Setting up a Service Provider with Shibboleth is fairly straightforward and well documented on their wiki. And it also works like a charm until […]

Attribute Routing Rumor has it: you can use MVC attribute routing in Sitecore. It’s actually very easy to set up. John West posted it recently on his blog. Today I stumbled upon an interesting side effect of using this way of routes registration that may be important if your controllers generate user facing experiences that […]

As Mark Polly discussed in a recent blog post, a newly published study by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services shows that digital leaders are more likely to be successful than followers or laggards. There are many ways a company can improve its digital leadership. For example, CIOs can create a digital advisory board comprised of […]

I recently discussed a few best practices for utilizing Glass.Mapper for mapping Sitecore content templates to strongly-typed C# objects. I also briefly mentioned that the Glass.Mapper library was upgraded to version 4 this past May. For Sitecore developers, this is significant news, and this release introduced a few great changes worth mentioning: Simplified Nuget Packages: Previous […]

Glass.Mapper is a great object-relational mapping (ORM) tool built on .NET for the Umbraco and Sitecore platforms. As a Sitecore Platinum Implementation Partner, Perficient and its developers use the best tools available, and Glass.Mapper is right up there in our preferred Sitecore tool belt. As a Sitecore developer interested in using Glass.Mapper, you should consider […]

[su_note note_color=”#fafafa”]This blog post is a response to a question over at SDN (here). It’s a prototype of a solution, please use at your own risk and make sure you harden the code properly. I intentionally simplified it for the blog post. If I spend a little more time on it I will publish it […]

  A recent article that I read alluded to the fact that regulatory bodies are struggling to keep their websites updated, which could lead to misinformation or a lack of information for consumers and companies interested in a country’s regulations and policies. The story specifically pointed to the English and Korean versions of South Korea’s […]

I was going to write this blog post for quite a while now. I’ve been exposed to the low level features of Sitecore on multiple occasions – building data providers, contributing to Sitecore.FakeDb, consulting project teams on various issues, and, of course, building SCORE. I believe that understanding fundamental concepts of Sitecore data architecture is […]

When you combine Slow Cheetah with Web Deploy in a Sitecore solution you get the benefits of quick deployments with the ability to store any custom code and configuration in your source control. Slow Cheetah brings xml transformations to Sitecore so you only specify the differences between configuration files and can store every environment’s configuration […]

  Let’s face it: The web is one of the most powerful tools available to life sciences companies for connecting with patients and physicians. The more empowered patients become to act as their own advocate, the more they search the web for information. The busier physicians become, the less time they have for pharmaceutical reps, […]

Today, Perficient announced that we are now a Sitecore Platinum Implementation Partner. Sitecore established the new designation to recognize  partners who distinguish themselves through their implementation capability, joint reference clients with Sitecore, and demonstrated thought leadership in customer experience management. It’s been an exciting couple of months for Perficient’s Sitecore practice. In addition to being […]