.Sitecore

When I got hoem today and opened my mail using webmail, I’ve foudn out Sitecore has released the new version. It contains soem surprising new features such as a updated login screen, implementation of RoleMembership, etc. The new version does feel a lot better. It seems to be a a bit faster. Even the installer is [...]

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I’ve heard the download of files is fixed in 5.3.1, but as long as 5.3.0 is still the current release, you’ll download executable with the ashx-extension which is very ugly and make the files unusable… The code:     1 using Sitecore.Resources.Media;     2      3 namespace Sitecore.CustomMediaHandler     4 {     5     public class FileHeaderProcessor {     6      7         public void Process (GetMediaStreamPipelineArgs [...]

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So here’s the code for once and always . Using the Sitecore framework as much as possible:     1         private static string GetNiceShortIntro(int maxLength, bool stripHtml, bool htmlEncode, params string[] fieldValues)     2         {     3             string intro = StringUtil.GetString(fieldValues);     4      5             if(stripHtml)     6             {     7                 intro [...]

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One of the things I’m missing these days in our productionline of Sitecore solution is a checklist. I’ve created the first part below: How are you going to install? XCopy? MSI? Installer? In case of 5.3 have you thought about sufficient rights for creating prepromence counters? Have you made a release build of your code? Web.config [...]

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Today the second monthly developer knowledge session @ LECTRIC. Talking about Design Patterns. A refresh for all my colleagues and for some total new stuff. Even some critical notes on the way Sitecore.Configuration.Factory is implemented . Really cool session. The audience(6 colleagues) did a terrific job, aswell. I’m not really happy with these months slides. [...]

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Before I go: What do you like more? Sitecore explored articles – Running trough the API, finding out stuff, ‘hacking the core’ Tutorials on Sitecore – How to create my own… Your first WebPart framework implementation… Sitecore comparing to other systems Process of creating the best Sitecore solutions(design docs, builds, best practices, appointments, rules, guides, [...]

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Tomorrow I’ll finally provide our Sitecore team the 2nd part of our Developers Knowledge Session. It’s all about Design Patterns and the way they are used in Sitecore. As 50% of our team has studied Informatica it shouldn’t be a problem… It shouldn’t, but the reality is that Object Orientation will not be fully understand [...]

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As some of you might know, I’m sick. Catched a cold . For 4 days at home now and I’ve decided to stay at home at least for tomorrow. Although feeling ill is very bad, it has some advantages… I’ve been able to run trough all the Channel 9 movies I wanted to see for [...]

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Yeah it’s been a while. Exactly: tomorrow a month ago. I’ve talked with my colleagues about datastructures in Sitecore. How use stuff like Proxies, Relations, etc. And from now on, I’ll do this every month, not just datastructures but all kind of topics. When you’re interested or you want to share Sitecore knowledge, feel free [...]

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