Create a Help Dialog for your Sitecore components
To me, the entire point of Sitecore is to power the content authors to be able to create amazing pages with great flexibility without having to rely on a technical team of developers. Sometimes, however, they may need a little extra help on how a…
Assign default Workflows to SXA items without creating new templates
Since SXA templates are pre-built by Sitecore, enabling Standard Values or Workflows can be very time-consuming. This becomes even more difficult if certain items need to go through separate workflows. Sitecore’s recommendation to “Add and extend an SXA template” states that “You might want to…
A Tribute to 11 years of working with Sitecore
I took a chance 11 years ago while I was looking for a new opportunity. After working as a .NET developer for about 10 years for a company, I was looking to make a change. I found an job posting for a .NET developer with…
Create a Global Header and Footer for your Sitecore website
One common request for most Sitecore website I’ve worked on is there is a way to maintain a global header and footer item, for the ease of maintenance as well as to prevent unintended variations from being published. While there are several different ways to…
View all of your personalizations in one place with Sitecore 9.2
The recent release of Sitecore 9.2 included a variety of fun new features, inlcuding SXA integration with JSS, integration with ContentHub 3.2 and GDPR enhancements. However, one of the new features is sure to help Content Authors and Marketers in a significant way. Sitecore 9.2…
Sitecore SXA partial design cache does not clear on publish
Scenario:When making a change to a SXA partial design and publishing, the changes are not reflected on the site. Diagnosis:Initially, I was suspicious of the Html Cache Clearing processor and accused them of not doing their jobs. Well, as it turns out, I was partially…
Sitecore WorkflowCounters namespace change
Recently, I was reading a post on how to change the workflow state of Sitecore items programmetically and noticed that I could not compile the example code in later versions of Sitecore. Specifically, the following line in the example code was failing: To fix the…
Winning a Sitecore Ultimate Experience Award
I recently had the pleasure of working as the Sitecore Architect with Dine Brands, which operates the IHOP and Applebee’s brands, and a wonderful team of talented people at XCentium. This was an exciting project, which involved a complete transformation of both websites. Primarily, the…
Sitecore Media Framework: Vimeo Edition
Introducing the Sitecore Media Framework: Vimeo Edition For a long time now, Sitecore has enabled the ability to integrate videos with some of the biggest names in the paid video platforms out there, such as Brightcove or Ooyala, and for good reason. Those platforms offer many…
Bug: Sitecore 8.1 Workflow Commands Do Not Work When Item Is Not Saved
UPDATE: Issue is fixed with Sitecore Experience Platform 8.1 rev. 160302 (8.1 Update-2) As I’m sure is true with others, the desire to jump into Sitecore 8 is a strong one. Recently, I had the the pleasure of leading an Sitecore 7.5 -> Sitecore 8.1 Update…