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Migrating huge amounts of Sitecore content – Use the Sitecore Serializer
Migrating contents from one Sitecore to another is a common task. We move templates, layouts, content, media library items etc. from development to test and from test to production all the time....
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Sitecore Users and C#
The Sitecore security framework is based on the .NET security. Managing Authentication, Authorization, User Accounts and Roles can be done using the standard System.Web.Security namespace. But Sitecore...
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Sitecore Save Dialog appears for unchanged content
Have you ever experienced that Sitecore keeps popping the “Do you want to save the changes to the item?” dialog box, even when you have made no changes to the item? And the box keeps appearing, even...
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Sitecore media library missing PDF icons
When uploading PDF (or Word/Excel/…) documents to the Sitecore media library, the PDF icon is not shown: PDF icon Missing In this case it is only my test server that is not showing the icons. My local...
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Create components for Sitecore Page Editor
This quick tutorial will guide you trough your first Sitecore Page Editable Component. The Sitecore Page Editor is build around the concept of components. A component is a reusable piece of data that...
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Sitecore 404 without 302
It’s a well known issue that when Sitecore displays a 404 page, it’s done by doing a 302 redirect to the 404 page, hence the 302 status code is thrown before the 404. The behavior is partially because...
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The URL-encoded form data is not valid error in Sitecore Page Editor
In ASP.NET 3.5 you may encounter one of the following error messages: “Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object” or: “The URL-encoded form data is not valid” WHY? Microsoft...
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Sitecore 7 is coming: My wish list for Sitecore 7.01
The next big release of Sitecore 7 is on it’s way. This time Sitecore have listened to many MVP’s and have adressed some technical issues. Most of this release revolves around scalability and indexing....
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Sitecore allow email adress as user name
If you try to create a new user in Sitecore with an email address as account name you will be met with a validation error: “user name is not valid in the selected domain.” But do not worry, it’s not...
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Sitecore 6.6: CSRF form field is missing
In the latest version of Sitecore 6.6 (release 13.04.04) I sometimes get this error: Exception: Sitecore.Security.AntiCsrf.Exceptions.PotentialCsrfException Message: CSRF form field is missing. Source:...
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.NET DateTime to JSON UNIX JavaScript datetime
When posting datetimes to web services or REST services, you might need to convert the standard .NET DateTime to a UNIX format. Please note than neither REST, nor JavaScript has its own DateTime...
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Programming for Sitecore DMS Engagement Plans
Sitecore DMS Engagement plans allow you to control some of the specific ways in which your website interacts and communicates with the visitors to your website. Think of engagement plans as a...
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A potentially dangerous Request.QueryString value was detected from the client
One of my colleagues encountered this error in Sitecore 6.6: A potentially dangerous Request.QueryString value was detected from the client You might think that this error was caused by the Microsoft...
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(System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlIframe) is not compatible with the type of...
Yesterday I got the following error: Parser Error Message: The base class includes the field ‘IFrame’, but its type (System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlIframe) is not compatible with the type of control...
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Custom rules and conditions for Sitecore personalization
In Sitecore it is possible to change the sublayouts or data sources on a page depending on conditions. This means that users can see the same page differently, depending on a set of rules. Sitecore...
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Avoid the use of Sitecore.Context.Item
Or: How Sitecore DMS and Personalization killed the Sitecore.Context.Item. This post is about how to properly ensure that you get data from the correct item when you develop websites that can be...
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Merge Sitecore layout details using XmlDeltas
One of the features that Sitecore introduced somewhere in the Sitecore 6.x range is “Layout Deltas“, the possibility to merge an item’s layout details with the layout details on the item’s __Standard...
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Sitecore ECM 2.1: The target device layout does not include ‘Processes...
When using Sitecore Email Campaign Manager, you might encounter the following error: The target device layout does not include ‘Process Personalization Tokens’ sublayout and ‘Target Item’ rendering,...
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JavaScript ReferenceError: Can’t find variable: __doPostBack
This error can occur in asp.net pages. In certain situations .net will fail to create the __doPostBack JavaScript function and the hidden __EVENTVALIDATION input field. The situations that can cause...
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Register local search terms in Sitecore DMS
When installing Sitecore and DMS, Sitecore comes pre-installed with an Executive Insight Dashboard Report that will generate a report containing which search words users have executed in your local...
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