Category Archives: Sitecore 7

IdentityServer use IdentityModel to get user token and user info

Posted on August 16, 2019 by

Using IdentityServer have been made easier with the IdentityModel helper library. The library implements extension methods that maps the input and output to classes. GET ACCESS TOKEN: Use the PasswordTokenRequest and RequestPasswordTokenAsync to get the access token. replace your_domain, your_clientid … Continue reading →

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Sitecore use Application Insights Metrics and Telemetry

Posted on August 2, 2019 by

Although Sitecore have an integration for Application Insights (which is part of Azure Monitor), you can implement the TelemetryClient yourself. This is useful if you wish to log Metrics or Trace your own code, without involving the complete Sitecore solution. … Continue reading →

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Sitecore logging – Create new log file every day

Posted on July 2, 2019 by

Sitecore have since forever used Log4Net as it’s logging platform. Log4Net is nicely extensible and can be configured to log in many ways. As per default, Sitecore is configured to start writing to a new log file every time Sitecore … Continue reading →

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Sitecore remove “Job started” and “Job ended” from log files

Posted on June 26, 2019 by

In large Sitecore installations with many background tasks you will find the following log lines over and over again: ManagedPoolThread #1 10:26:05 INFO Job started: xxxxx ManagedPoolThread #5 10:26:05 INFO Job ended: xxxxx (units processed: ) This is the Sitecore … Continue reading →

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Sitecore start scheduled task manually

Posted on May 9, 2019 by

Sitecore scheduled tasks are background tasks running on a schedule. But never when you need it, especially when developing the tasks. You can trigger these tasks manually if you please. THE EASY WAY: INSTALL SITECORE POWERSHELL The Sitecore PowerShell module … Continue reading →

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Create Sitecore items using PowerShell

Posted on April 16, 2019 by

You can use the Sitecore PowerShell Extensions for many trivial tasks. This script creates a “components” folder below all items from a root item: This script was created by my colleague Adam Honore, when I realized that I had forgot … Continue reading →

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Sitecore get Context from fully qualified URL

Posted on April 15, 2019 by

One of the basic Sitecore concepts is the concept of a context. The context is resolved from the HTTP Context to Sitecore and determines the database, language, user domain, content start item etc. The context is defined in the App_Config/Sitecore.config … Continue reading →

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Sitecore Pipelines – The great walkthrough

Posted on March 14, 2019 by

I have previously stated my enthusiasm for the Sitecore Pipeline concept. This article describes how to create your own, how to add parameters, and which properties to use. WHAT IS A SITECORE PIPELINE? It is best described as a simple … Continue reading →

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Sitecore delete old item versions

Posted on March 1, 2019 by

Are your Sitecore editors version-trigger-happy? Is your master database items drowning in old versions that will never be used – or is just exact replicas of the previous version? Fear not, you can in fact – with a little bit … Continue reading →

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Using emojis in Sitecore

Posted on January 4, 2019 by

Because people younger than me stopped communicating with words and instead adopted a modern version of hieroglyphs, emojis have become a part of every modern OS and Browser, and have even been adopted by the Unicode Consortium as a standard … Continue reading →

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