Category Archives: Sitecore 7

Sitecore Display Name not Shown

Posted on July 27, 2018 by

My display names went missing from Sitecore. But only in my development environment, not the test or production environment. Some googling lead me to this article from Stackexchange, but my database were in good condition. It turns out, that even … Continue reading →

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Sitecore and WebApi

Posted on June 22, 2018 by

So you have some legacy WebApi code that needs to run in your Sitecore solution? Or are just just a WebApi expert and need to use your favorite tool in the toolbox? Fear not, WebApi will run fine in your … Continue reading →

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Sitecore open internal links in new window

Posted on May 25, 2018 by

Frequent users of Sitecore have already noticed that the “Insert Sitecore Link” dialog does not have a target selector: Yes it’s true, if you wish to open an internal link in a new windows, it’s a 2 step process. First … Continue reading →

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Sitecore – what is the hash property in the image query string?

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

Have you also wondered why Sitecore adds a “hash=” property to the image query string? https://yourwebsite.com/-/media/image.jpg?w=200&hash=A1FFA19B634EDF53A3AB3B757887E671F1C452A0 The hash key will protect your images from being scaled by others than your own server. The image above will only render if the … Continue reading →

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In Sitecore 9, the ProxyDisabler have been retired completely

Posted on January 22, 2018 by

Sitecore have finally retired the ProxyDisabler in Sitecore 9. Proxy items were the early version of item cloning and were deprecated in Sitecore 6. And now the ProxyDisabler have been removed. There are no replacement. All you need to do … Continue reading →

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Sitecore Paging SOLR Responses

Posted on January 19, 2018 by

When querying Sitecore items from the SOLR index, you do not need to get all items in one go. In fact, the default SOLR implementation will stop at 5000 returned items, so for large queries, you need to use the … Continue reading →

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Sitecore publish:end and publish:end:remote

Posted on January 4, 2018 by

In Sitecore, you have several ways of executing code after a publish. The publish:end and publish:end:remote events are the 2 most obvious choices. There is a little confusion as to when in the publish pipeline these events are fired. In … Continue reading →

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Sitecore replace spaces with dashes in URL’s

Posted on December 8, 2017 by

In Sitecore, there is an easy of avoiding the %20 signs in your URL’s. To clarify: If you have an item with a space in the name, the space will appear in the URL as a %20 sign. For example, … Continue reading →

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Sitecore Postbacks not working? Contents not updated on button click? Try removing caching from your rendering

Posted on October 30, 2017 by

This is a classic Sitecore blunder – suddenly postbacks or button clicks have no effect, as if the web site no longer are connected to your webforms codebehind or the MVC renderings. And you have not changed any code. But … Continue reading →

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