Category Archives: Sitecore 7

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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Sitecore Security: Roles in Roles – What it is and how it works

Posted on December 6, 2018 by

The Sitecore Roles-In-Roles is an extension to the basic authorization that have been around ever since Sitecore 5. WHAT IS ROLES-IN-ROLES? Roles-In-Roles allows you to have nested roles, so when you add a role to a user, the user is … Continue reading →

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Sitecore check access and roles programatically

Posted on November 9, 2018 by

The Sitecore security model have changed over time, but the general API to check security access and roles have been stable for many many years. CHECK IF USER HAS ACCESS TO AN ITEM: To check if a user have access … Continue reading →

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Sitecore find Unused Sublayouts

Posted on September 28, 2018 by

Long lived Sitecore solutions tend to build up unused renderings and sublayouts as design, features and functions evolve. Finding those unused sublayouts it not just a matter of checking the Sitecore Link Database for sublayouts with no references because: You will … Continue reading →

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Sitecore find unused templates

Posted on September 14, 2018 by

Long lived Sitecore projects tend to build up dead templates and renderings as design, features and functions evolve. Finding those unused templates is not always just a matter of checking the Sitecore link database for templates with no references because: … Continue reading →

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Sitecore from Rendering to Experience Editor

Posted on August 24, 2018 by

In Sitecore, how do you set up a template  and a rendering that works in the Experience editor? Here is the checklist: STEP 1: CREATE A TEMPLATE Create the template. For each field, use the “Title” field for all of … Continue reading →

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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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