“Experience Optimization” missing from Sitecore LaunchPad
When it comes to Content Testing and Personalization in Sitecore, Experience Optimization App is quite powerful. And this App is available in the Sitecore LaunchPad, Content Editor and Experience Editor Interfaces. However, "Experience Optimization" Application will be missing from you LaunchPad or the Application URL may not work, in any of the following scenarios: Sitecore.ContentTesting.config ...
VS 2015: The primary reference “Sitecore.Kernel” could not be resolved because it was built against the “.NETFramework,Version=v4.7.1” framework.
For those users, who are still working on VS 2015, while building your Sitecore MVC Project, you tend to get the following Errors: 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(1820,5): warning MSB3274: The primary reference "Sitecore.Kernel" could not be resolved because it was built against the ".NETFramework,Version=v4.7.1" framework. This is a higher version than the currently targeted framework ".NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2". ...
Installing Sitecore Horizon
Sitecore Horizon is a powerful Next-Gen Experience Management Tool which your Content Authors and Marketers are going to love. It changes the way we look at CMS. Built with Node it's way faster. Sitecore Horizon brings 3 key features on the table: Enhanced Page Editor (with features like Auto-Save, Quick Publish) Simulator Mode (Device Channel ...
Uninstall Sitecore 9.x: Remove Sitecore Certificates
With Sitecore 9.2 and above, Uninstalling Sitecore has never been much easier. The Uninstall-SitecoreConfiguration SIF PS Module Commandlet does a clean uninstall of the respective configurations installed on your workstation/server. Here is the Command line for your reference: Uninstall-SitecoreConfiguration @singleDeveloperParams *>&1 | Tee-Object XP0-SingleDeveloper-Uninstall.log This comes up as a commented line in the respective SP ...
Sitecore: Value cannot be null. Parameter name uri
While working on Sitecore off late I have had my content authors complain about the Workbox not working and user was unable to expand a specific folder in the Content Tree. Here is Sitecore error observed in the logs: Exception: System.ArgumentNullException Message: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: uri Source: Sitecore.Kernel at Sitecore.Diagnostics.Assert.ArgumentNotNull(Object argument, String ...
Error: Java 1.7 or later is required to run solr
ERROR: Java 1.7 or later is required to run solr Please set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the path where you installed Java 1.7+
Convert a Sitecore WFFM Form to Wizard Form (Js based Approach)
While working with Sitecore, I am sure you must have found WFFM (Web Forms For Marketers) been very useful be it a developer/marketer. However, there had been one thing that i always missed in the form - a Wizard interface especially when it comes to lengthy forms. Before i jump into the solution, here are ...
Adding custom CSS Class to Sitecore Rich Text Editor
The "Apply CSS Stylesheet" dropdown in the Sitecore RTE is quite a friendly option to Content Authors when it comes to applying complex styles/themes, without editing the HTML. ==> To add a new value to this dropdown is relatively easy: 1. Verify the Configurations/Settings Verify if the "WebStylesheet" settings is configured properly in your web.config ...
Sitecore & Postman: A Quick Starter Guide
Working RESTful API for Sitecore ItemServices gets easier with Postman. Prerequisites Download the latest version of Postman from here. I highly recommend Signing up to keep your Collections in sync. Enable SSL on the CMS environment. You can create a self signed certificate on the CMS environment and add an HTTPS binding Update Policy Setting ...
Sitecore Powershell to update item fields
The Powershell module is one of the flexible ways to work with the Sitecore items with ease. If you have not installed the module yet, i highly recommend installing the Sitecore Powershell Extensions module from the Sitecore Marketplace Here is a code snippet to update the Sitecore item fields: https://gist.github.com/aackose/03f68e769aca7baeb98ec1a1d4a3b32e The above script will be recursive ...
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