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Allow lookup field queries to respect site root

This post shows two ways of using relative lookup field queries in a multisite environment.

By Mark | November 22, 2017 | Uncategorized | No Comments |

Web API routes failing after updating to 8.1 Update-3

After updating to 8.1 Update-3 from 8.1 Initial Release our custom Web API routes on CM and CD were failing with the following exception:

By Mark | June 16, 2016 | Uncategorized | No Comments |

Experiences with Glass Cache

In version 4, Glass Mapper introduced a caching mechanism to speed up access to mapped objects. Basically, once an object is mapped, it is stored in Glass Cache which by default utilizes HttpCache in Memory. The next time the same object…

By Mark | November 2, 2015 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments |

Custom FxCop Ruleset for Sitecore

Recently, my Co-Worker Daniel and I were allowed to present our way of ensuring code-quality using Sonar and custom Sitecore FxCop rules at the first Swiss Sitecore User Group. Our solution is based on the shared source module of Johannes…

By Mark | November 10, 2014 | Uncategorized | No Comments |

Failing DNS lookups slowing down site after upgrade

I ran into a problem today while setting up a content delivery server after upgrading from Sitecore 6.4 to 7.2. After setting everything up, the site ran very slowly and the Sitecore Log started filling with exceptions like this: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException:…

By Mark | November 4, 2014 | Uncategorized | No Comments |

PublishAgent skipping all items when CheckSecurity is activated

We ran into an issue when trying to publish the entire site on a regular basis using PublishAgent. We have it set up to publish the entire site every hour. <agent type=”Sitecore.Tasks.PublishAgent” method=”Run” interval=”01:00:00″> <param desc=”source database”>master</param> <param desc=”target database”>web</param>…

By Mark | July 10, 2014 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment |