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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 |

Default Rich Text Editor Profile in a Multisite Environment

Out of the box, the default Rich Text Editor profile can be set via the “HtmlEditor.DefaultProfile” setting. Unfortunately, this only allows you to set the default profile for the entire Sitecore instance making it the default profile for each site.…

By Mark | March 1, 2016 | Administration, Authoring | 2 Comments |

Querying generated Template Models with Glass

I have written some helper methods for working with generated Template Models and Glass.Mapper. Main goal is to make it easy for developers to query the Sitecore database using generated Template models. See Mike’s post for details on what Template…

By Mark | January 7, 2016 | Coding | No Comments |

Glass Mapper: Does the number of mapped fields have a performance impact?

Recently at work, the discussion arose if the number of fields mapped from Sitecore Items to our models would have a performance impact. The question was if we should limit the number of mapped properties in our IGlassBase interface to gain performance.…

By Mark | January 4, 2016 | Coding | 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 |

Web Forms For Marketers meets Sitecore DMS

I’ve had the chance lately to dive into some more advanced features of the Web Forms for Marketers Module in combination with Sitecore DMS. This blog post shows some of the advanced possibilities you have using WFFM in combination with…

By Mark | August 9, 2014 | DMS | No Comments |

Duplicate entries in custom index on incremental update

I’ve had a problem with a custom index some time ago. Entries were showing up multiple times when doing incremental updates of the index i.E. when saving an item. The only thing that would clean up the index again would…

By Mark | August 9, 2014 | ContentSearch | No Comments |

Understanding Sitecore DMS Campaign triggering

Sitecore DMS allows you to launch and track Campaigns. You can set up Campaigns inside Marketing Center. Check the Marketing Operations Cookbook on SDN for more detail on that. Make sure you deploy your Campaigns by clicking Deploy in the…

By Mark | July 13, 2014 | DMS | 4 Comments |