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10 issues you might run into when upgrading to Sitecore 9
In this post I’ll list 10 issues that – depending on your particular setup, you might also run into when upgrading to Sitecore 9. They are all easy to fix, so I hope this post saves you some time. 1. Proxy Data providers If you have configured extra databases other than core, master or web…
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Customize Solr Managed Schema in Sitecore 9+
In Sitecore 9+ we can now populate Solr managed schema through the Sitecore control panel. It is still possible to use the legacy schema.xml files, but it is actually a lot more comfortable to be able to just deploy the schema with one click. Sitecore currently has some basic schema which it populates and has…
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Santa’s little xDB Helper
Sorry for the xmas pun but hey, it’s December. Back to topic. Debugging xDB issues on a remote environment can be very difficult. Is the MongoDB connection OK? Is tracking configured correctly? Are contacts being created and identified? Is my data pushed to the correct places, when my session ends? Why is GeoIP detection not working?
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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.
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Things to look out for when setting up xDB
This post highlights some potential pitfalls when setting up xDB on a Sitecore 8.x environment.
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Why silent saving with a processing server is a bad idea
This post highlights why silent saving, EventDisabler or using BulkUpdateContext can lead to inconsistent data on a multi-CM environment i.E. when using a processing server.
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Using IP Geolocation and SSL on Azure
I want to share some lessons learned from a recent migration of a Sitecore infrastructure to Azure. If you are running a load balanced environment over SSL and relying on IP Geolocation then you need to look out for the following gotchas:
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Is there a difference between master and web?
This question has been in the back of my mind for as long as I’ve been working with Sitecore. Is there an internal difference in the way items are stored to and retrieved from these databases? I put some time into investigating:
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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: