Clik here to view.
Obscure Sitecore Features, inspired by Julian’s Flight Simulator
To the untrained eye, this blog might look a little neglected when really it’s just been taking a hiatus from publishing blog posts. More regular updates are around the corner including a project I’ve...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shiny new blog things
Hope you all like the blog update: shiny new theme, widgets, share links and some analytics. If nothing else, this blog has been an excellent exercise in finding out just how much awesome you can build...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The less obvious changes in TortoiseSVN 1.7
Haven’t heard much from people about their observations on what is a fairly major upgrade to the SVN shell for Windows. Anyone who uses Tortoise and is considering the upgrade should check the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Big Bash League vs Boxing Day Test
I love Test match cricket… When I was thirteen I remember lying in bed watching the Ashes live on Channel 9, it would have been just a bit after midnight local time when Shane Warne announced his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Common Sitecore CMS bug #1: Content Editor will only load root ‘sitecore’ item
A common browser-caching bug that I’ve seen over multiple versions in the 6.4 family of Sitecore CMS products is fairly simple to address. I’ve noticed it happens most often when you’re accessing the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Common Sitecore CMS bug #2: Cannot login to ‘Desktop Mode’
Second in a series on common Sitecore CMS bugs is another issue that has been observed across multiple versions of the 6.4 family. Following a configuration or server change of some type you find...
View ArticleDetermine Sitecore item ancestors and descendants without XPath or traversing...
A basic performance issue encountered with CMS platforms that use content trees is when you have to find whether an item is a child of another item. In Umbraco, a tree item (node) has a .Path property,...
View ArticleHow to debug ASP.NET Application_Start
In case you are ever in a situation where you need to debug code triggered in the ASP.Net Application_Start event before you have time to attach a debugger and your website can’t run by simply starting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Picasso on the price of quality
Lately there have been a few images being shared on LinkedIn that have been liked and re-shared quite favourable, all of them touching on a common theme. If you think it’s expensive to hire a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Quickly copy item paths to clipboard using Sitecore Rocks
There’s a handy feature in Sitecore Rocks to quickly copy a full item path to the clipboard using the shortcut keys Ctrl+Alt+C. It’s probably most useful when you need to quickly make a list of a few...
View Article