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Sitecore Object of type...
When deleting or refactoring Sitecore Contact Facets, and when using a Shared Session Manager, this error can exhaust your solution to the point where the IIS recycles: ERROR Error executing the...
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Sitecore 9 Configuration not available on Dependency Injection –...
Form Sitecore 8.2, Sitecore have implemented Dependency Injection for their own classes. Sitecore uses Microsoft’s Dependency Injection library. Sitecore uses dependency injection to inject many...
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Azure API Management configure CORS in the policy
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) allows a user agent gain permission to access a web- or REST service from a server on a different domain than the site currently in use. Modern browsers does not...
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Sitecore – what is the hash property in the image query string?
Have you also wondered why Sitecore adds a “hash=” property to the image query string? https://yourwebsite.com/-/media/image.jpg?w=200&hash=A1FFA19B634EDF53A3AB3B757887E671F1C452A0 The hash key...
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Azure Functions – How to retry messages in the poison queue
When working with a scenario where your Microsoft Azure Function reads data from a queue, your azure functions is automatically triggered when an entry is added to the queue you wish to read from. The...
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Sitecore install local SSL certificate for shared xConnect SOLR server
In Sitecore 9, the SOLR connection is secure by default. The effect is that if your development environment includes a shared SOLR server, your local IIS requires a SSL certificate issued for that...
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Sitecore open internal links in new window
Frequent users of Sitecore have already noticed that the “Insert Sitecore Link” dialog does not have a target selector: Insert Internal Link Yes it’s true, if you wish to open an internal link in a new...
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Creating dynamic arrays and lists using Dynamic and ExpandoObject in C#
In this previous post, C# Using Newtonsoft and dynamic ExpandoObject to convert one Json to another, I described how you can use the dynamic keyword and the ExpandoObject class to quickly transform...
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Sitecore and WebApi
So you have some legacy WebApi code that needs to run in your Sitecore solution? Or are just just a WebApi expert and need to use your favorite tool in the toolbox? Fear not, WebApi will run fine in...
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Sitecore Display Name not Shown
My display names went missing from Sitecore. But only in my development environment, not the test or production environment. Some googling lead me to this article from Stackexchange, but my database...
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C# Mask email address for GDPR reasons
This is a C# extension method that will mask your email address following this pattern: If it’s not an email, the entire string will be masked (“this string” => “***********”) If the first part of...
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SHA256 hashing email addresses for GDPR reasons
This is a followup on the previous post C# Mask email address for GDPR reasons, where user Inspector Cluedget pointed out that masking (replacing characters with *) an email address in the log file is...
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Sitecore from Rendering to Experience Editor
In Sitecore, how do you set up a template and a rendering that works in the Experience editor? Here is the checklist: STEP 1: CREATE A TEMPLATE Create the template. For each field, use the “Title”...
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Sitecore find unused templates
Long lived Sitecore projects tend to build up dead templates and renderings as design, features and functions evolve. Finding those unused templates is not always just a matter of checking the Sitecore...
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Sitecore find Unused Sublayouts
Long lived Sitecore solutions tend to build up unused renderings and sublayouts as design, features and functions evolve. Finding those unused sublayouts it not just a matter of checking the Sitecore...
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Using Notepad++ to mask email address for GDPR reasons
With the new GDPR rules enforced in Europe, shipping log files containing personal information (including email addresses) to 3rd parties are a no-go. Unless you have a signed controller/processor...
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Sitecore 8.2 changed maxInvalidPasswordAttempts from 256 to 5
I noticed that some of my users got locked out of my solution after I upgraded from Sitecore 8.0 to Sitecore 9.0. That’s because Sitecore have decided to change the default value of the membership...
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Sitecore The “placeholder” placeholder was not rendered in the “page” item
Do you get this error in Sitecore 9? 9952 2018:10:23 12:56:42 WARN The “xxxxx” placeholder was not rendered in the “xxxxx” item ({00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}) rendering context. Possible...
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Sitecore 9 Dependency Injection – Extend the Sitecore Logging
With the extended use of Dependency Injection (DI) in Sitecore 9, you have yet another tool to extend the Sitecore functionality. With DI you can basically replace or extend standard Sitecore...
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Solr delete document using UI and querystring
How do you delete a document from Solr? You can use query string parameters to do the delete:...
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