Using RequireJs with Sitecore 8 - Update
This update has been a long time in coming! Last year I blogged about using Require.js to organize your Sitecore JavaScript. In the post we looked at setting up require js with jQuery. This was the ma
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Single Page Application SUGCON Slides
Single Page Application with Real Time UpdatesFor any that missed it and are actually bothered, here are my slides from my presentation at SUGCON! Single Page Applications with Real Time Updates
Sitecore 8 Bug Uploading Images in Zip Files
One of the nicer features in the Sitecore Media Library was the ability to upload a zip file of images and have it unpack them automatically. In the latest versions of Sitecore (version 8 update 4 and
Use Nuget to Manage Your Sitecore Dependencies
One of the questions that occurs in every Sitecore project, is where to keep your Sitecore dependencies! How to make sure they are kept up to date when upgrading etc… Most developers go for the standa
Sitecore Instance Manager - Tools You Might Not Know About
I’ve been using Sitecore Instance Manager for a while now, but recently I noticed a few tools that for some reason I’d never seen before. So just incase you haven’t seen them, here is a roundup of the
Simple Injector and WFFM Controller Injection Woes
We had a client recently upgrade to Sitecore 8 Update 4, who used both Ninject and Web Forms For Marketers. During the upgrade, we also migrated the Ninject code over to Simple Injector as the perform
Cleaning up the log files
Since upgrading to Sitecore 8 one thing that I have noticed is that the log files can be quite noisey. In particular when the default log file is set to INFO this line is written a lot… and I mean a L
Sitecore 8 and SOLR Upgrading
Just read a great post by Jon Stoneman at Sequence on how to get Sitecore 8 working with Solr. Their experiences are very similar to mine, but I came across some other “gotchas” that I wanted to share
Sitecore MVC Custom Caching - Vary by External Data
Sitecore’s caching system is very powerful and when tuned right can help to create an implementation that performs well under load, which always keeps the clients happy! There are a number of great bl
Sitecore - Sorting by Date with SOLR
With the introduction of Item Buckets and the fantastic Sitecore Search API in Sitecore 7, we are using the search API more and more to get lists of content. Recently I was working on a site that had