03Apr, 2020
Sitecore 9 has brought us a lot of new features, but the one I am most excited to use is role-based configurations. Non-developers beware; this will be a pretty boring subject matter for you, but you Managers might want to know this feature reduces solution and deployment complexity, which in turn reduces risk and increases efficiency.
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16Mar, 2020
With any project there comes a time when we grant access to the client's authors. I guess that's the whole point of a CMS, right? But during this transition period I always keep an eye on the Content Management instance's performance to ensure everything is running as it should be, and excessive publishing is a common issue we have to address.
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29Feb, 2020
When setting up a greenfield project I just love to see the sea of standard Sitecore home pages cascaded across my monitors as every instance in every environment comes online. I feel like Tom Hanks yelling, “Look what I have created!”, and after the first 20 times of doing so in the office I got “The talk”. But it's not unusual to see a slow start which typically boils down to a connection or permission error. This can be quickly identified and dealt with by just checking the logs, and performance counters is no stranger to this exercise.
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13Feb, 2020
Sitecore's EXM won't be able to send mail until it's configured to connect to a Delivery Provider, but the good news is a simple patch file will do the trick!
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03Feb, 2020
You may have read my post about using the Advanced System Reporter module which is available in the Sitecore Marketplace, so if you're a fan of what it can do then you're going to eventually create your own custom reports. Well you're in the right place so let's get started!
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