31Oct, 2024
We're closing in on the final phases of a Sitecore upgrade, which leverages GeoIp for CTAs and branding throughout the site including the global navigation. Invariably, we get reports from the testing team of inaccurate results. Today I'll walk through the validation and tricks I've used when I need to support someone without being at their same location.
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18Oct, 2024
Part of my Sitecore upgrade projects this year is to copy data from the old instance to the new ones. One of those tasks will be to copy Users, and of course, their passwords. You've probably seen Sitecore's ASPX file which allows you to transfer User passwords between Sitecore instances. This is needed since Users that are exported/imported will have their passwords scrambled or set to “b”. The tool only allows for one User to be selected at a time, but this small tweak let's you choose a limitless number of Users at a time.
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03Oct, 2024
Another change the team has found recently was the ability to place HTML content in fields has been updated. Though it was never meant to contain HTML, the Multi-line text field allowed it, and even though this is poor practice, at times our hands are forced.
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07Sep, 2024
This week Sitecore released a known issue stating, “Any Sitecore Client user is capable of performing boost and kick operations after the maximum number of allowed users has been reached”. A starting point for the code fix was provided, but teams will need to complete it, then package and deploy it. I've done that and uploaded the package for anyone who needs it.
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02Sep, 2024
I'm going through a project right now where I need to duplicate some vanilla environments. Due to resource locations being spread out I decided a manual clone was the easiest and fastest path, so today I'll share the process of cloning a Sitecore installation with SQL in Azure, and SOLR in a dedicated VM.
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