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Banner image for Cloning a Sitecore Xm Instance, Step by Step article

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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Banner image for A System's Default Regional Iso Code and the Trouble of Parsing Different Date Formats article

I recently migrated a project to a new environment, only to find that rendering a date field was inconsistently working. Not Sitecore's fault, but I've never seen this before, and I know as a seasoned developer I should have all (ok most) of the answers. It's a good catch and I wanted to share.

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Banner image for Sitecore Broken Links Are Not 404, and You Should Be Checking for This Setting Before Going Live article

You know the deal. Before going live, you check for all use cases in your site, including 404 URLs. You'd assume broken links will route a User to said 404 pages, but you'd be wrong, and the result won't be what your content team is looking for.

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Banner image for Reset Your Sitecore Accounts After a Configurable Amount of Time Has Passed article

A common question raised in the community is, “How do I unlock a Sitecore account due to bad password attempts?”. The fix is easy enough with a simple SQL command, but why not use a task that will do this for you? Let's go over the direct fix using SQL and an automated way as well.

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Banner image for Dude, Where's My Upgrade Folder? article

The upgrade folder is a great place to have handy during the installation of a package. It will hold information and items related to what you just installed, like logs, backup of files, what was deleted, etc. While browsing about a new Sitecore Managed Cloud installation I couldn't find it, but there's a patch to resolve the issue.

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