28Aug, 2025
If you saw my post yesterday about adding a preview link to sites, you might come to the conclusion that I've added a 2nd publishing target. Works great, but if publishable dates are set, nothing will get published to this new preview target. I've created a simple processor to handle this.
18May, 2022
One of our clients asked me last week if I could find out when a specific page was published. This action gets recorded into the logs so you can always check there, but it's only retained for a few days. My Publish History module stores a permanent record on each item for when something was published, and by who.
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30Dec, 2021
Today we had a report that a page was missing online. Expecting this was a simple fix I looked at publishing restrictions and published the item myself, but it didn't show up. Interesting issue, and the fix was sneaky but not overly difficult to find and rectify. Let's review the steps I took, and if you don't know what standard fields are, this will be something new for you.
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23Aug, 2020
Each of my scaled environments will have at least two publishing targets. Yes, you can use Sitecore's preview tools, but this has its limitations. After decades of working with marketing teams I can say it's always a good idea to have a private URL, only available to the company, where they can review pending changes for an upcoming campaign etc., without having to log in.
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18May, 2020
To remove an item from your site you need to first publish it as unpublishable or publish its parent with all subitems opted in. We'll go through these steps plus a way your Administrator can help you if all else fails.
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