We tried using a PowerShell script for SOLR installation and it works like a charm for us. Jeremy Davis's post helped us a lot to get to this. Please refer his post here, it almost removes all your headache of manually installing SOLR. Also there is good discussion on Stack Exchange. This script reduces your … Continue reading Use PowerShell script to install SOLR
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Adding a custom route in Sitecore site
If we want to create a custom Sitecore route, for ex. if we want to read the user input and pass it to the controller method then we will require a custom route. Simplest example of this requirement is Search box. We will need to create a class file to add our route. You can … Continue reading Adding a custom route in Sitecore site
My Sitecore Journey in 2020
Hello Sitecorians! Introduction I am Rohan Kenkre. I am here to talk about my Sitecore journey so far. Don’t worry I am not going to bug you with the usual details. I will keep my introduction very simple; I am a husband to a beautiful woman (Vedanti) and I stay in Pune, India. Sitecore … Continue reading My Sitecore Journey in 2020
Simple steps to upgrade Sitecore 8.2 application to 10
We always get release notes and upgrade packages whenever a minor or major version of Sitecore is released. But I am a fan of simplicity and wanted to try out another path to upgrade a Sitecore 8.2 web application to Sitecore 10. Lets first know about the Sitecore 8.2 web application, it is a simple … Continue reading Simple steps to upgrade Sitecore 8.2 application to 10
EXM not visible after Sitecore 10 installation
There was strange thing when we first installed Sitecore 10. The EXM app was not visible on Launchpad. After connecting with experts on Sitecore community and slack channels, we understood that EXM module is tightly coupled with Sitecore License. We examined our partner license. To examine the license, you can go to Control Panel from … Continue reading EXM not visible after Sitecore 10 installation
A big thank you from Sitecore Diaries for 10K views!
This year isn’t amazing for anyone due to the pandemic which hit the world in early March. Since everyone was working from home, each community member started sharing more than usual. Even I got a chance to share it through online channels compared to offline channels. Goal was to create a knowledge base where it … Continue reading A big thank you from Sitecore Diaries for 10K views!
How to enable workflow in Experience editor mode?
In this blog we will discuss a weird bug we faced in one of our client projects. We had implemented workflow for our KB Articles as we used to fetch it from third party application and create using code. The workflow was very simple, when the Articles are created through code or modified, the Article … Continue reading How to enable workflow in Experience editor mode?
Installing Sitecore 10 using SOLR as Search Provider on Azure
In this blog, we will see how to install Sitecore 10 with SOLR as Search provider. In case if you are looking for Sitecore with Azure Search as a Search provider then you can go through this blog. Also the prerequisite for installing the Sitecore 10 with SOLR is that we need the SOLR up … Continue reading Installing Sitecore 10 using SOLR as Search Provider on Azure
How to setup SOLR search provider in your instance?
In this blog, we will see how to configure SOLR search provider in your instance if you are using Azure Search and now you want to switch to SOLR. To specify the search provider, open the Web.config file from the Sitecore instance and search for the search:define key. If we want to use SOLR as … Continue reading How to setup SOLR search provider in your instance?
How to create SOLR cores on Azure hosted SOLR service?
In this blog, we will check 2 ways of creating the SOLR cores. How to create a core in SOLR with API? http://%5BYOUR SOLR SITE ADDRESS]/solr/admin/cores? action=CREATE&name=sitecore10demo_custom_index&instanceDir=sitecore10demo_custom_index&configSet=_default&dataDir=data Here are details about parameters – ParameterValueCommentsactionCREATECommand to create corenamesitecore10demo_custom_indexName of the coreinstanceDirsitecore10demo_custom_indexDirectory nameconfigSet_defaultConfigset to be useddataDirDataData directory How to create a core in SOLR manually? We can … Continue reading How to create SOLR cores on Azure hosted SOLR service?
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