Dynamic Placeholders come handy when you need repetition of data or placeholders. Lets consider you have one placeholder ‘main’ in the layout. Then to distinguish the page types you have one-col, two-col and three-col renderings. And then finally you have the components/renderings which will fit in the content – lets use the same ones which … Continue reading Sitecore – Dynamic Placeholders
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Sitecore – Placeholders and placeholder settings
As we learnt about the renderings in the last blog, we saw that for dynamic binding of renderings we need placeholders. Placeholders will help us to make the website as dynamic as possible but with this flexibility we might increase the chances of error as well so we will need to configure some settings so … Continue reading Sitecore – Placeholders and placeholder settings
What are Standard Values in Sitecore? And how they are useful?
As we completed our templates overview and field types in previous blogs, it's time to learn best practices that we need to keep in mind while designing templates. Now lets consider a scenario, if you have to create 100 sitecore items from one template and whatever name you give to the item can also be … Continue reading What are Standard Values in Sitecore? And how they are useful?
What are different types of Field types in Sitecore? – Part II
So this blog will be the continuation of the previous blog, where we completed the first 4 categories and now we will concentrate on the remaining 3. Those categories are: Link Drop down Multi values So to start learning these categories, we will need to create one more custom template. By now I am sure, … Continue reading What are different types of Field types in Sitecore? – Part II
What are different types of Field types in Sitecore? – Part I
This blog is very simple and it will concentrate on different type of Fields types which we have in Sitecore. Also Ill explain the some other fields like Source, Shared and Unversioned. So hope you are enjoying the series and I am able to deliver the content which you need. In case you are looking … Continue reading What are different types of Field types in Sitecore? – Part I
What is template and how to create it?
From this blog, we will start touching sitecore's basic building blocks. So first thing we need to create or build is a template without which we can not have our content in Sitecore. There 3 common types of template - Data, Parameter and Branch templates. The most common is Data template which will be covered … Continue reading What is template and how to create it?
How to resolve the error related to System.Web.Mvc dll version
So first we will understand why we are facing this issue. The simple answer is there is a mismatch in the dll version. So lets see where we found this mismatch. Go to Sitecore instance (C:\inetpub\wwwroot\LearningSitecore\Website\) Locate System.Web.Mvc.dll in bin folder and go to it's properties. In properties under Details tab check the version of … Continue reading How to resolve the error related to System.Web.Mvc dll version
Integrating Visual Studio solution and Sitecore instance
In this blog, lets create new Visual Studio solution and integrate it with the existing instance (http://learningsitecore/sitecore). We will create a simple Visual Studio solution. This will not be based on Helix principle so in case developers who know Helix principle are going through the blog then don't get it wrong. We will learn Helix principles … Continue reading Integrating Visual Studio solution and Sitecore instance
Editing the existing page
So now as we have both sites - Sitecore(CM) and front end(CD), we can edit it's content using both Content Editing Interfaces. Content Editing using Experience Editor. Experience Editor is for non technical Content Editors and it is what you see is what you get(WYSWYG) interface. So lets edit the content and see if we … Continue reading Editing the existing page
Different interfaces and applications in the Launchpad
The Sitecore dashboard(Launchpad) is your gateway into Sitecore. Sitecore comes with a lot of tools for you to use. The dashboard is split into four main areas 'Marketing Applications', 'Content Editing', 'Control Panel', and 'Access Management'. The namely tools and applications are as below: Marketing Applications Experience Analytics Experience Profile Federated Experience Manager Experience Optimization … Continue reading Different interfaces and applications in the Launchpad
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