In today’s guide, I’m going to quickly cover how to rebuild the Sitecore search index.
How Do I Rebuild the Link Database?
Go to the Sitecore desktop:
http://www.website.com/sitecore/shell/
On the desktop click the Start Button -> 'Control Pan...
In today's guide, I'm going to quickly cover what the link database is and how to re-build it. When doing any sort of major Sitecore upgrade, rebuilding the links database is an important step, so it's useful to know how to do it.
What Is The Siteco...
When you upgrade from Sitecore 7.2 to Sitecore 7.5 you will also need to upgrade web forms for marketers (WFFM). In today's guide, I'm going to go over the upgrade process and write about any potential issues you might encounter.
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When you upgrade a website from Sitecore 7.2 to version 7.5, there are several configuration tweaks you need to implement before your search will work. In today's tutorial, I'm going to cover some of the common pitfalls I've encountered during the up...
Sitecore upgrades can be a tiresome process compared to some other CMS systems. A NuGet package update can be a lot easier than the mammoth task that can face some Sitecore developers with the prospect of upgrading Sitecore. A lot of the community ha...
If you find a bug with your Sitecore website, one of the first things Sitecore support will ask you for is the Sitecore version number that the site is running on. If you forget, then finding out which version a site uses is pretty simple.
Go to the...
As of Sitecore 7.5, the 'Sitecore Experience Database' was introduced (xDB). The official xDB blurb is that 'xDB collects all your customer interactions from all channel sources in a real-time, big data repository.' In normal terms, it's real time an...
I had a recent support ticket that a few customers complained that they couldn't submit a Web Forms For Marketers (WFFM ) form with an & in it. Originally, the data entered into a WFFM form wasn't encoded and the "<", ">" and "&" character...
This is another post about customizing the Sitecore user interface. On a recent project, I needed to display the company's logo in the Sitecore ribbon, with a link to their website. I've talked previously in, How To Add A Custom Sitecore Button To Th...
A powerful selling point of Sitecore is the amount of customization that it provides to developers. A common requirement I've been faced with numerous times is providing content editors with some bespoke functionality that they can trigger themselves...
Copying Sitecore items between environments is a pretty much dead cert on any project. Personally, I'd recommend using TDS to copy items between Sitecore environments. It takes the manual steps out of the process and removes the likelihood of user er...
I've talked previously about the benefit of using Sitecore Rocks to speed up your day-to-day development when building Sitecore projects in, My Top 5 Features of Sitecore Rocks That Could Save You Hours Of Work Another cool benefit of Sitecore Rocks ...
