Minify html in Sitecore
Pleasing Google Page Speed Minifying resources such as Javascript and CSS is becoming common practice nowadays and something which just should be done with no questions asked. The reason for...
View ArticleHTTPS in Sitecore
I would always recommend running all production site cms’ using security on the transport layer (https). Sitecore or no Sitecore, it is not safe to first send username and password unencrypted and then...
View ArticleA note about Sitecore pipelines
My two previous posts both contained implementations of custom processors for the httpRequestBegin pipeline. Just a quick explanation about their structure and some absolute best practices when...
View Article301 URL mappings in Sitecore done easy
When migrating an existing website to a new Sitecore solution the customer typically want to retain their Google Page rank earned by links pointing to their site. To transfer the page ranks of old...
View ArticleInheriting renderings in Sitecore
A typical page layout contains an aside column beside the main content. These aside columns typically contain spots, boxes or whatever you will call them. We call them spots at Pentia. What is the...
View ArticleCreating a custom pipeline in Sitecore
Pipelines are one of the most essential parts of Sitecore and creating your own custom pipeline in Sitecore makes your code extremely flexible for both you and others. It is extremely easy to create...
View ArticleCrush png in Sitecore
This post describes a module to crush png in Sitecore which can be downloaded from Sitecore MarketPlace and the latest version of the code is also available free on github. Continuing my fight with...
View ArticleEnsuring roles in Sitecore
Roles are easy to create in Sitecore but sometimes you might want to ensure that some specific roles always exists. Not a very common scenario but nonetheless it happens. Once upon a time we needed to...
View ArticleMaking sense of Sitecore SPEAK pipelines
Following this great post by my colleague Alan I came up with an idea on how to improve the SPEAK pipelines concept. The main problem with the pipelines as they are in Sitecore 7.1 is that there is no...
View ArticleSignalR component for SPEAK in Sitecore 7.1
Following my blog post from earlier this week where I showed how to make SignalR work in Sitecore SPEAK, I thought of another solution to the same issue which is much more streamlined with SPEAK. The...
View ArticleGlobal.asax events and Sitecore pipelines
At Pentia we always try not to change any files that ships in an out-of-the-box Sitecore installation. This makes upgrading easier and the solution code more transparent for developers. Sitecore ships...
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