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ClientResponse.Timer does not work if the first page is skipped in Sitecore Wizard

So I have private void BeginSynchronization() { JobOptions options = new JobOptions("X", "Y", Sitecore.Context.Site.Name, this, "Synchronize"); Job job = JobManager.Start(options); JobHandle.Value = job.Handle.ToString(); // start client pipeline to check progress Sitecore.Context.ClientPa...

Sitecore. I want to insert color picker control intro Sheer UI App

I need to insert color picker in my sitecore Sheer UI Application. Any ideas how to do it? ...

Sitecore - version created in other language when renaming

So I've got this Sitecore content item right, and it's got one version in one language "en-AU". I have 3 potential languages in the system "en", "en-AU" and "en-NZ". I rename the item, right, and Sitecore creates a new version in "en". I delete the "en" version and rename again, same result.. a new version is created .. and again... ...

Sitecore - Rich Text Editor field is not saving information but instead just copying old information back to the field.

We are using Sitecore.NET 5.3.1 (rev. 071114) and we found out a problem. When we are trying to change information in a Rich Text Editor field on the Master database and save the information, this information is not stored and instead the old information appears back into the RTE field. I have been trying this on the Web database on whic...

XPath and special characters

I am having an issue with an XPath query I'm performing for a Sitecore CMS system. This query works fine: /root/content/Meta-Data/Tips/* But when I try this: /root/content/Meta-Data/Tips/*[@SomeAttribute='somekey'] I get an error which says "End of string expected at position 22" which is where the dash character is found. I was un...

How to be a jQuery no.conflict expert?

How to be a jQuery no.conflict expert? I mostly face jQuery conflict errors with Prototypes JS. and I'm nota jquery expert. Can I still solve all conflict problems. how to get expertize to solve conflict issues. How to know whole code is jquery. what if simple javascript and jquery code mixed in one js file? What if inside external j...

Firebug error causing code to fail in Sitecore when using IE8 to view the Content Editor

Hi, I have a Sitecore 6 CMS with a custom data provider to create child items on the fly based on items added to a field in the parent item. This was working okay (about a week ago was the last time I was working on this project), but now I am getting errors in the web client which are originating in the FirebugLite html and JS files....

Sitecore development. Sitecore.Web.UI.WebControl.GetCacheKey() throws NullReferenceException

I just click submit button and got an exception. Unable to debug, because this happens before the submit event handler work. I tried to clear sitecore caches, browser caches and cookies... nothing helps. here the stack trace. [NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] Sitecore.Web.UI.WebControl.G...

How difficult is it to build a website in site core CMS

I have got one project where I need to build a site in site core CMS. I have never used that CMS. I want to know that if my programming skills are good because I don't know ASP or ASP.net but do know PHP. The sites are simple html pages with no logins and processing. Can I do it few weeks? ...

Issue converting Sitecore Item[] using ToList<T>

Working with Sitecore and Linq extensions. I am trying to convert to from an item array to the list using the following piece of code: Item variationsFolder = masterDB.SelectSingleItem(VariationsFolderID.ToString()); List<Item> variationList = variationsFolder.GetChildren().ToList<Item>(); However I keep getting this error whenever I...

Problem with sitecore home page

hi guys i am new to site core and asp.net and iis. I have installed all on my server 2008. When i got to /localhost/sitecore/Website/sitecore. i get following error. Can anyone help me what is this and what should i need to do Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request...

Locking down multiple sites in Sitecore

Hi I have two sites running under one Sitecore 6 installation. The home nodes of the sites are as such: /sitecore/content/Home /sitecore/content/Careers Assuming the primary site is at domain.com, the careers site can be accessed at careers.domain.com. My problem is that, by prefixing the uri with /sitecore/content/, any sitecore it...

Is it OK to use css optimizers to before to make site live?

Is it OK to use css optimizers to before to make site live. When we can't to any other server side compression techniques (gzip, combining, sass, less etc) I want to make CSS file short and readable. How to use these tools without loosing css functionality. what options we should use and what not. Have you used any? Which is best tool ...

Using a method vs. a property to retrieve data from a class using LINQ

I'm building a content-managed site with a homegrown API built by several developers I work with. The API is just a nice LINQ-like ORM-like layer between the Sitecore CMS (our CMS in this case) and our C# code to bind data items to controls. I've found in several places I've had the opportunity to to decide between creating methods and p...

Sitecore publishing target disabled

Hi I'm moving our sitecore production server to a new setup, so have set up a new publishing target for the new server so that I can publish to both old and new during the transition. These are called 'live' (current server) and 'live2' (new server). I have the new database set up and can switch to it and browse it in the content edito...

Changing IIS URL Rewrite config location

Hi When used at site level, the IIS7 URL Rewrite 2 module saves its configuration in the web.config file of that site. I'm using Sitecore CMS, and best practice is to store any web.config customisations in a separate config file for ease of upgrading, staging/production setups etc. Is there any way to specify a different config file fo...

Faking User Roles in Sitecore 6.2

The Faking User Roles document in SDN appears to give exactly what I need. I have a few "roles" that I have access to through stored procedure calls I don't control, read-only, via a CRM I don't have direct access to. Unfortunately, I can't find the method AddRole, or even the class UserItem, by its present name. Does this functionality...

How to secure an entire branch in a Sitecore content tree?

I have a section of my content tree which I would like to deny ALL permissions to except for specific roles. This seems like a really obvious task to perform, and yet I don't see an example of it in the Security Administrator's Cookbook and I can't figure out an easy way to do it using the security tools. I must be missing something ob...

Sitecore "Invalid Method" response (405)

After 60 secs of inactivity, the proxy server has ended all connections with the client and server. The client acknowledges knows these connections have ended. The client sends a POST to the website, however IIS/Sitecore replies ‘Invalid method 405’. Ie) you are not allowed to send a ‘POST’ right now... we’re expecting another GE...

Why has Request.QueryString["key"] stopped working?

I have a simple web form called default.aspx in the folder structure webroot/folder/ When I navigate to http://myapp/folder/?key=value the page returns fine and when I call <%= Request.QueryString[0] %> I get "http://myapp/folder/?key=value" rendered on the page. However if I call <%= Request.QueryString["key"] %> I get nothing, a...