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Getting rid of Sitecore link prefix (sitecore/content/..)

I have a Sitecore solution with multiple sites. All sites are setup in SiteDefinition.Config, and i can enter all the sites correctly. My problem is that the internal links on the sites (navigations etc.) prefixes 'sitecore/content/sitename/' to all my links. i have tried almost all the fixes/solutions i could think off - but no luck. ...

Change default RTE in Sitecore 6?

The default RTE in Sitecore 6.2 is the Default profile, which have very limited options. I want to change the default RTE to the Medium profile - but how do i do this, without going through all my templates and chaning the source to the medium RTE? ...

Cannot access sitecore item field via API

I've added a new section containing a couple of new fields to an existing data template. The fields appear correctly when logged in as a normal user account. However when accessing the fields using the API, item.Fields["FieldName"] always returns NULL. Things I've tried: Publishing both the item and the corresponding data template Gr...

Sitecore Images (ASHX extensions) not being picked up by IIS 5.1 or IIS7 Express- Getting 404 Instead

At the moment I have no images being picked up at the moment, and this is off a completely default Sitecore Xpress install. I think this version is based on a 6.0 release I have installed it on a XP machine (no images) and then tried running it through WebMatrix, still with no images. I am at a loss really, and I have been grasping ...

How Do I Open A PDF In Sitecore

How do I open a pdf document stored in Sitecore when a user clicks a link? The pdf document is stored in the Media Library. Here's the code I have now: Sitecore.Data.Fields.LinkField linkField = item.Fields["Url"]; tab.NavigateUrl = linkField.Url; ...

How can I query the Sitecore archive and what can be queried ?

Hi All, How can I query the Sitecore archive and what can be queried ? For instance, can I make a query after the values of the fields of an archived Item ? Kind Regards, M ...

sitecore session configuration? how to set expiration?

Hi, any ideas how sitecore manages session expiration? we tried using <authentication mode="Forms"> <forms name=".ASPXAUTH" cookieless="UseCookies" timeout="1" /> </authentication> <sessionState mode="InProc" cookieless="false" timeout="1"/> but doesn't seem to be doing anything, so we think sitecore has its own confi...

In Sitecore, when adding a field to a template, there's a checkbox called "shared". What's it for?

This seems like a stupid question, but the closest answer I could find in the sitecore docs I have (online and offline), is that shared fields are "shared across languages". I took that to mean a shared field's content would be the same across all translations of that item in sitecore. Is that correct? ...

Sitecore - Creating an New Item on the OnSavingItem Event redirects the Shell to the newly created Item

Hi, Got an annoying issue. When a user edits a field on an item, we use a OnSavingItem event handler to create some new items elsewhere in the background as it were. Problem is the item the users edited the field of gets redirected to the item we invisible created in the background. We want it to stay where it is... Any ideas? thank...

Sitecore multiple sites and link resolution

I have a Sitecore 6.2 installation with 2 sites, configured like so: <site name="eu-website" hostName="dev.mysite.eu" virtualFolder="/" physicalFolder="/" rootPath="/sitecore/content/Europe" startItem="/Home" database="web" domain="extranet" allowDebug="true" cacheHtml="true" htmlCacheSize="10MB" registryCacheSize="0" viewStateCacheSize...

Sitecore CMS 6.2 - Fails to start up

My local Sitecore CMS 6.2.0.3322 has stopped working. I can no longer start up a local debug build and attach it to IIS or WebDev.WebServer20.exe (The VS2010 built in web server). When I start with WebDev I'm seeing the following message appear in the debug output window a couple of times a second: A first chance exception of type '...