If you ever needed to export or import Sitecore packages dynamically through code, this is the article for you. You could be integrating it into automated build process or simply trying to move items between two environments. Here is the Export Code: using (new Sitecore.SecurityModel.SecurityDisabler()) { Sitecore.Data.Database db = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase(“master”); Sitecore.Install.PackageProject document = new Sitecore.Install.PackageProject(); [...]
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Sitecore Lucene Search Index
Sitecore has been using Lucene search since version 5, which used the Sitecore.Data.Indexing namespace and Sitecore -> Indexes section in the Web.Config. Starting in Sitecore 6.4, they introduced a new Search namespace – Sitecore.Search, this uses the Sitecore -> Search -> Configuration -> Indexes section in Web.Config. From what I know, Sitecore recommends using the [...]
Sitecore – Upload to Media Library Issue/Problem
Recently I had an issue while importing few thousand images and documents into the Sitecore Media Library. I had the following settings in Web.Config: <!– UPLOAD AS FILES Determines if media should be uploaded as files or as database blobs. Default: false –> <setting name=”Media.UploadAsFiles” value=”false” /> <!– MEDIA – USE ITEM PATHS FOR URLS [...]
Gartner Ranks Sitecore as a Leader in Content Management
At WebDatamation, we made the decision several years ago to partner with the Sitecore web content management (WCM) system to provide web services. We find that Sitecore offers flexibility, power, ease of use and constant innovation that serves our clients well. In the fast-changing and evolving world of web content, it can be difficult to [...]
Sitecore Recognized as Top Content Management System (CMS)
For businesses that use websites as a key strategic component of their business, a Content Management System or CMS is a vital. We at Webdatamation have long pointed to the power and flexibility of Sitecore as an outstanding solution in the CMS arena. We’ve been using Sitecore for our own website and for client’s websites [...]
Sitecore – Custom Provider to integrate External SQL Server data
Here is the solution I found to integrate external SQL data into Sitecore. Although the data loads into Sitecore, it is extremely slow. I ended up organizing the data alphabetically, which helped. Follow the steps below: Download the NorthwindDataProvider source from HERE. Create a template for the external SQL data you are trying to use. [...]
Content Management System
The current explosion in eCommerce has highlighted the advantages of and excellent Content Management System (CMS) like Sitecore.
For businesses that consider their website and their customers who contact them online to be an integral part of their business, using a content management system is only logical. It will allow those businesses to provide a seamless, high quality online experience that open source or low-end solutions simply can’t provide.
For many of our customers, their website is a strategic part of their business. The added security and performance features of a CMS allow these businesses to focus the website and the usability features that make the customer experience truly superior.
By giving developers and content providers a simple to use and intuitive system, a CMS allows the marketing department or the sales department to create website content and design elements of the site. These professionals understand the customers and their needs better than developers or IT departments. With a CMS, the control goes to the people with the ideas, not only to the people with the programming expertise