Sitecore Standard Analyzer : Managing your own stop words filter
Sitecore uses the Standard Analyzer as its Default Analyzer for most of its internal search operations (for Searches inside Content Editor).The standard analyzer uses the StopFilter (Removing stop...
View ArticleA brief look at the Sitecore HistoryManager
In my previous post I explored a couple of options to tap into publishing events in Sitecore. While this gave you a foothold into the publishing processes, chances are you’ll want a little more...
View ArticleCreating a new Editor in Sitecore
There are a lot of neat tricks you can do in Sitecore to make a content editor’s life easier. In this post I’ll cover creating a custom editor as an alternate way to present data. We here at HI have...
View ArticleSitecore Custom User Profile Properties
I’ve found myself using custom user profile properties on a few projects that use Sitecore authentication. I’ve used it to keep track of Sitecore user accounts that require a password reset after...
View ArticleIcons!
As a Sitecore developer you’re faced with many challenges, however there are none more difficult than choosing the right icon. Hours can be spend trying to figure out if your data is best represented...
View ArticleSitecore Publishing Events publish:complete and publish:end
As you’ve probably heard by now Sitecore 7.2 will introduce a number of changes to how the publishing process works. While there’s been a fair amount of deserved fanfare around this there have been...
View ArticleSitecore Rocks – quick tools and tips
The Sitecore Rocks plugin is a powerful tool that I see many developers using as a straight replacement to the Sitecore interface. Other developers have been hesitant to switch to Rocks as they feel...
View ArticleSitecore Standard Analyzer : Turn off the stop words filter
In a previous blog post, my colleague and friend, Sheetal Jain wrote this blog post: Sitecore Standard Analyzer : Managing your own stop words filter. If you only want to turn stop words off, you can...
View ArticleCreating a new Sitecore Rules Macro in Sitecore 8
A long time ago I wrote a post to help developers get started using the Sitecore rules engine. I’d like to continue that conversation now by demonstrating how to create a new macro for use in your...
View ArticleSitecore Source Field Code: query that implements IDataSource
I came across something cool today! When a CheckList, MultiList, TreeList, or etc. field are on your template, they eventually call into the Sitecore.Web.UI.HtmlControls.Data.LookupSources.GetItems()...
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