Sitecore Quirks & Workarounds
Where do I start with this one? If I had compiled a list of “sitecore-isms” from the day it was installed, I would have something resembling the National Census. I’ll only address a few of the most...
View ArticlePublishing Settings
The migration from the old legacy server to Sitecore has been an eye-opening experience to say the least. Going through that server has been like going through the attic and cleaning house, finding all...
View ArticleContent Wars
Tick tock – we’re counting down to the end of the lifetime of our old legacy server. Can you believe it has been 18 months since we launched the “new” website and University rebranding? Thought I...
View ArticleHousekeeping: Archiving Files
As with many things, like your closet, attic, or “that drawer” in your house that seems to sit around unsupervised and accumulate random “stuff”, a web server can take on a life of its own. People get...
View ArticleHigh Maintenance Content
In our ongoing series about fine-tuning content, whenever somebody addresses me about pages that include events, links and faculty/staff listings, I always give the same answer. “Sure, they’re fine but...
View ArticleWorkflow Approvers: The last line of defense
Workflow approvers have a very important job, and that is to help the webmaster maintain a consistency and credibility of the university message online. You are literally the last final-check before...
View ArticleDelete and Unpublish a Page
So you’ve got a web page that you don’t want anymore, but how do you get it off the website? At first this might seem to have an easy solution… just right click on the page in the content tree and...
View ArticleNEW Customization Extends Navigation capabilities
We are very excited to announce new, customized, navigation functionality in Sitecore. The new “Drill Down” feature extends our existing Sitecore navigation, making it possible for pages nested two...
View ArticleIE10 vs. Sitecore 6.5 – No Winners Here
I noticed that Microsoft has started pushing Internet Explorer 10 out to computers via Windows Updates. If you happened to accept this update and are currently running IE10, you may experience some...
View ArticleInternet Explorer 11 vs Sitecore – The Saga Continues
If you don’t use Internet Explorer to access Sitecore, stop reading now and have a nice day. For the rest of you, though, Microsoft pushed out a set of updates last week which quietly had Internet...
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