Questions tagged [best-practices]
Questions about community-accepted best practices. Indicates that the question seeks guidance on Sitecore best practices. These questions have somewhat more latitude to be "broad" than normal questions.
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Sorting Pages by most views
I have a requirement in our 8.1 update 2 solution to provide a sorting mechanism for pages based on the number of views. This data lives in the analytics database and I'm looking for a way to retrieve ...
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Setting up multiple CM servers
We are setting up multiple Sitecore CM servers.
Do we need to do anything more then what is covered in this documentation for setting up CMs. The documentation covers just giving each instance of CM a ...
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Does SXA support page specific content with Partial Design?
When I build my page in SXA I use components like Rich Text to implement page elements. Content I entered is stored in component data-source on page level.
This is exactly what typical content author ...
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What are some appropriate uses for Sitecore Data Providers?
Data Providers are difficult to develop, given the performance and data mapping challenges they can present. But they are powerful when done correctly:
Allowing real-time integration with external ...
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When should I define a new publish target?
This is a follow up to Should I configure multiple publish targets to publish to multiple environments?
In that question, I asked if I should define publish targets to publish between environments. ...
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Creating new renderings that are compatible with SXA
I've been playing with SXA and some of the out of the box renderings and rendering variants that come with it. I understand how to create my own rendering variants, and I understand how to create my ...
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Updating Presentation details and Template Inheritance (Rendering Inheritance)
I am using the Sitecore 8.2
I have a template T1 which has rendering R1 set on its Standard Values (set a long time ago, maybe at the age of Sitecore 7 or earlier).
There is a set of templates T2, ...
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What's the best migration strategy for 6.5 to 8.2?
In a few weeks, I'll start a migration project of a Sitecore 6.5 site to an 8.2 site.
At that time the Express Migration Tool will only support 7.2 to 8.2, so the rest will be a manual process.
I ...
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"Unpublishing" a Language from a site
There are currently five languages defined in a v7.2 site: en, en-GB, fr-FR, de-DE, en-AU, and zh-CN. Marketing has decided they no longer want to translate to fr-FR and would like to remove it from ...
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What are options for archiving xDB data?
I've ran into a number of different scenarios lately around xDB and data retention and archiving.
What is the best practice for archiving data in xDB in general? For example, is there a best practice ...
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Where should I store data source items?
I've seen two schools of thought on structuring the content tree as it relates to datasource items:
Store datasource items in a folder underneath the context item
Store data source items in a folder ...
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Are there any reasons to start a new Sitecore project today, using Webforms?
Should I stick with Webforms?
I currently work for a Digital Agency and I have been tasked with building a new website for one of our clients based on Sitecore.
I have a couple of years of experience ...
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How to create a custom theme in SXA?
SXA is coming with two predefined themes - Basic and Wireframe.
They are stored in /sitecore/media library/Themes media folder and cannot be modified in Creative Exchange.
What is the best way to ...
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What is the difference between IsExperienceEditor and IsExperienceEditorEditing
What is the difference between Sitecore.Context.PageMode.IsExperienceEditor and Sitecore.Context.PageMode.IsExperienceEditorEditing? I've always used Sitecore.Context.PageMode.IsExperienceEditor in my ...
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When to store content on the Context Item vs. a Rendering's Datasource Item
This is a best practices question.
When designing the templates and content tree for a Sitecore installation, what determines whether a given field should be part of the "Page's" fields vs stored on ...
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Options for handling user-generated content
This is pretty much a duplicate from Alex's question on stack overflow, but I was wondering if there had been any developments in the 6 years since that question was asked...
We have a need to store ...
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How to manage Sitecore Hotfixes
While building solutions bases on Sitecore I have to deal also with Sitecore hotfixes. For my current project I already have about 20 different hotfixes. They override default Sitecore files in most ...
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How should security be handled for XM Cloud/Headless with Experience Edge?
In the Sitecore documentation for Experience Edge (used by XM Cloud), it states:
Experience Edge for XM does not enforce security constraints on Sitecore content. You must apply publishing ...
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Template standard values final layout
Which purposes can be reached by using final layout in template standard values?
What are advantages and disadvantages to use final layout in template standard values?
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What are the available methods for local development when using Azure Search in a PAAS setup?
Utilizing Azure Search as the Sitecore search provider has various pro's and con's. One question that immediately comes up is how to develop against Azure Search.
SOLR and Lucene can be run locally ...
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Most reliable way to detect if running in live site?
Normally we do things like Sitecore.Context.PageMode.IsExperienceEditorEditing to detect if the experience editor is running. I want to do something similar, but detect if the live site is running ...
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Should I configure multiple publish targets to publish to multiple environments?
We have several environments:
Our production / live site.
Our staging / QA site.
Our development site.
Local developer's machines.
I know sitecore supports several ways to publish, including ...
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How to use rendering variants as reusable component?
I am looking to create reusable container section with promo rendering variants. This section should include multiple variant rendering. For example, a section with partners logo which I can reuse ...
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Is there an API for item creation?
We're in the process of integrating with a product management tool to automate the process of item/product creation within our system. I know that Sitecore has the ability to pass back the objects ...
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