Questions tagged [experience-editor]
Use for all Sitecore 8+ page editing questions specifically using the Experience Editor.
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How to hide all the ribbons except the workflow one in experience editor
I have a requirement of hiding all the ribbons except workflow ribbon so that content approver concentrates on only workflow .how do i achieve this ?what is the right way of hiding this ? our sitecore ...
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Upgrading to version 1.7 does not render component
We have a Sitecore 9.0 instance with an SXA version 1.5 and recently we created a new instance of Sitecore 9.0.1 with SXA 1.7. We have all our contents serialized through Unicorn and when we synced ...
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Sitecore 9.0.1 Datepicker displaying wrong format
I'm facing DateTime format issue on the SPEAK DateTime Picker. Basically, when the user is in the Content Editor, the format displays ok (mm/dd/yyyy).
But when the user opens the Experience Editor, ...
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Add “New Folder” button to datasource picker [closed]
I'd like to enable content editors to better structure their local datasources in the Sitecore Editor when using the experience editor to select datasources for renderings.
I'd like them to be able ...
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Sitecore Site using custom database on custom site
Sitecore 9.0.1
I've tried to create a new site definition that's associated with a custom publishing target database.
I have the database registered, publishing targets built, content completely ...
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Experience Editor overwriting items edited elsewhere
I have an interesting problem. On my home page I have multiple controls that link to items (articles). The controls are in the Final Rendering of the home page and the data source for the control is ...
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Cannot read property 'context' of undefined
After migration from Sitecore 8.2 Update-5 to Sitecore 9 Update-1 I see JavaScript error in Experience Editor mode.
For example:
I have a content page. Under content page I'm storing datasource ...
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“Forbidden” error when attempting to create test through Experience Editor
I need some help on creating Content level testing in my pages through Experience Editor. I get a "Forbidden" message when trying to create a test on a page on my website page through Experience ...
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Redirecting any CM page URL to Experience Editor mode
I am on Sitecore 9 update 1 , XP1 topology-Azure PaaS environment.
I am looking for an option of redirecting any Content Management URL to Experience Editor mode. It will redirect login if not logged ...
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How init custom check box value on Ribbon at Experience editor
I have created a custom checkbox that I show at ribbon in Experience Editor (with SPEAK style) and basically, it works. but I can't init default state of this checkbox correctly.
Could anyone help ...
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Sitecore Edit Frame issue
I am having issues when passing Guid as the data source for edit Frame.
When I populate the Guid directly it works fine but while binding it from model am getting an error message
Code:
@using ...
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Experience Editor always asks to save after adding workflow comments
When I add comment to the workflow transitioning from one state to another. Experience editor always asks to save the page as shown below:
Is there a way not to show this pop-up?
Or Can this be ...
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SXA theme show in Experience Editor, but not on published site unless I publish the whole site
I can edit and view my custom SXA theme in the Experience editor with the Creative Exchange Live, but the theme doesn't appear on the website unless I publish the whole site.
I tried to publish the ...
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Prevent content authors removing html from the experience editor
I have been working on a Sitecore 9 migration project. The client told us to use the existing html and stylesheets and use SXA as much as possible.
We have used RichText control in a few places but ...
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Uncaught SyntaxEditor: Unexpected token Error while accessing Experience Editor using Federated Authentication
I've got federated authentication set up for Azure AD. I am using Sitecore 9.0.1 on Azure App Service. I ran into an odd problem when going into Experience Editor that I can't duplicate with a "local" ...
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Show Edit item button for a rendering in experience editor
How do I enable or show the "Edit Item" button for a rendering?
I see this when looking at example Habitat Project (8.x version), but I don't see on my Sitecore 9 implementation.
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HttpAntiForgeryException (0x80004005)
The Experience Editor is showing the following message:
A serious error occurred please contact the administrator
Sitecore logs are displaying the following information:
6732 11:46:21 ERROR Error ...
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Subpage of website cannot be edited in Experience Editor
I seem to have a weird problem with my dummy website. I am learning about Sitecore via their e-learning tutorials, and currently have a front page with sub page. The problem is with the sub page,
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Experience Editor painfully slow
I am getting painfully slow performance when using the experience editor in sitecore 9.. I have several modules added to the page (inside nested dynamic placeholders), and any change seems to take an ...
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Modifying the default text displayed in a field when it's empty [Experience editor]
In the experience editor, there is a default text displayed when one clears the text : [no text in field].
Is there a possibility to customize this text and eventually have one different for each ...
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Open Speak Dialog In Experience Editor Mode
I would like to open a Speak dialog in Experience Editor mode. I have created a command and tied it to a button in core under /sitecore/content/Applications/WebEdit/Ribbons/WebEdit/Page Editor.
Here ...
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How to customize Experience Editor ribbon to make it easier to toggle between Edit & Preview
Anyone know how I might edit the EE ribbon so that the Preview is always the 2nd option (i.e. the button) as opposed to Other? This just adds an additional step every time you toggle between edit and ...
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CreateCyclePreventer throwing NullReferenceException with final rendering details
I'm running into a weird issue with Sitecore 8.2 Update-6 where after I modify an item (with MVC controls) using the Sitecore Experience Editor I start getting NullReferenceExceptions when I view the ...
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How do I customize the items that are returned in the Experience Editor navigation bar control?
In the Experience Editor, there is a breadcrumbs-type Navigation Bar that allows editors to navigate the Sitecore tree:
However, some non-page items show up in the drop-down lists of items which ...
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How can I prevent the richtext field to insert unwanted html?
When editing Sitecore rich text fields, upon saving, it inserts tags that are unnecessary for example around images or for line breaks. Also it adds classes to span's which is not a preferred ...
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Experience Editor Ribbon 'siteName' error
I have deployed a simple Sitecore 9 website in Azure PaaS. There's nothing so special about the code as it is only a newsletter sign up with Personalization. It works well, I can personalized my ...
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Passing a Value From an Experience Editor Button to PipelineProcessorControlStateRequest<ItemContext>
Expanding on this question I wanted to make the template id configurable so I can have different buttons active for different templates without duplicating that code. I created a new button in ...
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Speak Disable Button In Experience Editor Mode
I have made a custom /sitecore/templates/System/Layout/Renderings/View renderingcalled UpdateButton. I would like to only enable this for certain templates. Currently I am completely hiding it when on ...
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SXA Experience editor throws error - An item with the same key has already been added
I've recently setup SXA. I have a home page where I've added a title and a rich text field. Everything was working nicely until I published my Helix solution to my web folder using the gulp script.
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Experience Editor Ignores Workflows
I recently followed this great tutorial to implement workflows on our site:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDUgiQCTmU&list=PLfRWjEN_vCUZqAk8ks5j36yM-BCWup-SZ&index=1
Everything is set up ...
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System XML exception for rendering after upgrade
We recently upgraded to Sitecore 9.0 Update-1 from Sitecore 8.2 update 2.
When accessing one of the pages in Experience Editor, we get the following error for one of the renderings used for page ...
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Sitecore login - The Controls collection cannot be modified because the control contains code blocks (i.e. <% … %>) [duplicate]
I got the following exception when the Sitecore instance jump to the login page with the following querystring: <domain>/sitecore/login?sc_mode=edit&sc_itemid=%7b11111111-1111-1111-1111-...
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Can't drag & drop SXA components in overlay content (through experience editor)
I'm trying to edit an overlay content component in the Experience Editor but i just realized that i can't use SXA components such as Rich Text, Links etc (The drag & drop works but once it's ...
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Issue using CMS and CD urls in same browser
I have a CMS environment cms.<domain> and a CD environment www.<domain>
All works fine when not logged into Sitecore, however when I am logged in to Sitecore on the CMS environment, then ...
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DatasourceUsagesCount request slowing down Experience Editor
I am using Sitecore 8.2. The Experience Editor has a feature called as "Usage" which appears in the widget that shows when we select a component/rendering. The purpose of the usage functionality is to ...
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Sitecore experience editor throws error when saving datasource number field
I've created a config item with a number field (without validation rules), I've added a rendering to my page with this config as datasource. When I edit the item in the Content Editor, everything is ...
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How do I reduce the unnecessary scripts from my custom theme?
I've observed that there are few base themes referenced when I create a new theme. For this example, I'll use the Basic2 theme.
Here is what I see selected on the theme:
Further exploration leads me ...
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How to disable Content Testing in Sitecore 8.2
I tried to disable Optimization stuff for Experience editor and did everything that described here:
https://sitecoresaga.wordpress.com/2016/12/21/disabling-content-testing-in-sitecore-8-2/
and
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Some Experience Editor icons are missing after upgrade to 9.0 Update 1
After upgrading from 8.1 Update 3 to latest 9.0 Update 1 a lot of icons are missing in the Experience Editor, but not all.
For example on the PRESENTATION tab only the Preview and Normal icons are ...
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Glass Mapper: DateTime format in experience editor
So I've wanted to change the default format of the date time field in the experience editor. I've had a look and most people suggest
@Editable(item, x => x.Start_Date, x=>x.Start_Date....
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Having difficulty with new Sitecore installation - can't save edits in Experience Editor (Sitecore 9)
I've set up a new Sitecore 9 instance on an AWS EC2 instance and I'm having difficulty with some functions while editing.
In the simplest case, I can't save any edited content in Experience Editor - ...
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Sitecore Experience Editor not working with “.slick” command
I am using .slick command on the javascript for my page carousels.
When I try to edit items in Sitecore Experience Editor(Sitecore 9 with SXA) my Save button is disabled and I am unable to add any new ...
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Error with Preview when logged in through Active Directory
I'm experiencing an issue with the Preview functionality when logged in to Sitecore through Azure Active Directory.
Logging in through AD is following this approach:
http://blog.baslijten.com/how-to-...
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Automatic unlock item upon save
On Sitecore v8.2
If workflow is used, items need to be locked to be edited and explicitly unlocked by the content author when they are done.
To automatically unlock the items upon save, we can change ...
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Gzip causing an error in the experience editor
Just set up a new machine, so...
I have a site running locally Sitecore 8.1.160519,
The site has GZip enabled. I see the appropriate header if I just browse to the site. But if I go to the ...
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Combine Default Experience Editor Buttons and Custom Buttons
When rendering an image field inside of a link field the experience editor buttons for the two fields collapse into one toolbar. Is it possible to do something similar with an edit frame rendered ...
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API for Experience Editor compliant date logic
I have an "Expired" date that drives some functionality (e.g. it hides certain controls, disables others, etc.) I would like this to be wired into the Experience Editor date selector, so that when an ...
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Disable Experience Editor for a single page
I know you can disable experience editor for accounts and users through Security Editor (by hiding the buttons, etc), but is there a way to disable the Experience Editor on a page-by-page basis.
For ...
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What does the number of interactions mean in the personalization visitor rules
When adding personalization rules to a component I get this option: "where the specific campaign was triggered during a past or current interaction and when the number of elapsed days compares to ...
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Defining/preserving section names in Experience Editor view of component fields
Is there a way to define/preserve section names in the Experience Editor view of a component's fields. In the example below, each of these fields has a unique section name on the data template but ...