Questions tagged [habitat]
Questions on Habitat - the implementation (https://github.com/Sitecore/Habitat/). For questions on the Helix guidelines themselves, use the helix tag.
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Site definition for multi-site in Sitecore habitat
Currently we have a one Sitecore instance on Sitecore 8.1 with 9 sites hosted using habitat framework. The site definitions are mentioned as follows:
site name="Site1" loginPage="/home" requireLogin=...
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Unicorn sync error when installing Habitat
I'm trying to install Habitat the first time under the instruction from the Habitat Wiki page. I've installed the correct version of the instance and WFFM module, and also have the MongoDB running.
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Custom Error page in Habitat [duplicate]
We have a habitat application with multi-site. If any error occurred, it has to redirect to error page item of specific site.
We were planning to implement by https://community.sitecore.net/...
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Sitecore 9 and Habitat
We are considering using Sitecore 9.0 on a new project but we have a requirement to use Habitat. The Habitat example is designed for Sitecore 8.
What do you see as the main pain points in using ...
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Setting the ConnectionStrings.config transformation in Habitat
We are using habitat in our project for a multisite implementation.
Can we setup the ConnectionStrings.config transformation in the Project/common layer of the habitat framework. Is this doable?
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Broken Links when using Tokens
I have a Sitecore 8.1 multisite environment and when I scan for broken links all items that are using tokens are falsely reported as having broken links.
For example:
A datasource of an item is:
$...
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Issue with habitat.commerceengin.dev.local:5000/Api [closed]
Hi I'm working on a POC using Sitecore Retail demo. Yesterday I imported all the images for every product, and now this error is showing on every page. Any idea?
4464 19:58:16 ERROR Application error....
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How to fix msbuild path detection from Enterprise to Community edition
I'm facing issue running gulp successfully for installing Habitat with VS2017 Community edition.
I've checked the Node version, msbuild version and all is fine. But when I run gulp it automatically ...
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Helix Feature references to Feature(s)
I am new with the Sitecore and Helix as well. I'm studying the Helix and its example - Habitat. I think it's missing the example of Feature get references from other Features.
Regarding the Feature-...
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Publish performance for Habitat VS 2017 and VS 2015
We are two developers working together on a Sitecore project, based on Habitat. I'm using VS 2017, while my colleague is using VS 2015. Our computers are roughly the same, with mine having more memory ...
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Is it good approach to have one common functionality in Habitat (feature layer)
In our application we have different pages like Employee List, Product List, Voting List, FAQ list.
Is it good approach to have different Views to display the List mentioned above
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can we create ...
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Sitecore Habitat Installation issue
I tried to install Habitat and followed all the instructions mentioned at:
https://github.com/Sitecore/Habitat/wiki/01-Getting-Started
When I run the default task as mentioned in step 5 of wiki, I ...
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Does the package.xml file in Habitat project help to deploy to server and how?
I'm able to update the package.xml using below script in command-line:
gulp -b "D:\projects\Habitat" --color --gulpfile "D:\projects\Habitat\Gulpfile-ci.js" CI-Do-magic
package.xml is located here ...
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Habitat Login Process
Looking at the way the Habitat site logs users in has got me thinking.
It seems overly complex to me. I presume I'm missing some important concept, but what?
The feature accounts controller calls ...
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Habitat setup host name confusion
In the wiki it states that default url is http://habitat.dev.local/
and in App_Config\Include\Project\z.Habitat.DevSettings.config, it states that
rootHostName = "dev.local"
If we implement default ...
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Publish single Habitat project
In Habitat, we have gulp tasks for:
Publish All Projects
Publish-Foundation-Projects
Publish-Feature-Projects
Publish-Project-Projects
I want to publish a single Project. I can use msbuild, as ...
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Language locale not getting added to URL
After configuring the sitecore Habitat based on the instruction from GIThub, we could see sometimes locale code is getting added and not added to the URL.
This is happening inconsistently.But the ...
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Sitecore Habitat Demo Repsitory [closed]
I have cloned Sitecore Demo repository from github. I have also cloned Sitecore Habitat repository with TDS from here. I have followed the steps mentioned for habitat and able to deploy solution ...
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Sitecore Habitat Performance
We are about to push a site to live developed using habitat.
There are chances that more localization and multi-sites would be developed in future.
But some of the default habitat feature will not ...
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Why does Habitat need to compare User Profile information?
In Habitat, the UserProfileService class has a method for validating users, which is called on login.
public bool ValidateUser(User user)
{
if (!string.Equals(user.Domain.Name, Context.Site....
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Working on Habitat with VS 2017
Set up the habitat solution all nice and smooth. However when trying to run the gulp task to get unicorn to sync I get a bunch of errors like this in the gulp output:
error MSB4019: The imported ...
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Sync-Unicorn' errored "Cannot read property '0' of undefined at unicorn.js" error while setting up Habitat
I am setting up habitat and I was going to installation instructions. When I run “default” task from Visual Studio 2015 Task Runner Explorer, I get the following error.
00:04:18] '05-Sync-Unicorn' ...
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Sitecore Habitat Unicorn Sync Issue
I'm getting an error during the gulp step to sync Unicorn while trying to set up Habitat. Here is the error in the unicorn console:
ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. (...
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Habitat TDS version with Sitecore 8.1.151003
Does anybody have any advice on how to get Habitat running with Sitecore 8.1 Initial Release (revision 151003)? Obviously I'd need to use an older version of Habitat, but having trouble finding which ...
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Unable to resolve serialized item error during Unicorn sync task while setting up Habitat
I am trying to setup Sitecore Habitat but getting some wiered issue when the Unicorn sync starts.
I have all the steps performed as mentioned in the below link,
https://github.com/Sitecore/Habitat/...
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Habitat Install Issue - System.InvalidOperationException: contextDatabase [closed]
Another issue with Habitat install... getting this error when trying to log into Sitecore (after entering credentials). No idea what it's about, any clues?
contextDatabase
Description: An ...
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Helix Install Issue - Permissions on serialization folder [closed]
Having a problem on a fresh Habitat setup... followed all steps, publish projects etc, but now I'm getting this error:
Access to the path '$(sourceFolder)\feature\accounts\serialization' is denied.
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Sitecore Habitat - GULP is not running sync unicorn task and neither giving any error
In Sitecore habitat project, I am running task '05-Sync-Unicorn' in VS task running explorer but it does nothing and just displays "Starting '05-Sync-Unicorn'" in console (even doesn't produce any ...
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Error setting up Habitat instance of Sitecore with "Could not instantiate event handler." error
While setting up an instance of the Habitat demo site, I have followed all the steps as in the past but when the Sync Unicorn Gulp task begins, it exits with the following error:
Could not ...
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Habitat TDS Version - Sync Items to Sitecore
Keep in mind I'm a relative newbie to TDS, but looking through some of the documentation, I'm not sure I have found an answer that solidifies I'm doing something wrong.
I've got TDS installed and ...
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How do you create a site modeled after the Habitat solution when starting from scratch?
I recently discovered Habitat and I really like the modular design and how it provides an end-to-end sort of pattern and process for organizing your Sitecore site, but the Habitat solution includes so ...
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