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How to convert a Sitecore package into a WDP package?
Prerequisites
Download the AzureToolkit from Sitecore.
Powershell 4.x or newer ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion to check your current version)
Download and install MSDeploy.
SQL Server (The express version ...
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What are the differences between update and zip packages
Internal File Structure
A big difference is the internal structure of the .update package file. If you open up an update package file you will see the following folder structure:
A standard .zip ...
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Importing packages from Sitecore through Code
Here is a nice blog post from Akshay Sura describing how to export and import packages:
http://www.webdatasource.com/2011/08/exporting-and-importing-packages-from-sitecore-through-code-using-sitecore-...
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Publishing without SQL
Ok. Well. Would definitely be possible to set something up with Unicorn for this - albeit it a highly unusual configuration. Steps I would take would look something like this:
Set up Unicorn on the ...
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How to take the only latest version of items as package
Yes you can but not with 1 click.
It will require some manual work but if your tree is not too big then it would be fine.
Open the Package Designer.
Add the items you want (Add Items statically)
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Package Designer shows blank modal window when clicking "Generate ZIP"
When you get seemingly odd behavior like this, it's always a good idea to check the Network tab in Chrome Dev Tools (or Firebug in Firefox or whatever it's called in IE/Edge).
When you click the "...
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Sitecore Rocks Package Installation Error - "Could not find configuration node: databases/database[@id='live']"
As Geoff already pointed out; the package seems to contain content for a database called "live".
You can see (and remove, if you want) this by opening the package file. I'm using WinRAR for this ...
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Update web.config configuration in a Sitecore module
If you are making Web.config changes (which would be required for adding an HTTP handler), I would say that this is not something that should be just "installed" on your servers. You want to maintain ...
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What is the most efficient & fastest way to speed up the installation of packages with thousands of items?
To pull content from a PROD instance back to a QA instance I would highly recommend using Sitecore Sidekick - Content Migrator
This tool uses Rainbow Serialization under the hood to quickly migrate ...
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Config patch/hack to temporarily disable index update
You could create a patch file that sets all the indexes strategies to manual, that would effectively disable any automated updates that might happen as a result of installing a package or other ...
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What is difference between Adding Item statically and Dynamically while creating sitecore package?
Based on the Sitecore documentation:
You should use static sources when you want to include all the items or files that are stored under a
specific node or folder in the content tree or if you ...
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Importing packages from Sitecore through Code
Your question did not specify which language the code needed to be written in, so here is an example in PowerShell.
PS master:\> Install-Package -Path YourPackageName.zip -InstallMode Merge -...
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How to install multiple Sitecore packages at once?
You could use Powershell (Sitecore Powershell Extensions).
https://doc.sitecorepowershell.com/appendix/packaging/install-package
Install-Package [[-Path] ] [-InstallMode ] [-MergeMode ] [-...
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What is difference between Adding Item statically and Dynamically while creating sitecore package?
Adding to what Tamás answered
Static items: is a flat list of items that you want to add to a package. This is useful if you want to move items x, y and z from environment A to B.
Dynamic items: you ...
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What is the most efficient & fastest way to speed up the installation of packages with thousands of items?
Make a copy of databases you need to port items from and restore them on your QA instance.
You will lose time only for transferring the database from one server to another.
I did it many times and ...
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How to increase request timeout for rocks connection?
You can find the connection xml under
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Sitecore\Sitecore.Rocks.VisualStudio\Connections
Open the xml file and edit the timeout attributes as needed.
<binding ...
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Update web.config configuration in a Sitecore module
Ignoring my NuGet approach above; the only obvious option you have available is a lesser-known feature in Sitecore packages called "poststep". Essentially you can instruct Sitecore to execute some ...
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Error installing a content package on a fresh install of Sitecore 8.1 Update 3
This is due to the Sitecore.Analytics.config. In the config file, you have the handler
<handler type="Sitecore.Analytics.Data.Items.ItemEventHandler, Sitecore.Analytics" method="OnItemSaved"/>
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GetBrowserClassString() Throws Error when installing a package in SXP8.1U3
Given this works for you on other environments with (presumably) the same code, the problem is most likely somewhere in the databases or files not in version control (including tokenized files).
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Publishing without SQL
You might take a look at the new Vault product from XCentium. They do some really interesting things with moving content between environments using Git. Not sure whether your network restrictions ...
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How to install zip file package from Installation Wizard using Powershell DSC?
You can install packages via DSC - but I don't think automating the UI is the right way to go about it. When I worked through this issue I dealt with it by creating an endpoint that DSC can push the ...
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Role will not be installed as it already exists
If you added/changed/removed item access for a role, you don't need to package that role and install it in the other environment. Role is not changed.
The only thing you have to do is to add the item ...
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Delete corrupted items after import
As @Mark Cassidy pointed out in his comment. The best remedy in this situation is DbBrowser.
Log in to your authoring instance as an admin.
Navigate to /sitecore/admin/dbbrowser.aspx
From there, ...
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How do I include Sitecore Support packages in my deployment pipeline?
Is this the recommended way to include Support Packages and have them
available for an easy deploy?
The answer to your question will depend on your development environment and team setting. Below ...
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Error while creating a WDP package using AzureToolkit
So yeah, my DacFX was installed properly, but...
The only thing that I missed is that SQL Server itself is a prerequisite as well.
Since I'm working in a VM which doesn't host any Sitecore instance (...
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Detecting when an item being saved is during package installation
If you only want to run your custom logic when the user saves an item from within the Sitecore client, you could use a saveUI pipeline processor instead. This would eliminate the need to check for ...
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Detecting when an item being saved is during package installation
You can achieve this with
Sitecore.Context.Job.Name
During installation it will return: "Install"
During normal item saving action Sitecore.Context.Jobproperty will be null
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Publishing without SQL
Creating a secure VPN to the CD environment, possibly temporarily for the publish operation would seem like a straightforward way of fulfilling the brief without engineering something new.
Obviously ...
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Sitecore Package Created on One Version and Imported to a Different Version
If you are talking about following templates (not any custom that I am not aware of):
Dictionary folder: {267D9AC7-5D85-4E9D-AF89-99AB296CC218}
Dictionary entry: {6D1CD897-1936-4A3A-A511-...
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Restrict access to the Package Installation Wizard
You can adjust the security rights In the core database
item:
/sitecore/content/Documents and settings/All users/Start
menu/Right/Development Tools/Install Package
default: read right for ...
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