Articles for developers

This article contains the first part of the entries submitted in the Sitecore Extension Method Competition. In this part we will especially focus on Item extensions.

In some cases like when importing content or similar, you might need to set layouts on items or standard values programmatically. In this article we will go through an example, where you will learn how to configure both layouts and renderings on a given item.

This is the eighth part of the article series in 11 parts, describing how to build a simple information site in Sitecore.

In this article we’ll go through how you can build a presentation oriented spot framework for your website using the Unified Page Editor.

This is the seventh part of the article series in 11 parts, describing how to build a simple information site in Sitecore.

In this article we’ll go through how you can build a content spot framework for your website. This article has been split into two parts. One describing a content oriented implementation and one describing a presentation oriented implementation.

In .NET there is no dedicated class for working with query strings. So adding, removing or changing query string parameters requires lots of code with check for parameters existing, placement in the query string and so on.

Fortunately Sitecore has made working with query strings very easy with the UrlString class. In this article I will demonstrate how to use it to manipulate query strings.

In this article we’ll describe what standard values are in Sitecore, and how it can be used. We’ll go through the concept and then briefly touch where and how it should be used.

If you need to programmatically work with html in a Sitecore solution, Sitecore includes the Html Agility Pack. In this article I will explain why this can be very useful, make your code much easier to read and save you a lot of time.

This is the sixth part of the article series in 11 parts, describing how to build a simple information site in Sitecore.

In this article we’ll go through how you can build navigation for your website. We’ll introduce the concept of interface templates and how you can build both a left menu and defining global menu points to be shown in the top of the site. Further we’ll briefly touch HTML cache and how to set that up.

This is the fifth part of the article series in 11 parts, describing how to build a simple information site in Sitecore.

In this article we’ll go through how you can build the identity component including the footer and the header. Further we’ll go through how you can build a basic document page. We will introduce a couple of new components and start creating templates for content.

This is the forth part of the article series in 11 parts, describing how to build a simple information site in Sitecore.

In this article I’ll go through the basic parts of the site, focusing on the basic layout. This part of the tutorial will be based on the architecture described in the last part of the series and will be simple and basic, so that everyone should be able to follow the guide and the component architecture is explained.