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SocialMe: A Social Networking Experiment in Sitecore

existdissolve — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:24:34 +0000

In a recent post, I linked a video that outlined my initial experiences with building XAML applications for the Sitecore desktop. Coming off that experience, I was super excited to try out another application–SocialMe is the result.

Basically, SocialMe allows Sitecore users to save social networking credentials (currently Flickr, Twitter, and Facebook) to their Sitecore user profile, which can be leveraged on a web site to display custom content for that particular user–recent tweets, uploaded photos, and most recent Facebook status.

Anyway, here is an overly-long video that describes this in fuller detail, as well as provides a demo of what it allows you to do.

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Working with Custom User Profile Properties in Sitecore

existdissolve — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:40:30 +0000

Over the last several weeks, I've been working on a pretty nice little app that will allow for the integration of several social networking sites with Sitecore user profiles. As a part of this application, I've been utilizing the Sitecore 6.0 API to manage the creation and manipulation of custom user profile properties (for storing usernames, passwords, etc.).

I've summarized my experience at LearnSitecore, so be sure to head on over and check out my latest article.

IE8 Issues in Sitecore

existdissolve — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:59:08 +0000

So IE8 comes set up in such a way that breaks Sitecore functionality pretty handily, including:

Smashing pop-up menus and displaying horrible scrollbars on them (like when you're inserting a new page…) AND

Disabling the drop-down menus on the WYSIWYG editor.

Fortunately, the fix is pretty easy:

In IE 8, go to Tools – > Internet Options -> Security –> Trusted Sites –> Custom level. About halfway down the giant list of security settings, you’ll see an option for "Allow script-initialized windows without size or position constraints." Set this to ENABLE.

Choose "OK" to apply the settings changes.

Next, do the exact same thing under Tools – > Internet Options -> Security –> Internet –> Custom level.

Once you've made these changes, be sure to choose "OK" to apply them.

Finally, to ensure the new settings take effect, restart your browser.

These changes should resolve the issues.

Happy Sitecore-ing!

My First Sitecore Desktop Application

existdissolve — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:50:00 +0000

Over the weekend, I downloaded Sitecore Xpress and spent some time developing a Sitecore Desktop application based on XAML, C# and the Sitecore API. Here's the result:

Just Installed Sitecore Xpress

existdissolve — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:00:13 +0000

At my day job, we use Sitecore as our enterprise-level Content Management System. We are currently running 9 (or so) sites through it, although we'll have nearly 20 installed by the end of Spring 2010.

I like Sitecore quite a bit, so when I found out that they offer a free, downloadable personal developer version of Sitecore 6 (the newest release), I just had to get it! Sure, it's a stripped down version…but it still appears to have a TON of functionality, so whatever.

The install itself takes only about 15 minutes and is smooth and easy. Even with a non-supported version of Vista like I have (Home Professional), the install runs without a hitch. I even had time to add a custom background image to my Sitecore desktop!

Anyway, if you use Sitecore or are interested in seeing what it's all about, grab the download. At the very least, your experience installing it will be positive

Download Sitecore Xpress