Latest updates for version 6 and 5.3

We pushed two updates yesterday for both major releases of CMS product.

The list of issues addressed in the latest update for version 6 (6.0.1) is impressive. A couple of them related to proxies and the one for CryptographicException seems to be addressing the need for step #7 in my guideline for Windows Authentication.

The update for 5.3.2 release shows the continuous support of the installations that were not upgraded yet ;-)

Proxy Items in 5.3

Here are some details on how the proxy items work in 5.3. Some sample code on how to create a proxy item: public void CreateProxyItem(string name) { Sitecore.Data.Database masterDB = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master"); // getting a proxy template from the template repository Sitecore.Data.Items.TemplateItem proxyTemplate = masterDB.Templates[Sitecore.TemplateIDs.Proxy]; using (new Sitecore.SecurityModel.SecurityDisabler()) { // getting referece to the proxy container item Sitecore.Data.Items.Item proxyContainerItem = masterDB.Items["/sitecore/system/proxies/"]; if (proxyContainerItem != null && proxyTemplate != null) { Sitecore.Data.Items.Item proxyItem = proxyContainerItem.Add(name, proxyTemplate); proxyItem.Editing.BeginEdit(); proxyItem.Fields[Sitecore.FieldIDs.ProxySourceItem].Value = "{F5726884-BDBE-4DDD-9EBE-BB166E68E1EF}"; proxyItem.Fields[Sitecore.FieldIDs.ProxyTargetItem].Value = "{C3F3DBA9-87B3-4EB3-84CF-D75BD7FED626}"; proxyItem.Editing.EndEdit(); } } }