Monday, February 20, 2012

Right tool for the job


I seriously doubt that anybody would disagree with me saying that Visual Studio 2010 is the best IDE to date on the planet. With the extension like Sitecore Rocks, TDS and Resharper, the Sitecore development simply cannot be more pleasant and productive.

I’ve just recently discovered a few more Visual Studio extensions that are extremely powerful, especially in Sitecore context.

Cannot login into Sitecore. [Friday Case]


A post about one of the most random problems ever. I was pulling my hair out for a while on this one, thus this definitely deserves the right to be highlighted in the “Friday Case” category.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Coolest & quietest Sitecore module release ever!


Specifically I am referring to the Sitecore Active Directory module and it’s new feature called “Custom Filters” that was added in the latest version 1.0.3 rev.111005.

Some customers were asking for it, so here is what you can do now.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Installing Sitecore with PowerShell


I have more than 30 Sitecore instances on my laptop, and I often need to have a clean of a specific version/revision of the product done quick.

With all the love PowerShell is having around Sitecore community, I have dreamed up a quick install script that performs the following actions:

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Hidden Gem of Sitecore Page Editor


During performance profiling of Page Editor I’ve noticed that the “My Items” button was taking a lot of CPU time to render. ANTS Performance Profiler was very kind to tell me that with no hesitation.