In Sitecore pre Sitecore 9, you can use the LinkProvider to create url for SItecore items. It also allowed you to customize how url are generated and how it should render on website. Sitecore 9 and up uses ItemUrlBuilder. It supports both standard MVC and headless api driven sites.
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Building Secure Sitecore Forms with reCAPTCHA v3
As online attacks continue to grow more sophisticated, organizations must consider implementing additional security measures to protect against them. For the Sitecore platform, the reCAPTCHA v3 feature can be implemented in Sitecore Forms to provide an extra layer of security for form submissions. I had to work on this recently. What is reCAPTCHA v3? reCAPTCHA…
BYTE Post 17: Use Sitecore Forms Extensions for additional features
You should use the Sitecore Forms Extensions for added feature. Like ShowFormPage, RawHTML, HiddenField… and more Here is the link for the Sitecore Forms Extension Check it out.
BYTE Post 16: Insert option
In Sitecore, the “Insert option” allows you to create new items within a particular item or folder. It adds a new child item to the existing parent item. When you select “Insert” from the content editor, you can choose from a list of templates that determine the type of item you want to create, such…
Reference: Steps to modify a Sitecore Pipeline
Here are some simple steps for you to remember what to do when you are trying to modify your pipeline in Sitecore. Determine the pipeline you want to modify: Before you start modifying a pipeline, you need to determine which pipeline you want to modify and what you want to achieve with the modification. Create…
Custom error handling for 5xx errors in Sitecore 9.3
Writing this post since I was trying to find how to handle custom error in Sitecore 9.3 and found too many posts that was confusing since they are trying to modify the Global.asax and trying to handle error that way. It is not the best practice to modify Global.asax the was put by Sitecore. You…
BYTE POST 14 : Azure Search 1000 result limitation with Sitecore
Here is a lesson learned the hard way with Azure search. Once upon a time, there was a Sitecore 7.2 implementation that uses Solr in the backend. Kings and Queens of the land decided to upgrade it to Sitecore 9 and also use Azure PaaS. Awesome, Azure has shinny Azure Search that sounds awesome to…
BYTE Post 12 : How to change the html tags for Sitecore Form Elements
I wanted to change the form’s tags when you create the form elements. I wanted a div around certain element. The form csthl items are located in your [siteroot]\Views\FormBuilder\FieldTemplates Pick the item you want. You can change it there but better option is to create the same folder structure under Visual Studio project’s view. And…
Sitecore Helix Template SDK project help Series Part: 2
Now that you have the templates. Lets check where you have the files. Default location is C:\projects\helix.templates First items on the list are the templates for the Visual Studio Project and the last 2 are Solution type. So when we first created the solution, we saw these two templates. Let’s take a peek. This looks…
Sitecore Helix Template SDK project help Series Part: 1
In my current work, I am trying to lift and shift a 7.2 Sitecore instance to 9.3. In the past I have helped them to implement the Helix Architecture. There were no template available at that time. So I had to make the whole thing piece by piece. It was little tedious and time consuming….