Sitecore Search can fix your Legacy API

We try to build our websites based on a modern technology stack. But every now and then, we are asked to integrate an API that returns a 5MB junk of XML into our platform. If it's not just me this sends shivers down the spine, you might want

Your first Sitecore Search Crawler

You just got access to Sitecore Search. Full of energy, you login for the first time and you stare at the screen with absolutely no idea what to do next. This was me, just a few months ago. In the meantime, I spent quite some time with the tool and

What happens when Clean Sitecore Controllers have ambitions?

As your code base grows, you might observe certain patterns to emerge and you start repeating very similar pieces of code over and over. This is usually a good indicator that a refactoring might be a good idea.

Stay DRY with Nested Model Builders

So, we talked about Model Builders to clean up your Sitecore Controllers in the last blog post [https://www.studert.com/cleaning-up-sitecore-controllers/]. Now you might be wondering: "Well, this sounds nice. It looks like some sort of design pattern - I guess design patterns are a good

Cleaning up Sitecore Controllers

Ever since the day I read the blog post by Paul Stovell [https://twitter.com/paulstovell] about cleaning up ASP.NET MVC Controllers [http://paulstovell.com/blog/clean-aspnet-mvc-controllers] back in 2012, I knew the day would come where I wanted to clean-up my controllers. By introducing

How to change the base path in NitroNet for Sitecore

I'm currently involved in a Sitecore project that fully embraces NitroNet for Sitecore [https://github.com/namics/NitroNetSitecore] to integrate its frontend. So let's start this off with a bold statement, because - why not ¯\(ツ) /¯ NitroNet for Sitecore [https://github.com/namics/NitroNetSitecore] is how frontends

About the Sitecore Registry

Once in a while when working with Sitecore, it happens that you stumble across a nice little feature. Recently, I learned about the Sitecore Registry, which I didn't know about before. The Registry is a class in the Sitecore.Web.UI.HtmlControls namespace in Sitecore.Kernel. It gives

Translate Sitecore fast queries to SQL

Last week I tried to figure out how the SQL queries look like that get generated from your Sitecore fast queries. Either I need to improve my Google skills or there is just not a lot of information out there. So I decided to takle the problem myself. A german

From being a ghost to running on Ghost

I started this blog over a year ago and I managed to write two posts. Let me repeat that for you, but this time slowly: T-W-O For a long time, I wanted to start a technical blog. Mainly for myself. But it took me years to decide on

How to embed code snippets with GitHub Gists

I started working for a new company almost three month ago. We do a lot of web development and we also have a blog where we write down some of our experiences. Last week I wrote my first article and I had a rather unpleasing experience inserting code snippets. Since

Hosting WordPress on Windows Azure Websites

Hosting WordPress [http://wordpress.org/] on Windows Azure [http://windowsazure.com/] could not be any easier. It’s basically done in two steps: 1. Create a Website in the Azure portal with the WordPress app from the gallery. 2. Go to the newly created Url and follow the WordPress installation