Sitecore has a number of very useful, built-in, ways of boosting an item during indexing. You can boost items individually,… Read more Sitecore Item Boosting based on complex logic
Author: Alex Tselevich
Sitecore Helix
I recently wrote a post about Sitecore’s Helix architecture on MedTouch’s blog. Its a less technical than what I usually… Read more Sitecore Helix
Performing a geospatial search with Lucene on a document that has multiple locations
I was working on a Sitecore project where a single product item could be tagged with multiple location items, as… Read more Performing a geospatial search with Lucene on a document that has multiple locations
Temporarily Disabling Experience Editor Rendering
One of Sitecore’s defining features is its Experience Editor (previously known as Page Editor). In order make an item’s field… Read more Temporarily Disabling Experience Editor Rendering
Common.Logging wrapper for Sitecore.Logging
I’ve only recently found out about Common Logging and I decided to implement it in a helper library that I… Read more Common.Logging wrapper for Sitecore.Logging
Using C# 6.0 in Visual Studio 2012 and 2013
With the release of VS2015 we were also given a brand new version of C# and a fresh new compiler… Read more Using C# 6.0 in Visual Studio 2012 and 2013
Extensions: Getting the Signature of a Method When it is Used as a Parameter Func
If you’ve passed a method into another one as a Func parameter and need to get the original method’s signature… Read more Extensions: Getting the Signature of a Method When it is Used as a Parameter Func
Setting or Updating Rendering Parameters Programatically in Sitecore
Imagine this scenario, you add a new required rendering parameter for a common sublayout/rendering such as a Header or Footer… Read more Setting or Updating Rendering Parameters Programatically in Sitecore
Using a Concurrent Dictionary Instead of Backing Properties
Hate them or love them, backing properties can be very handy for lazy loading values that you need in a… Read more Using a Concurrent Dictionary Instead of Backing Properties