Sitecore offers ready-made module SharePoint Connect 2.1 provides a flexible framework for creating synergy between your SharePoint assets and Sitecore content delivery engine. SharePoint Connect was formerly known as the SharePoint Integration Framework. SharePoint Connect 2.1 supports integration with the following SharePoint solutions: On-premises – installed on your hardware. For user authentication, both these SharePoint on-premises authentication types are supported: Online (hosted…
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Things to consider – Sitecore and LINQ
The Linq to Items layer does not implement all of IQueryable. Below are list of supported and not supported LINQ items. Supported: All Any Between — with an extra overload for including or excluding the start and end ranges. Boost — makes this part of the query more important than the…
Best Practices – Workflow
Sitecore recommended practices for workflow: Avoid email notification of every workflow state. Only provide email notification where it makes sense for a critical workflow event. Alternatively, you can use of the RSS feeds instead of email. Limit workflow publishing to specific roles and users. In the workflow, provide a default final step with the publish…
Best Practices – Solution Code
Sitecore recommended practices for solution code: Sitecore highly recommends using C#. All of the Sitecore programming examples are in C# and C# is the language spoken by Sitecore Support. Use GUIDs where possible instead of path / name. This will improve performance, as well as prevent any breakage if you move content to a new…
Best Practices – System Architecture
Sitecore recommended practices for System Architecture (hardware and software): All servers — Web and Database, should run on Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit. The Web server(s) should run IIS 7.x with the latest security updates. Use IIS 7.x Integrated mode. The Database server(s) should run Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 64 bit with the…
Best Practices – Templates and _Standard Values
Sitecore recommended practices for templates and _Standard Values: Naming conventions —Use simple, relevant, and easy to understand names for templates, fields, and sections. By default, Sitecore displays the names you provided to both technical and non-technical users. Choose names that business users, such as content authors, will easily recognize and understand. Folder structure — Provide a folder…
Best Practices – Media
Sitecore recommended practices for media: We recommended that you store media in the database. Blob bases storage approach is recommended as it simplifies publishing and deployment of media assets. For example, you can easily publish media that is stored in the database to a production target, whereas file system based media requires synchronization of directories…
Best Practices- Content Structure
Sitecore recommended practices for content structure (information architecture): Provide a content structure that closely mimics that of the web site. This allows you to easily build navigational controls, allows you to use security rules to easily deny or grant access to various parts of the content tree, as well as, simplifying the task of finding…
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