Mobile Device Detector - Feature Update

Just a small update on very popular module Mobile Device Detector - it got some new features recently:

1. Some bugfixes - thanks to everyone who reported issues

2. Easier installation: simply install the package, and re-publish content. No need to change web.config files, etc.

3. And, finally, 51Degrees Premium data file support. All properties are avialable. Don't forget, that free version includes only basic set of rules. Advanced rules do not work with free version (bundled with the module).

Yet another story about OneClick deployment for Sitecore

This blog post is inspired by "OneClick deployment for Sitecore..." post by Jan Hebnes.

I'll describe how to achieve the same result, but using slightly different tools. So, what are the options?

Automate your Sitecore website deployment with PowerCore

I'm trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it..."

In this blog post I want to free your mind and show you that automated website deployment is extremely easy these days. Even when you have a web farm of hundreds Sitecore servers: if you can describe deployment procedure using checklist - you can automate it with PowerShell.

Test multilingual sites with SplitShot

When you develop large multilingual website, it becomes more and more complex overtime, new features added every sprint, new languages and country sites are added qarterly, and it takes more time to verify that your current functionality works fine and a sublayout you're changing for Japan website is not going to break the US or some other multilingual site out of 10+ available.

Clicking through the 15-20 pages every time you change something? Not enough smart.

Sitecore Mobile Device Detector - 51degrees integration

In this quick note I just want to announce that Mobile Device Detector module is now based on 51degrees framework.

Module package includes Lite data library which is free for commercial usage and works really fast.
Previous releases of Mobile Device Detector (based on OpenDDR) are obsolete and will not be maintained, since OpenDDR C# wrapper is rather slow and seems to be abandoned.

Image Placeholder for Sitecore shell

When you create a new website, there are lot of small places for usability improvements in Sitecore shell, which sometimes are not obvious for developers. One of them is Image field dimensions.

The easiest solution is to write some notes in the Title of the field, like "Suggested size - 100x200", but usability of such solution is still not enough good, in some cases it can be unclear - where is width or height, etc.

Sitecore Courier - Effortless Packaging

The first question many Sitecore developers ask when they start thinking about deploying changes with Sitecore is – “How to track item changes?” The deal is - you cannot simply deploy the updated site from version control system (VCS), because production site also holds content items, being constantly edited by content editors, and you need to merge it.