Sitecore- why are my dates all wrong?!

The short answer - Sitecore changed something and you didn't read all the small print in the release notes (see 'Time zones and UTC'). When upgrading Sitecore to 8.0 or higher you may have noticed that dates and times are displaying incorrectly. Or if you were unlucky enough to upgrade in the winter you may … Continue reading Sitecore- why are my dates all wrong?! →

Sitecore upgrades and indexes

If you are upgrading Sitecore, after you have performed all upgrade steps delete the indexes folder and rebuild all indexes. I have experienced issues recently with some unusual indexing problems. Indexes would become corrupt and unusable only to be fine after a rebuild and then break again hours or days later. Some trawling of the … Continue reading Sitecore upgrades and indexes →

Sitecore indexes – timing is everything

Three years ago I experienced a problem where delivery websites were not getting their indexes updated following content changes in the authoring environment. We went around the houses and openned a ticket with Sitecore support. After some back and forth they suggested we check that the web and database server clocks are synchronised as this … Continue reading Sitecore indexes – timing is everything →

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks in MVC and Web Forms

With malicious attacks on users forever on the rise we must always ensure that we build our web applications in a secure manner. This is easier said than done when there are many common exploits that can be taken advantage of and when developers are rarely security experts themselves. Cross-Site Request Forgery is just one … Continue reading Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks in MVC and Web Forms →

Merging two Sitecore Web Forms for Marketers databases

Recently I was involved with the upgrade of a Sitecore solution which also included upgrading the Web Forms For Marketers (WFFM) module. The live Sitecore upgrade required me to run the live site in tandem with upgrading a copy of the site which at the end I would switch over. Putting a content freeze in … Continue reading Merging two Sitecore Web Forms for Marketers databases →