I have Sitecore 9.1 instance and today my sitecore license file expired. I had to replace the license.xml in multiple places to make sure my site, xConnect and Identity Server sites work.
Hope this helps if you have license expiration message.
Happy Sitecoring!
Have you submitted a form and it returned with this error ‘The required anti-forgery cookie “__requestVerificationToken” is not present’? If so, here is the resolution.
<input name="__RequestVerificationToken" type="hidden" value="O0P3KYBqgEZXlksWnY3fhu0PptEB0a47rRGMgHNnF6lIL2S8tcts9z9NxdxIum7ANKMv95FZB275AeLTw6WxcOl4jCQ1">
I’m participating in Sitecore Hackathon for the first time this year. One of the requirement is to have sitecore 9.1(Initial version) installed on your machine. So I want to share my experience how i quickly installed Sitecore 9.1 using SIF on developer machine in 5 easy steps. This post includes the prerequisites, preparation and installation.
Prerequisites:
Preparation:
Now let’s begin the installation!
Step 1: Solr 7.2.1 Install
Check out Jeremy Davis’s low effort Solr installs. It’s pretty cool! https://jermdavis.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/low-effort-solr-installs/
If you want to take traditional approach(Install as service using NSSM tool), here are the steps
Step 2: Install SIF
Run the following scripts in Powershell as administrator.
Register-PSRepository -Name SitecoreGallery -SourceLocation https://sitecore.myget.org/F/sc-powershell/api/v2;
Install-Module SitecoreInstallFramework;
Install-Module SitecoreFundamentals;
Update-Module SitecoreInstallFramework;
Update-Module SitecoreFundamentals;
Import-Module SitecoreFundamentals -Force;
Import-Module SitecoreInstallFramework -Force;
Step 3: Update config files
Update the following files in the folder with the exact information – solr path, solr service name, configsets path, instance name for sitecore, SQL instance name and login credentials.
Step 4: Install prerequisites
Install-SitecoreConfiguration -Path .\Prerequisites.json
Step 5: Install Sitecore 9.1
Note: There is no ‘b’ admin password. You can get the password at the end of the script execution. Nice work Sitecore!
Notice that it installed the third site in IIS – Identity Server (New to 9.1)
Also noticed the http://[sitename]/sitecore/login now redictes to identiyserver in the URL.
Have fun exploring Sitecore 9.1!
Any questions, please leave a comment.
Problem:
Have you submitted a form and it redirected to form builder url and displayed without styles? If so, here is the solution
Resolution:
@using Sitecore.ExperienceForms.Mvc.Html
@Html.RenderFormStyles()
@Html.RenderFormScripts()
Any questions, please leave a comment. Happy sitecoring!
I recently took the Sitecore 9.0 Certified Platform Associate Developer exam online and passed with an overall score of 88%.
Here are the steps I have taken to become certified:
Architecture: 100%
Creating and Editing Items: 100%
Development Environment: 75%
Docs and Support: 100%
Installation: 100%
Publishing: 100%
xManagement: 100%
Field Types: 83%
Media: 100%
Templates: 85%
Versioning: 100%
Presentation: 77%
API: 100%
Modules and Packages: 100%
Performance: 100%
Search: 80%
Note:
One of most common scenario I came across in Sitecore 9 Form is to create your custom submit action. You can achieve this in three simple steps.
Step 1: Create submit action button in Sitecore
Create the custom action button under /sitecore/system/Settings/Forms/Submit Actions.
Step 2: Create code behind class
Create a class that inherits SubmitActionBase class and override the Execute method.
public class CustomSubmitAction : SubmitActionBase<string>
{
public CustomSubmitAction(ISubmitActionData submitActionData) : base(submitActionData)
{
}
public override void ExecuteAction(FormSubmitContext formSubmitContext, string parameters)
{
Assert.ArgumentNotNull((object)formSubmitContext, nameof(formSubmitContext));
if (this.TryParse(parameters, out string target))
{
try
{
if (this.Execute(target, formSubmitContext))
return;
}
catch (ArgumentNullException ex)
{
}
}
formSubmitContext.Errors.Add(new FormActionError()
{
ErrorMessage = this.SubmitActionData.ErrorMessage
});
}
protected override bool Execute(string data, FormSubmitContext formSubmitContext)
{
Assert.ArgumentNotNull(data, nameof(data));
Assert.ArgumentNotNull(formSubmitContext, nameof(formSubmitContext));
//Prepare model here
var model = new EmailModel()
{
Email = GetValue(formSubmitContext.Fields.FirstOrDefault(f => f.Name.Equals("EmailAddress")))
};
// Call any API service call
return true;
}
private static string GetValue(object field)
{
return field?.GetType().GetProperty("Value")?.GetValue(field, null)?.ToString() ?? string.Empty;
}
protected override bool TryParse(string value, out string target)
{
target = string.Empty;
return true;
}Step 3: Set the custom submit action fields
Update the ModelType and Error Message on the button shown below.
Bind the custom submit action to Submit button like below.
Publish the button. The submit button on form should now trigger the custom save action! Any questions, let me know.
Happy sitecoring.
Sitecore 9 form feature is awesome and simple to work with. It is more like Visual Studio Toolbox and you can drag and drop the fields.
I had a requirement from Client asking for Ajax form and wanted to show Confirmation/Success message after the form is submitted. Out of the box, this is achievable with the Form.
Here is a small guide on how to create a form with confirmation message:
1. Select Forms from Dashboard.
2. Click Create button.
3. Select blank form.
4. Drag a page for main content.
5. Drag a another page for confirmation message.
6. Design the fields according to needs. Here I’m doing Email Signup form. You can add field validation and css-class as needed.
Please make sure you have these scripts in Layout.cshtml.
@Html.RenderFormStyles() @Html.RenderFormScripts()
7. On the submit button, set the Navigation step to Next instead of submit. This does the trick to show the confirmation page.
7. Save the form.
8. Now you can see the form in Content Editor.
Don’t forget to publish the form and place it on a web page under MVC layout. Here is Sitecore documentation on Adding a form to webpage.
Happy Sitecoring.
