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  • Applying Parameter Templates to the Sitecore Sublayouts

    I recently got into a discussion on LinkedIn on how to let the Sitecore authors style their pages more easily, and it seems like folks out there are still a little confused on how to use parameter templates for your sublayouts. I guess the first thing that everybody should know is that you don’t NEED Read more

  • ALM Summit: Day Three

    The conference is all done, and I’m finally home from Seattle wishing there was more, but also really wanting to get back into the office and share what I’ve learned. I met some incredible people this week, and had some great conversations around the breakfast table, over beers, and in the hotel shuttle rides.  I Read more

  • ALM Summit: Day Two

    Wow, day two is in the books… where to start?  Well, maybe I’ll start at the end:  Free beer and buffet for over 3 hours definitely provided a nice finish to the end of the day.  I didn’t network the way I imagine I was probably supposed to: milling around the room and trying to make contacts.  Read more

  • ALM Summit: Day One

    I’ve never been to a conference like this before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect.  The conference kicked off Tuesday at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, which is a beautiful building, even if I’ve only seen the conference rooms on the bottom floor so far 🙂  The start-time for registration said 7:30am and it was Read more

  • Automating Sitecore Deployments with TFS and TDS

    Automating Sitecore Deployments with TFS and TDS

    During development, your team makes a lot of changes to fields, templates, presentation details, and various other elements that need to be tracked, verified, and deployed.  You need a way to source control those database changes, and then make them available to your team to test.  Here’s how to accomplish that using Team Foundation Server Read more

  • Fixed Price: Is it Agile?

    If you’re like me, you’ve dealt with clients who want to make sure their budget is fixed, and their scope is fixed.  They want to know “what am I going to get for my money”.  Setting that commitment up front on an agile project can be difficult, but Ken Clyne over at Rally Software made Read more