Tag: authentication
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Using email addresses as your Sitecore username
Are you storing extranet users in the Sitecore database? Want the user to sign in with their email address to easily remember their username? By default, Sitecore doesn’t allow email address formats to be stored in the username field, but never fear, it can be done! The Sitecore setting ‘AccountNameValidation‘ sets a regular…
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Using an authenticated preview in Sitecore
Do you secure some of your website content from unauthenticated users? If so, you probably noticed that the default Preview mode isn’t working for you. Since Sitecore’s preview mode executes as the anonymous user, your secured content becomes hidden from that user. As an author, you need to be able to see what…
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Sitecore login performance slows down over time
On a recent project using Sitecore 6.6, we ran across a strange performance problem with logging in visitors to the site. As the day went along, the response time for logging in a visitor to the site would slow down. Combined with Windows Authentication being required, this meant that initial…
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Baby Steps to SoA – Step Four: Single Sign-On
In the continuing Baby Steps to SOA series, we follow Doug and his IT team behind BuyMyWidget.com as they take steps to renovate their digital asset architecture. Previously, we introduced the problem and the team, started planning and analysis, decided on some metrics, refactored the website applications, and now we continue on our…
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