Ariesnet Blog
3/5/2010 10:03 AM
Ektron CMS400.NET v8 Developer Perspective
The Ektron CMS400.NET v8 platform is easy to use from a content provider perspective
and it offers flexibility and scalability from the developer’s perspective. The flexibility
allows users to build and customize functionality that is essential.
Smart Forms
Ektron Smart Forms are a...
2/23/2010 7:18 PM
How to update your Sitecore Development environment with SQL Replication
So here is the scenario. You have a central Sitecore repository and several developers
that work on code separately. Periodically they want to synchronize their Master databases
with the main repository where the content editors are working, in order to get the
latest content and structures....
2/16/2010 5:27 PM
Sitecore Publishing Errors, or Why Won't my Item Publish in Sitecore?
A common occurrence within Sitecore's Publishing feature... You have an item that
you created with Sitecore. Say a News article. You've finished all your changes, you
Published it... and it's not there. It simply refuses to appear. Why not?
There are many reasons why that could happen. But...
2/3/2010 2:57 PM
InsertSitecoreLink Bug in Rendering
Recently I was working on a Sitecore website that was started by previous developers
and I discovered a very annoying bug. When inserting links in a RichText field using
the InsertSitecoreLink button, the links failed to translate to the user-friendly
URL's when Published to the content...
1/28/2010 10:36 AM
Apple releases iPad - like an iPhone, only bigger
Yesterday Apple released the much anticipated and speculated iPad. Today, no doubt, there will be dozens of blogs and news articles expressing opinions about it, some in favor and some against.
The fact that Apple's stock dropped 200 points shortly after the announcement seemed
to reflect some...
1/21/2010 7:02 PM
Sitecore and the Model-View-Presenter Pattern.
When I first started working with Sitecore, much as the many samples of code I’ve seen, I was tempted to put a lot of data access and business logic in the code-behind of the aspx pages that comprise the Sitecore Layouts and the ascx controls that comprise the Sitecore Sublayouts.
But as the...
12/22/2009 5:54 PM
Ektron CMS400.NET v8 Interface and Performance
Ektron released CMS400.NET v8 a few months ago for testing by partners, and we started
working with this significant upgrade from Ektron CMS400.NET v7.6. If you are an Ektron
user or developer and have not seen version 8 yet, it’s worth a look. Here’s a starting
look at what we found about...
12/9/2009 6:54 PM
Practical Sitecore Network Deployment
Sitecore is a powerful CMS. No doubt about it. The amount of features packed in this
one package is definitely impressive.
Its one downside seems to be documentation. That is the biggest complaint I've heard
from most sources. Particularly in the area of deployment and configuration for...
12/2/2009 6:42 PM
Enterprise 2.0 and the Distributed Team
The private social spaces we inhabit as a distributed team, in part become our culture.
And our culture creates our daily experience, and crafts our future. Therefore, developing
positive and constructive social environments must become a key focus for any company
relying on teams to function...
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
3/17/2010
SQL Injection attack presentation at ITESM campus in Leon, Mexico
Victor Hugo, Technologist at Ariesnet, Inc., presented a discussion about SQL Injection attacks at Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) campus in Leon, Mexico.
Video of his presentation can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDJSguqbph8&fm=22
1/19/2010
Ariesnet announces a new product offering - Ariesnet Sitecore Accelerator
Dallas, TX - January 19th, 2010 - Ariesnet announces a new product offering - a code library dubbed Ariesnet Sitecore Accelerator (ASA).
The product of Ariesnet's experience with the Sitecore product line, ASA represents the best practices and time-saving code libraries which enable the...
11/6/2009
Ektron 8 Released
Ektron Inc. released CMS400.NET version 8.0 in November and Ariesnet is working closely with its Ektron clients to install and configure the upgrade. Version 8.0 builds on Ektron’s unique combination of social software and enterprise Web content management to allow for the creation of the...
