Hi there, I’ve just released a new Sitecore Shared Source module on the Sitecore Marketplace. The Sitecore Partner AboutInformation Module shows Sitecore Partner information on the login page of Sitecore and in the About window in the Content Editor. Partners are usually very proud of their work, and with this module they can show who build this Sitecore website or platform. More information about the module: Module:        Sitecore Partner AboutInformation Module Developed by:    Robbert Hock (Sitecore MVP 2010) Company:    Kayee (http://www.kayee.nl) More Info »

Hi there, In february 5th 2013 I saw a tweet of Kevin Williams in which he wrote the following: Thanks, @Sitecore for renewing my Xpress license this morning. Was only down for couple hours. Could we get a “license expires in 7 days”? (https://twitter.com/williamsk000/status/298851632127549440) And when I saw that tweet, I noticed that the same problem already happened to me before and probably to many more. Ever seen the following screens? or I have to admit it’s a pain in the ass, More Info »

Tired of switching between the Master and Core database during development? Making the mistake of making changes on the wrong database? Install the Customized Startbar Module. This module will do multiple things, but the main two things that I really like are: You can add buttons to the Quicklaunch bar. Add the database name next to the database icon (bottom right) The startbar before installation The startbar after installation You can download the Customized Startbar module from trac: http://trac.sitecore.net/CustomizedStartbar/ (Thanks to Alistair More Info »

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Sitecore ECM: Custom email template from scratchCheck the default subscriber profile by clicking the E-Mail Campaign node and go to the content folder. In the Implementation Details section check the selected profile in the Default Subsciber Profile field. By default this will be Profiles/Subscriber: You can find the different profiles in the Profiles folder located at /sitecore/system/Settings/Security/Profiles/Subscriber in the Core database. The Subscriber profile item is based on the Subscriber template. Open More Info »

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Sitecore ECM: Custom email template from scratchIn this post I will extend the basic e-mail template for Sitecore ECM with a title and text listing. With this e-mail template the business user can create new Title and Text items within the page-editor (Sitecore 6.4 and higher) or the content-editor (all versions of Sitecore). This article is a follow-up article of the Sitecore ECM: How to create a Email template from Scratch – More Info »

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Sitecore ECM: Custom email template from scratchIn this post I will create a e-mail template for ECM from scratch. This article is based on a Webinar (in Dutch) I did about the Email Campaign Manager (ECM) you can see the Webinar on YouTube.       We build a custom template the same way that we build a page. First we will create the templates, than we will create the presentation components More Info »

EviBlog 2.0 update A lot has happened since I released the EviBlog module in november 2009. What started as a small eductional project quickly became one of the largest modules in the Shared Source repository. It became so large that I just didn’t have enough time to build a newer version on my own. So I am please to announce that I’m going to team up with Alistair Deneys (also an Sitecore MVP) and Nick Wesselman. The three of us are going More Info »