I added personalization rule in my Sitecore site - "Where the gender of the current contact is Male", but I can't figure out how to set "Visitors settings" to test it.
I'll be very grateful if someone can help me with this.
Thanks in advance!
The only Gender condition I found in default Sitecore 8 installation is the one coming from Social module (that is now built-in) located at /sitecore/system/Settings/Rules/Definitions/Macros/Social/Gender in Sitecore tree. Looking up its code I see the following code:
protected override bool Execute(T ruleContext)
{
if (!AnalyticsSettings.Enabled || Tracker.Current == null || Tracker.Current.Contact == null)
return false;
return string.Equals(this.GenderValue, ((IGenderConditionManager) ResolutionExtensions.Get<IGenderConditionManager>((IResolutionRoot) ExecutingContext.Current.IoC, new IParameter[0])).GetGender(GuidExtensions.GetIdentifier(Tracker.Current.Contact.ContactId)).ToString(), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
}
From the code above we can see that to make Gender condition work, you should have analytics and tracking up and running. So if you have that enabled - ensure all settings are correct and it works indeed.
User membership provider does not have gender settings by itself; so the rule condition above can take it only from tracking.
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I am very much new to drupal 8, I am trying to alter a form under custom content type "Question". The form has an id "node-question-form".
I have setup a module and trying to add hook_FORM_ID_alter() but its never getting called. Even the simplest hook is not working. eg:
function constellator_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id){
echo "alter the form"; exit;
}
where 'constellator' is the module name.
I have been stuck with since morning and nothing is working for me, Any help will be greatly appriciated.
Cheers
hook_form_alter() and hook_FORM_ID_alter() are called while a form is being created and before displaying it on the screen.
These functions are written in the .module file.
Always clear the cache after writing any hook function. This makes Drupal understand that such a function has been declared.
Use drush cr if using drush version 8 else click on Manage->Drupal 8 logo->Flush all Caches to clear the caches.
Now you can check if the function is being called or not.
The best way to check that is to install the Devel module, enable it. Along with Devel, Kint is installed. Enable Kint too from the Admin UI.
After doing that,you can check whether the hook is being called or not in the following way:
function constellator_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id){
kint($form);
}
This will print all the form variables for all forms in the page.
If you want to target a particular form in the page, for eg. you form, node-question-form, type:
function node_question_form_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id){
kint($form);
}
Using echo, the way you did, you can confirm whether the function is being called or not, without any hassle, by viewing the Source Code for the page and then searching for the text that you have echoed, using some search option of browser, like, Ctrl+f in case of Google Chrome.
If you want to change sorting options and/or direction (ASC / DESC), you can use this example (tested with Drupal 9).
Here I force the sorting direction according to the "sort by option" set by the user in an exposed filter. (if the user want to sort by relevance, we set the order to ASC, if the user want to sort by date, we set the order to DESC to have the latest content first).
/**
* Force sorting direction for search by date
*
*/
function MYTHEME_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id)
{
if (!$form_id == 'views_exposed_form"' || !$form['#id'] == 'views-exposed-form-search-custom-page-1') {
return;
}
$user_input = $form_state->getUserInput();
if (empty($user_input['sort_by'])) {
return;
}
if ($user_input['sort_by'] == 'relevance') {
$user_input['sort_order'] = 'ASC';
} elseif ($user_input['sort_by'] == 'created') {
$user_input['sort_order'] = 'DESC';
}
$form_state->setUserInput($user_input);
}
Note that "views-exposed-form-search-custom-page-1" is the id of my form,
"relevance" and "created" are the sort field identifier set in drupal admin.
function hook_form_alter(&$form, \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface &$form_state, $form_id) {
echo 'inside form alter';
}
I've doubt related with Sitecore.Analytics.Tracker and how sitecore tracks user information.
This is the current version that i'm using - Sitecore.NET 8.1 (rev. 160519) with MVC
I have a page for Login where I'm doing the manual login against sitecore and Tracker.Current is always null.
And i want to create a Contact for the logged in user, or validate if there's any, to fill user info.
Searched in showconfig.aspx for Analytics.Enabled and there were no results in it. All database connection strings are correct.
Thanks in advance.
Code example:
string domainUser = Sitecore.Context.Domain.GetFullName(model.Username);
if (System.Web.Security.Membership.GetUser(domainUser) != null)
{
bool logged = AuthenticationManager.Login(domainUser, model.Password, false);
....
}
UPDATE:
ViewBag.XdbSettings = "Empty";
if (XdbSettings.Enabled)
ViewBag.XdbSettings = "Enabled";
ViewBag.HasValidLicense = "Empty";
if (XdbSettings.HasValidLicense)
ViewBag.HasValidLicense = "HasValidLicense";
ViewBag.Tracking = "Empty";
if (XdbSettings.Tracking.Enabled)
ViewBag.Tracking = "Enabled";
ViewBag.Comment = "Empty";
if (Tracker.Current != null)
ViewBag.Comment = "Not Null";
XdbSettings: Enabled
HasValidLicense: HasValidLicense
Tracking: Enabled
Comment: Empty
In Sitecore 8.1, the name of the setting you're looking for has changed to Xdb.Enabled. You should check for both Xdb.Enabled and Xdb.Tracking.Enabled to be present and set to true. These settings are located in App_Config/Include/Sitecore.Xdb.config.
Also, verify that you have other xDB-specific configuration files, such as Sitecore.Analytics.config and Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking.config.
Also, check that the enableTracking attribute is set to true for the appropriate <site> element in your Sitecore.config.
Also, follow this troubleshooting guide by Sitecore.
I know that it is possible to enroll users in an engagement plan from with Sitecore by adding them to a specific state in the plan when they visit a campaign URL, adding them when they submit a Web Forms for Marketers Form, and manually adding them in the Supervisor interface.
Additionally, I know that you can use the API to add a user as described here:
http://briancaos.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/programming-for-sitecore-dms-engagement-plans/
However, that method requires a username.
I would like to enroll anonymous users in an engagement plan when they visit any page represented by a particular template in Sitecore (ie, page from the Product template). Is this possible using the API?
To expand on my above comment, and to supplement your own answer, here's a processor that you could add to the after the ItemResolver in the httpRequestBegin pipeline that would achieve the desired result. It is a very basic version that you could embellish as you see fit
class CampaignRedirect
{
public void Process(HttpRequestArgs args)
{
var request = HttpContext.Current.Request;
// must not already have the querystring in the URL
if(request.QueryString["sc_camp"] != null &&
request.QueryString["sc_camp"] != "XXXXXXXX")
return;
// must have a context item
if(Sitecore.Context.Item == null)
return;
var item = Sitecore.Context.Item;
// must be the right template
if(item.TemplateID.ToString() != "{XXXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXXXX}")
return;
var basicUrl = LinkManager.GetItemUrl(item);
var response = HttpContext.Current.Response;
response.Redirect(basicUrl + "?sc_camp=XXXXXXX");
}
}
If you're not familiar with adding processors, take a look here.
Per Sitecore support, this is not currently possible. However, I was able to achieve what I wanted by adding a jQuery AJAX call to the campaign URL to the sublayout used by the page type in question. Naturally this only works for clients with JS enabled, but for my purposes, that is not an issue.
<script type="text/javascript">$(function() { $.get('/?sc_camp=[campaignid]'); });</script>
Edited 2014-05-19
I found a way to do this via the Sitecore API. This is rough and needs to check for null values, exceptions, etc., but it does work:
string cookieVal = Request.Cookies["SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE"].Value;
List<Guid> guids = new List<Guid>() {
new Guid(cookieVal)
};
Guid automationStateId = new Guid("{24963AE9-1C8C-4E18-8EEE-01BC249D1F1B}");
Guid automationId = Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem(new Sitecore.Data.ID(automationStateId)).ParentID.ToGuid();
Sitecore.Analytics.Automation.Data.AutomationManager.Provider.CreateAutomationStatesFromBulk(guids, automationId, automationStateId);
I installed and configured the Poll Module to work fine. The website I am working on will have a Poll instance on a page either as a left rail or a right rail item. The Polls would be setup in a separate folder. On the page item there will be a multilist field which will point to the Polls folder and the user can select whichever poll they choose to. The folder will also contain different sublayouts which will could be selected to be displayed on the rail. I have some custom code which will look at the above mentioned multilist field and show these rail items.
I don't know how to display a Poll programmatically. I haven't found any code samples and also not sure where to set the sublayout. Should I set it on the Poll template itself and then let use code to display it? How can I achieve this in code? Any code samples would be helpful.
Hoping that you will this time accept the answer, I wrote the following for you (based on the OMS Poll module:
Read out the field on your item:
Sitecore.Data.Fields.ReferenceField selectedPoll = (Sitecore.Data.Fields.ReferenceField)Sitecore.Context.Item.Fields["Poll"];
Get the pollItem:
if (selectedPoll.TargetItem != null)
{
Item pollItem = selectedPoll.TargetItem;
if (pollItem != null)
{
Check if the poll is opened or closed and place:
Sitecore.Data.Fields.CheckboxField pollClosed = (Sitecore.Data.Fields.CheckboxField)pollItem.Fields["Closed"];
if (pollClosed.Checked == false)
{
// Set the header of the snippetBlock
ltPollHeader.Text = pollItem.Name;
PollVotingSublayout pollSublayout = (PollVotingSublayout)LoadControl("/sitecore modules/Shell/Poll Module/Controls/PollVotingSublayout.ascx");
pollSublayout.Attributes.Add("sc_parameters", "PollPath=" + pollItem.Paths.FullPath);
pollSublayout.CurrentPoll = (PollItem)pollItem;
this.pollRegion.Controls.Add(pollSublayout);
phPollSnippet.Visible = true;
int blockPos = 0;
if (snippetField != null)
{
if (snippetField.GetItems().Any())
{
blockPos = 1;
}
}
string cssClass = String.Empty;
if (blockPos == 0)
{
cssClass = "snippetColHomeFirst";
}
this.SetClass("snippetColHome", cssClass);
}
Hope that you can make up something using this snippets. Good luck!
There should be a user account called "poll" on the sitecore domain. This account is normally used internal by the poll. In the comment of this account is stated: "Please do not remove this account". the account should have the Sitecore Minimal Page Editor role. I don't know the poll user credentials, but you might find that by either using reflector or opening cs files that you can get by downloading the source.
my question is basically the same as #Bob Black's Cannot access sitecore item field via API but I agree with #techphoria414 that the accepted solution is not necessary and in my case does not work.
In my own words, I have a template Departure that I have been using for about a year now creating and updating items programmatically. I have added a new field Ship to the template. When I create a new item the field comes up as null when I try to access it using departure.Fields["Ship"]. If I step over the line causing the exception then after calling departure.Editing.EndEdit() I can then see the Ship field if I call departure.Fields.ToList(). If I add the template to a content item via the Sitecore GUI I can see the field and use it, and if I look at a content item which is based on the template I can see the new field too. So it is only when I access the template/item programmatically that it is null.
I have sitecore running on my local machine with a local sqlserver, and publish to my local machine.
Here is my code
String ship = "MSDisaster";
foreach (Language language in SiteLanguages)
{
departure = departure.Database.GetItem(departure.ID, language);
departure.Editing.BeginEdit();
try
{
departure.Fields["StartDate"].Value = GetSitecoreDateString(xDep, "StartDate");
departure.Fields["EndDate"].Value = GetSitecoreDateString(xDep, "EndDate");
departure.Fields["Guaranteed"].Value = xDep.SelectSingleNode("./Guaranteed").InnerText;
departure.Fields["Status"].Value = xDep.SelectSingleNode("./Status").InnerText;
departure.Fields["Currency"].Value = ConvertLanguageToCurrency(language);
departure.Fields["Market"].Value = ConvertLanguageToMarket(language);
departure.Fields["TwinSharePrice"].Value = GetPrice(xDep, "twn", language);
departure.Fields["SinglePrice"].Value = GetPrice(xDep, "sgl", language);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(ship))
departures.Fields["Ship"].Value = ship;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
departure.Editing.CancelEdit();
log.Error(ex);
throw ex;
}
departure.Editing.EndEdit();
}
So, how do I get the field be picked up?
Thanks,
James.
Firstly do you see the field in the web database in the sitecore administration.
If you do the item has the fields, you then should check the template assigned on the item and double check that the field is actually called "ship" and check the case as ive seen this as an issue before.
Also check the security on the item and field just in case anyone changed anything.
Next try and get the data from the item but instead of using the field name, use the field ID.
Let me know how you go?
Chris
Sorry Chris, StackOverflow, and the others who looked at my questions. It was a stupid typo. It's even there in my question
departure.Fields["SinglePrice"].Value = GetPrice(xDep, "sgl", language);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(ship))
departures.Fields["Ship"].Value = ship;
}
departure is the item I am working on, departures is the collection it belongs to... doh.
So what is the protocol here? Do I delete my question now because it isn't really going to help anyone code better?
James.