This is occuring in Sitecore version 6.4.1 (rev. 110720)
Recently, I've had an issue with several users who have unintentionally created a new version of an item - which contains "empty" fields. This is confusing to users because they don't realize that they are seeing a different version of the item, and they think that their content is randomly disappearing.
I don't know how to reproduce this, much less figure out how they are creating these "phantom" item versions.
I am reasonably certain that Sitecore users are not explicitly clicking "add" a new version in the top menu. From what I've been told, all they are doing is "locking" the item for editing, and this seems to create the new version of the item. At this point, it appears that the new version is the "default" that they are seeing, and they are complaining that the content has been "lost."
Is this Sitecore's default behavior - to create a new version of the item when the item is "locked" for editing? Or is this a known issue in this version of Sitecore?
If an item belongs to a workflow then when you hit the "Edit" button it will create a new version automatically for you.
Also, something to look into, in previous versions of Sitecore there were numerous issues where many actions in the content editor created versions of items unexpectedly (sorting for instance). See http://seankearney.com/post/Sitecore-item-and-version-design-flaw.aspx for more information on that.
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The way that Page Editor handles versions has been causing issues for in one of our Sitecore solutions for a client. I've posted about them here:
Sitecore instance showing incorrect workflow state in Page Editor
Expected usage of Page Editor's Experience date
I didn't get much response on those and so far I've surmised that this is just how Sitecore works. This is less than ideal for our instance, as when publishing restrictions are set, authors don't know which version they're editing which is causing various issues for them.
I'd like to implement a solution(s) to improve the experience provide the following functionality:
Something in the Experience tab that shows the number of the version being viewed.
A button on the Experience tab that resets the Date to the default (this is not simply setting the date to the current date/time, but resetting it to act as it did before a date was manually set).
A custom button in Content Editor which allows an author to open a specific version in Page Editor...set the date automatically when it opens, I guess.
An any one give me some clues on how much of this is possible and where to start?
Thanks.
For the first bullet "Something in the Experience tab that shows the number of the version being viewed", you can add version item in Core database.
Move to "Core" DB in Desktop Mode
Navigate to "/sitecore/content/Applications/WebEdit/Ribbons/WebEdit/Experience/"
Create "Versions" item like this, http://imgur.com/bPEDm7R
Create "Compare" item under "Versions" like this, http://imgur.com/dG8dz2M
The result like this, http://imgur.com/HPu3XAL
The content author can see which version they are using and they can also compare with previous versions.
I am running into an issue when opening the Change Publishing restrictions or Publish Settings dialog and Click OK to close the wizard. All my versions for the Item are Modified with the Current Date and Time. Thus, loosing all the version history for that Item Language. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This is not possible out of the box (or as far as I am aware). You will need to modify the existing set publishing form. I posted a solution in Bit Bucket Keep in mind that this might not reflect your case as I am not sure which version of sitecore you are using. Basically the code is overriding the existing OnOK code which foreaches all the versions and updates them, adding the following line:
// Modify Here
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(dateTimePicker1.Value) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(dateTimePicker2.Value))
{
continue;
}
It means that if both pickers were left empty - it won't modify the item version. Please keep in mind that I just smoke tested this solution, so I suggest you run it by sandbox first :)
i want to add my custom application name in Sitecore Start Menu List, i'm following this article :
Adding Application Shortcut
it saying use Core database i'm using this, i couldn't find Layout studio, can any sitecore developer suggest me how to find this and finish my job. Thanks in advance.
I think the instructions you've linked to there are out of date. I've not seen that bit of UI in recent releases of Sitecore.
Working in Sitecore 6.6 I've successfully made custom applications using these instructions:
http://sdn.sitecore.net/Articles/Customizing%20Sitecore%20Client/Adding%20an%20Application%20Shortcut/Creating%20an%20Application.aspx
But beware the issue that I've blogged about here. The recent revisions of Sitecore subtly break the configuration defined above, and you have to manually edit out a file extension to make everything work:
https://jermdavis.wordpress.com/2014/10/20/a-gotcha-with-custom-applications/
-- Edited to add --
Based on the "it doesn't work in 7.5" comment below, I've tried these instructions on a test instance of Sitecore 7.5 rev 141003. It seems 7.5 behaves slightly differently - but I can still make it work.
Create the item under /sitecore/content/Applications using the external link button for the "Application" field. With raw values displayed, it should look something like:
And then create your application shortcut under /sitecore/content/Documents and settings/All users/Start menu using an internal link for the Application field. I found this still added the '.aspx' extension mentioned in my blog post, but I also found that editing it out again didn't work - it reappeared as soon as I hit save. I needed to edit out the extension from the link data using the Raw Values view in order to get the data shown below:
With those things set up, refreshing the page caused the test item to appear on my start menu:
Hopefully that works for you too?
-- Further edited to add --
New blog post covering this problem in Sitecore 7.5:
https://jermdavis.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/gotchas-with-custom-apps-v2/
Which version of Sitecore are you using? The Layout Studio is probably one of the least features in Sitecore, and personally not something I have ever used.
Instead you should create the the layout in Visual Studio - which then means your layout can be added to your Source Control System. Then follow the instructions in the link in Jeremy's answer.
If you do need to access the Layout Studio for some reason you can find it under: Sitecore menu > Development Tools > Developer Center. From there you can create new files/open existing files.
I would like to know how do you do pre-loading of components in sitecore 7.1?
What I tried so far:
Create a standard value for the page.
Then modify the presentation details of the standard value.
Then add components that I want preloaded in the page.
Then create a Branch for the page.
Use the Branch to create the page.
This works fine except when I add new components in the page's standard value, all existing page is affected with my changes.
What I need to know - is there away that the old page is not affected by my changes in the standard value?
Is there a way only the new page that I create is affected when I modify the pre-loading of components in my page?
Your input is appreciated.
There are few things one should consider:
If there current Sitecore installation is upgraded from 6.4 or prior version to your current version; the item's layout deltas might be an issue. You will have to check the raw values of the Layout details field and figure it out.
Any changes made on the Layout Details on Standard Values do get cascaded down to the items created from that specific Template.
If you don't want these changes to get inherited try multiple inheritance. And change the template of those items created.
Lastly, if the above doesn't work, try creating a new template with the changes you want and change the Template of those items created.
Hope the above helps. Share any further questions you might have or even if the above haven't answered your questions.
Happy Sitecoring!
The main purpose of __Standard Values is automatic update of existing items.
In this case, you should not configure the item's layout in the __Standard Values.
You need to use Branch and configure layout in the Page item instead of __Standard Values.
I have several Sitecore items (whose template is connected to an approval workflow) that will not go into Edit mode when clicking "Edit" from the "Review" tab. The same workflow is used elsewhere on the site successfully (the site is more than 3 years old), but clicking Edit in this case doesn't seem to affect the workflow state.
I've turned on verbose logging, which provides a lot of detail, but nothing to indicate any error conditions. I've been comparing how this template is configured with other "working" templates for a couple of days and everything looks Kosher, but surely I'm missing something obvious.
EDIT: The item(s) in question are imported by a data provider, and I've confirmed that for some reason Sitecore is not setting the "Workflow" and "State" system standard fields with a default value. That appears to be at least part of the issue.
EDIT 2: Followed the steps in this thread http://sdn.sitecore.net/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=45991 to use Sitecore Rocks to update all of the items to the correct Workflow State, but the update did not stick. For some reason workflow changes are not persisted for imported items.
EDIT 3: Clicking the Edit dropdown button under the Home tab displays the message "The item is currently not part of a workflow."
Standard values set correctly? Only have one Standard Values item for this template?
Generally, almost every time I run into a situation where X works on certain items, but not on others... it's a permissions issue. You've tested this as an Administrator I hope?
Sorry my suggestions are so vague, but it's hard to be specific here. We need some more information from you... When you click on Edit what exactly are you expecting to happen? I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "Edit mode" here. In Content Editor, all items are essentially in edit mode all the time... In my configuration, when I click on Edit, I am just locking the item. It does not change workflow state or create a new version.
These items are coming from a data provider... is your data provider handling Lock/Unlock calls properly? I know it's possible to use a data provider without implementing the entire Item API.