I'm using Sitecore version 6.4.1
I have a scheduled task that sends notification mail to content approver and I want to provide a url link to Workbox in the email. Could someone tell me how the workbox URL looks.
You can login to Sitecore backend in Content Editor mode, and switch the bottom tab to Workbox. The URL string in the browser will change to what you need.
It contains a number of query string parameters. You can play with them finding out how each combination influences the Workbox appearance.
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When I am clicking on the upload button in document web, inside that the section master page is showing (which should not).
How to remove this either in SharePoint designer or SharePoint 2013 itself?
Also, the site settings is showing up on home page (but it should show in a separate new page).
Screeshots:
It looks like you have a custom master page that is missing much of the core structure of a master page. In particular, an out of the box master page responds to a Query String value of "?IsDlg=1" to control if master page content is displayed in SharePoint dialog boxes along with primary page content.
To see this, go to a site without this custom master page and visit a list or library page. Edit the URL and, if there's no Query String (i.e. no "?" in the URL, add "?IsDlg=1" (no quotes), or if there is a query string add "&IsDlg=1" (no quotes). Notice the difference in the displayed content.
Something is missing from your custom master page. Either the lack of standard CSS classes or missing JavaScript references.
Can you reset the master page back to one of the out of the box master pages and check to see if everything is now working.
As the the Site Settings, someone must of added an IFRAME or a Page Viewer web part to the home page and set the URL to the Site Settings page.
This is a two part question.
Using Web Forms for Marketers 2.3:
Is it possible to have a cookie be created on successful submission?
Without actually exporting the ascx file, would like to keep it in Sitecore.
Second question, would it be better to have a content editor choose which item has the form or would it be better/easier to have a dropdown to pick which form is needed and then have the code determine which form to show.
Thank for any insight!!!
For the First question,
If you have Sitecore DMS, on a successful submission there is an event, and a Goal maybe you can use that, insteed of a cookie.
See https://doc.sitecore.net/sitecore%20experience%20platform/personalization/walkthrough%20personalizing%20components for using it with personalization rules the picturs are for Sitecore 8 but basically the same for Sitecore 6.5+
Programmatically you can use the Analytics API, see https://sdn.sitecore.net/upload/sitecore6/65/engagement_analytics_api_cookbook_sc65-a4.pdf for Sitecore 6. The API has changed considerably with Sitecore 7.5.
An alternative is to set the cookie on the Success page.
you can have a Success page, or a Success message in WFFM. for a message use something like this:
Thanks <script>document.cookie="formsuccess=ok";</script>
I've created ECM NewsLetter with some links to site (another Items). In online version of NewsLetter links works fine, but when I've sent this NewsLetter to my email and tried to click on links from my mail Inbox it's displays 404 not found error. Base URL - The default address for all links configured properly. What am I missing? Maybe some configuration? I appreciate any help you can provide.
Several things to check here:
Most likely source is that the campaign item that gets created when the email is sent is not published.
If the campaign is published then check the goal that gets installed as part of the ECM module is published: /sitecore/system/Marketing Center/Goals/Click Email Link
The way to test the source of the problem is to search for the guids in the link querystring - the ec_camp part of the querystringis the guid of the campaign. Search for this in your content delivery web databse - if this exists then check the goal mentioned above. The ec_as value is the value used to identify the user in the analytics db. This wont exist in your sitecore tree.
finally if both of the above work then follow this set up guide and ensure all the relevant ECM pages are installed properly on your CD servers - including the connection string to the ECM service that handles all tracking and link processing: http://www.sitecore.net/learn/blogs/technical-blogs/sitecore-magnified/posts/2013/09/ecm-on-cd.aspx
If you view source are they absolute links? If not one thing we did was create a newsletter device and detect we were coming from ecm. Then we could specify an alternative layout/sublayouts/data sources based on device.
The sublayouts could check if they were coming from a newsletter device and ensure they return all links absolute.
Within the ECM you need to make sure that you are saving and publishing as you move throughout the process of setting up and deploying a message. Once the message is edited, save and publish the message. Before dispatching, you should smart publish the target audience which in turn will re-publish the message. Then, when you dispatch you should see all the images.
This seems to be an issue with the configuration of Email Campaign Manager. Follow these steps
Go to Email Campaign Manager.
Select Content tab.
Check the value of Base URL- default address for all links field.
If it is set to some website URL other than your website URL change it to your website URL.
I have a requirement to present the user the Workbox when logging into the sitecore administration interface. I've identified that this can be done by setting the user profile Start URL to /sitecore/shell/applications/workbox.aspx.
This works - when the user logs in they get the workbox, but the Logoff link is missing from the top menu (which is there when you access the workbox via the Content Editor - but I notice not if you access it via the Menu item).
Is there any way of getting this Logoff button back, or adding a custom one?
I've checked it in Sitecore 6.6 and there is no logout button in workbox by default as well.
The fix for this is very easy. Login to the Sitecore desktop, switch to the 'core' database, open the Content Editor and navigate to the node:
/sitecore/content/Applications/Workbox/Ribbon/Home/Write/Logoff
There is a field 'Click' with value 'workbox:logout'. Just change the value to 'system:logout' and the logout button will be there.
Edited
The issue (#347688) has been fixed in Sitecore CMS 6.5.0 rev. 120427 (6.5.0 Update-4) and DMS 2.0.1 rev. 120427
We have been asked to explain where the editor can customize the campaign tracking url, they have seen the feature when participating in Sitecore Training sessions, but can't find the features in the our platform that is currently fully updated.
It seems to me the feature has been removed otherwise it is hidden in {3AC13180-912F-4388-AF56-46A0F1172E70} that is missing in the DMS Installation, when looking at the insert options for the Campaign Item.
Does anyone have insight on the topic ? and if the feature is still present or has been removed for another model.
OMS / Custom Campaign tracking URL
When looking at the old documentation for Sitecore OMS the section related OMS Creating Campaign Events, it should be possible for the Editor to personalize the incomming url parameter that triggers the page visit to attach to a specific campaign.
Reference: "OMS Creating Campaign Events" page 13-14
http://sdn.sitecore.net/upload/sitecore6/64/online%20marketing%20suite%20cookbook-usletter.pdf
Engagement Analytics / No Custom Campaign tracking URL (?)
In the new DMS 2.0 / Engagement Analytics there are also Page events, and they should be attachable to Campaigns. But we can't seem to create anything under the Campaign definition even tho the first line in the documentation suggests it. Looking at the Insert options on the campaign there is a missing id: {3AC13180-912F-4388-AF56-46A0F1172E70} that suggest the installation is missing an Item for this feature to function.
Reference: "Engagement Analytics Page Events" page 6-7
http://sdn.sitecore.net/upload/sitecore6/65/engagement_analytics_configuration_reference_sc65-usletter.pdf
Campaigns
You can associate events with specific campaigns. To register a
campaign event, beneath the campaign definition item, insert a
campaign event definition item using the System/Analytics/Campaign
data template. You can activate the campaign using the value of the
sc_camp query string parameter or you can assign a campaign to a
content item, such as a landing page. For more information about
campaigns, see the section Campaign. To change the name of the sc_camp
query string parameter, see the section The
Analytics.CampaignQueryStringKey Setting.
I have been in contact with Sitecore Support and they responded that the option of customizing the url that triggers the campaign has been removed. The documentation is misleading on the subject and they have registered it as a bug.
So yoursite.net/?sc_camp={ID of the campaign item here} or using a landing page with the campaign as trigger is currently the only way to monitor incoming links from a campaign, unless custom code is build.
Thanks for the answers.
Edited:
The issue (#347688) has been fixed in Sitecore CMS 6.5.0 rev. 120427 (6.5.0 Update-4) and DMS 2.0.1 rev. 120427
Mentioned ID {3AC13180-912F-4388-AF56-46A0F1172E70} used to be a Campaign Event template. Campaign Events are no longer used, as they were replaced by Campaign in Sitecore DMS.
In order to track it, use the following URL format: yoursite.net/?sc_camp={ID of the campaign item here}
I just wanted to add in that although it might be what they know and what they want to use, the reason that it's so obscured is because that's really not how you should be doing things and its not a practice I'd recommend since it's not really guaranteed to be tracked. The structure of DMS and the underlying database is such that I'd stick to setting things up by associating things with a campaign. Tracking is done in large part via page events that are triggered... but just amending a url will trigger a visit and a new page, but not a page event to be created unless there is something associated with that item that will trigger an event.
Campaigns are typically associated with items, or events, or engagement plans or any number of different elements of DMS. In all cases, there's a tab on the item that has an option to check the campaign to associate it with. That's how you want to be doing this which ensures that a page event is properly created and associated with the campaign.