Apropos Sitecore blog: June 2011

  • Renderings vs. Sublayouts

    By Kern Herskind Nightingale, 30 June 2011

    This is a question that I'm confronted with again and again - and just today it surfaced again: When should we use Sublayouts and when should we use XSL Renderings? Which is better? I guess my answer has always been a bit vague; it depends on what you are trying to do! Use a screwdriver for screws and a hammer for nails. I have always used XSLT renderings for simple presentation and I think it's an… Read more ►

  • TDS refuses to deploy locally at random?

    By Kern Herskind Nightingale, 15 June 2011

    A couple of times I have experienced an oddity with TDS where it doesn't deploy consistently to the local Sitecore instance when running a build. To get it to deploy I would have to force a Rebuild Solution. It turns out that the project build order can get jumbled somehow. Luckily the fix was quite simple: Right click on the the Solution or any Project in the Solution Explorer and choose "Build order..." Verify that your TDS… Read more ►

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