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Developing for Ignition – Basic Component
Ignition is an open source framework for Sitecore, developed by Perficient. It follows industry best practices for architecture and dependencies. It is fast and easy for developers to build new content...
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Re-using the View Model with Views Using the Ignition Framework
For most situations when the view path for a component is specified in code, it is either implied by its folder location coinciding with its controller call or directly referenced in the view model...
View ArticleGlass Mapper – Mapping Sitecore List Fields
Sitecore has five list field types that Glass Mapper maps: Checklist, Multilist, Multilist with Search, Treelist, and TreelistEx. Out of the box, Glass Mapper supports mapping these field types to two...
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SPEAK Up! The Anatomy of a Sitecore SPEAK Application
In my introduction to Sitecore’s SPEAK framework, I mentioned that SPEAK applications should always be built from a branch template provided by Sitecore. While it is possible to write a SPEAK page from...
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Ignition Framework – How the View Path Can Be Set
Using the Ignition Framework, we have variety of methods in our disposal for setting the view path to find the view. The methods of setting the view path which will be discussed in more detail will...
View ArticleUsing the IgnitionConstants.cs file
The Ignition framework has as a standard for using a constants file as opposed to having constants randomly assigned to variables throughout the application. When a new Ignition project is created, an...
View ArticleSitecore Experience Platform (SXP) Video Series for Marketers
Video Episode 1 – Taxonomy The day in the life of a content author/editor or potential content marketer is busy enough as it is. Finding time to also learn a new platform seems like a daunting task and...
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Ignition Framework: Adding custom field definitions
One of the big drawing points of the Ignition Framework for Sitecore is its usage of field templates. In a traditional Sitecore environment, developers must explicitly add all fields to their templates...
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Ignition Framework – Options Using the View Method Call
The Ignition framework contains an overridden version of the View() method which is used to not only call the view file which is to be rendered but also has a variety of options to support...
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Case Study for a Partial View Model using the Ignition Framework
I was creating a component in Sitecore where the item structure was three tiered meaning that the component’s datasource, its children and grandchildren from its structure in the content tree would...
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