Located in the web config is a section called this contains a load of events that are fired when things happen within Sitecore. The common one I see Sitecore solutions using is the item:saved event. Hopefully this post is going to get you started on writing some custom save event handlers.All we need is a class within our project containing the following code:When the code below is run it is going to replace any spaces in the item’s name with hyphens ...

We previously wrote about why we love Sitecore 8, which detailed some of the main changes since version Sitecore 7.5. Amongst other improvements, the major release included a brand new user-friendly interface, ...

SASS (Syntactically awesome stylesheets)/LESS (not an abbreviation) are CSS pre-processors. If you haven't heard of them then you should jump in now and start using them.Simply put, these two languages compile down ...

Computed fields are a great way of storing calculated information while Sitecore indexes your items as opposed to using more resource to calculate it on the fly for use in your sublayouts/layouts.An example for when ...

We are proud to announce that 3chillies have secured the Sitecore Gold Partner status for another year, fortifying our position as a leading UK Sitecore development agency.The tiered partner scheme, first developed in ...

Many organisations use marketing automation to some degree, but few do it well. I can’t even begin to count the number of times I've received totally irrelevant, non-targeted emails from organisations I've willingly ...

Back in October 2014, Sitecore was [for the fifth consecutive year] named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management. Shortly afterwards, in December 2014, we wrote about the introduction of ...

In recent years, the term "cloud computing" has become much more than just a buzz word. In fact, Microsoft Azure are currently 10,000 new customers every week! If you've not yet considered moving to the cloud, we ...

A/B testing is a great way to gauge which content yields the best results for your business, so before you go ahead and replace a block of content, why not run an A/B test on it first!A/B testing the link text on your ...

On 21st April 2015, Google announced the roll out of their mobile-friendly update, a transformation that will boost the rankings of mobile-friendly pages on mobile search results.Needless to say, the announcement ...