Hi, and welcome to my corner of the world. My name is Darrin Robertson and I am a Progress Sitefinity partner, a Sitefinity developer at American Eagle and this is my site where I put some of the things I do with Sitefinity.
I have been a bit quite this last month. I still have all my To Do's in my To Do list. They aren't going away so I hope to start picking away at more of them in June.
I hope you enjoy the site.
In these articles I will talk about how I work and develop in Sitefinity. I also look to talk about any errors and issues I run into hoping that it helps others out who may run into the same things. I also talk about ways to achieve a solution or solve a problem. Of course there are always several ways to achieve a solution and I do hope to hear about other peoples ideas along the way.
Google reCaptcha is a popular tool to help secure our forms against spam bots. Often email services will check our forms to ensure we have one present and you may be asked for one to be added. That happened to me. Sitefinity has its own forms and reCaptcha tools but often I find myself creating my own custom form widgets to quickly get the requirement that I have been asked to develop. In this post I look at how to get one added to a custom form you may have created in Sitefinity.
Sitefinity has a few hidden gems and helpful utilities which are very handy to know about. It would be nice if they had a page listing these out. Recently I needed a list of countries. I knew the eCommerce module dealt with such a list so where was it? I went looking and found not only the list but a little bit extra.
Those C# developers coming to Sitefinity will often use the 'using' keyword to effectively use and dispose of objects. I do this as well but in Sitefinity there is one time when it may seem like the right idea to use it when in fact it is not.
The new HTTP protocol, HTTP2 is here. You can see it being used on the web if you know where to look. It is something we need to be aware of, understand how it works and how to take advantage of it. For Sitefinity projects we need to consider what we may change in our project structure and processes to address and take advantage of the protocol. First things first, lets briefly discuss what the protocol is, how do we implement it and finally what we need to change to take advantage of it.
Need some help with Sitefinity? Some development or consulting? Small business work or enterprise level, I can help you out through myself and my employment with American Eagle.
Perhaps a drop in module to add some functionality or a whole service module to enhance the business. I have created several reusable modules over my time and am refining them to be used by others.
My Sitefinity blog covers my experiences related to Sitefinity. I look to write about errors I run into and gotchas I have come across. General opinions and, I hope, helpful solutions.
" Darrin has been my most valuable asset for my small business. Darrin’s professionalism, ability to meet or beat deadlines, and his top-quality work has helped my business grow since 2013. "
" I love the short and easy to read tutorials created for my website and that whenever I have an issue I can email or call on Darrin who helps me through any problems without fuss. "
" Darrin has been very helpful in creating a website for my Olympic Campaign. He has always been easy to contact and work with and he understands how to make the site best suit my goals. "