Sitecore authenticate users against external membership database

The idea you should follow in the case of custom membership/role providers is similar to what AD module lists in its setup instructions. The entire process can be split into several steps: Adding a connection string to connectionstrings.config Adding membership/role provider definitions to the system.web section of web.config Activating switchers Creating a new domain for … Read more

GeneralLink in Sitecore

You should be careful using linkField.Url since it it will incorrectly render internal links to Sitecore Items and Media. You should instead be using Sitecore.Links.LinkManager.GetItemUrl(item) and Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaManager.GetMediaUrl(item) for those. It would be better to have a helper (extension) method to return the correct url for you, based on the type of link. Take a look … Read more

HTML nesting in sitecore

I have used Sitecore version 8, standard Rich text editor that comes with installation and tested it in Firefox and Chrome browser, both seems to work fine, see the attached results. Please mention your Sitecore version and Browser name/version. As a best practise to create menus, I would suggest to use foreach loops within your … Read more