Author: zmalmquist

Integrating XBlog into a Custom Sitecore Project – Part 2

In my last blog I had talked at a high level about how XBlog’s foundation layer was implemented as a base line to a custom news solution. In this blog, I want to explore the nuts and bolts a bit more to give a better picture about how it all came together. Quickly rebuilding … Continue reading Integrating XBlog into a Custom Sitecore Project – Part 2 →

Integrating XBlog into a Custom Sitecore Project – Part 1

Sitecore Helix has provided us with a uniformity that has been great for the community. It has given us a set of standards to work from and to ultimately make the stuff we make more plug and play. With the update of XBlog to Sitecore 9 we also invested time in converting this to the … Continue reading Integrating XBlog into a Custom Sitecore Project – Part 1 →

XBlog for Sitecore 9

XBlog for Sitecore 9 has been updated and released here - https://marketplace.sitecore.net/en/Modules/X/XBlog.aspx . You can download the source code here - https://github.com/XCentium/XBlog . Make sure to select the Sitecore 9 folder as the old version was left in place for legacy use. There was some minor fixes made. Buckets were updated to handle the folders based on the … Continue reading XBlog for Sitecore 9 →

Maintain Exif Data With Sitecore Image Resizing

Exif or Exchangeable Image File Format up until recently was something I had not heard about (or least didn't put much thought into). Being a back end developer I had never really had need for it. Image sizing in relation to load speed on a page is as far as I had ever dug into … Continue reading Maintain Exif Data With Sitecore Image Resizing →