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Planning to Install Sitecore 9.3 using Sitecore Install Assistant (SIA)? Here is what you need!!

Hello Sitecore Developers, welcome to my blog. When we start with Sitecore, there are many questions. How to install Sitecore? Has Sitecore made the installation easier? If yes then how? Well, Let's find out by reading through this blog. In this blog, I will be covering the installation of  Sitecore 9.3 using Sitecore Install Assistant (SIA) What is Sitecore Install Assistant (SIA)?  Sitecore Install Assistant is a GUI which Sitecore provides for making the installation easier and efficient. Sitecore has introduced this for the versions of 9.2 and above. Before SIA, Sitecore installation was a tedious job where you had to run PowerShell scripts and install various prerequisites. This would lead to a cumbersome task for the developers to setup their local environment.  So, Lets Begin with the Installation: Prerequisites: Visual Studio 2015 + MS SQL Server - Let's Install Together Sitecore License File .NET Framework Worried about the compatibility while installing Sitecore...
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Sitecore Forms NOT visible in Form Builder - Strange but True!!!

Hello Sitecore Developers, in this blog we will be touching upon a strange Sitecore scenario i.e. Sitecore Forms are NOT visible in Form Builder even after creating a Form.  Note:  If you are new to Sitecore Forms and are intrigued to learn about creating a Sitecore Form, go through my blog on how to  Create a New Sitecore Form Let's begin with the most common resolution for this issue i.e.  Rebuild the Sitecore Master Index Rebuilding the master index will most likely solve this issue. But guess what, when it's not your day, this issue will persist even after the index rebuild. Refer to the below resolutions if this does not solve your problem. From Sitecore Launchpad, go to Control Panel > Indexing Manager and rebuild the Sitecore Master Index. Verify Form Folder Item ID To verify if this ID is correct. Go to the Core Database How to switch to the Core Database?   Ignore this part if you are already familiar to switch to the Core Database Go to Sitecore La...

Creating a Sitecore Form - A whole new Experience!!

What is a Sitecore Form? Sitecore has introduced an amazing feature that transforms a regular form into a form that has many out-of-the-box features attached to it. Some of the features are listed below: Unique Views:  Number of unique visitors of the form. Abandonments:  Visitor who visited the form but did not submit the form Abandonment Rate: Percentage of visitors not submitting the form. Export Data: This helps us exporting all the submitted form data in a .csv file. We can also leverage this new Sitecore Form by adding custom components like File upload, Captcha, etc. as per the requirement. In this blog, we will see the creation of a basic Sitecore Form. Let's get started Form Builder: The first step is to open the Form Builder from Sitecore Launchpad.  What is a Form Builder? Form Builder is a Dashboard where you can create and view all the Sitecore Forms, it Create a Sitecore Form: Click on Create > Add a Blank Form as shown in the above image.  Note:...

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

What is SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)? SSMS is an integrated environment that manages the instances of SQL from SQL Server to Azure SQL. You can perform various operations in the SQL instances. You can connect the SSMS and SQL Server by providing a proper: Server Type Server Name Mode of Authentication: Windows Authentication SQL Server Authentication (Username and Password Required) SQL Server Management Studio has a very straightforward installation: You can install by clicking on the section highlighted in red in the below image:

SQL Sever 2019 - Lets Install Together!!

Introduction: Hello Developers, welcome to my blog. In this blog, I will be covering the SQL Server 2019 Installation. There are different ways with which this can be done. By default when you install SQL Server, you will be able to log in to it using Windows Authentication. In this blog, I will help you to create credentials for logging into the SQL Server using SQL Server Authentication as well. SQL Server 2019 Installation: Download the Setup Files: Download the Setup File of SQL Server 2019 from here You will be having two options: Developer Edition - In this blog, we will be using Developer Edition as we are installing SQL Server for our local environment. This edition works ONLY for Developer and Test Systems. Enterprise Edition: This is preferred for installing SQL Server in higher environments such as Production. This has premium performance and capabilities as compared to the Developer Edition. Once you have Downloaded the Developer Edition. An SQL2019-SSEI-Dev.exe file will...