Watch a video overview of the Text to Speech tool Overview We are using the third-party service BeyondWords for text to speech generation. This service provides very “lifelike” audio and integrates well with the Sitecore CMS. For now, we are not enabling this for all articles across the site(s). There are two main reasons for …
Category Archives: Tips & Special Operations
Removing a Language Version
Items have the option to add multiple language versions in the Content Editor such as English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Korean. In this article, we will discover how to remove language versions that are no longer necessary for any item in our Sitecore solution. Select an item from the content tree in the left-hand column …
How To Unpublish Articles
Unpublishing articles Go to the item you wish to unpublish in Sitecore by opening up the Content Editor. Click on the Publish tab. Click on the Change Restrictions icon and a dialog will appear. Click on the Item tab and uncheck the Publishable checkbox. Click Save and Publish > Publish Item Visit the original URL to ensure that your item has been unpublished.
Locking and Unlocking Articles
In Sitecore, you can lock the current version of the item you are working on to prevent other users from editing the same item at the same time. If the item that you want to edit is already locked, you cannot edit it, you can only view it. When you have finished editing the item, …
How to Apply Button Styles
There are situations where a buttons style would need to be updated to meet with approved compositions or branding for a campaign page, intermediate page, or any other type of page template. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to apply the available styles for buttons within Sitecore based on which site you …
Uploading and linking PDF files
In the Body field, select the text to link to the PDF. Click on the Insert Sitecore Link icon (directly to the left of the “Insert Media” icon) IF THE PDF HAS ALREADY BEEN UPLOADED TO THE MEDIA SERVER, SKIP TO STEP 11 Click on the Media Items tab. Click on the UMC Media folder …
Managing Hyperlinks
“Hyperlink Manager” vs “Insert Sitecore Link”: Video Explanation: When to use “Insert sitecore link” Insert Sitecore Link offers a simple means to link to any item within the connected Sitecore Projects (sites). Need to change or add an internal link? Don’t right-click; this will open Hyperlink Manager, and leave you without the ability to search …
Deleting Articles
While there is a big DELETE button on the Home tab of the content editor, it does not fully delete an article. To remove an article completely from the front end, one of the parent buckets must be published as well. First, you must locate where the article lives before deleting it. In the content …
Adding and Removing Components
Adding a Component Both adding and removing components is best accomplished via the Sitecore Experience Editor. To access this editor, simply navigate to the page or content you’d like to update (please note, components (like Promo Cards, Tag Grids, Section Heroes, etc) cannot be edited individually via Experience Editor). From the selected page, navigate to …
Find all content with a specific tag
This is for finding all articles that are associated with a specific tag. In the content editor, navigate to the section you wish to search on, e.g. for news articles, go to sitecore -> Content -> UMNS -> news In the search field in the right-side panel, paste the following: custom:umc_parsed_article_tag_name_lowercase_list| Immediately after the vertical …