Get Power Shell ISE ready to run scripts

Step 1: Installing Latest Version (3.0) of Power Shell ISE

Go to Microsoft Download Center "http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595" and download Power Shell ISE 3.0 for windows 7. It is shipped with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 by default.

Step 2: Set Execution Policy

Then, you have to set execution policy to "Unrestricted" to run any script and to get intellisense  during command writing in power shell.

Command: "Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted"

Go to: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh847748.aspx for detailed explanation.

Conclusion

Now after performing above mentioned steps, you are ready to execute any power shell command using power shell ISE.

Media Library Browser Thumbnail Issue in Sitecore 7.2

Hi,
In my previous blog post Time Format Issue in Sitecore 7.2 rev. 140526 (Lucene Index Search), I have given solution to fix date time format bug in sitecore 7.2.  But when ever sitecore speak api will parse date time string it will give error because we have changed date time format to (yyyyMMddHHmmss).

The problem statement is We have to change speak api parsing format from default "yyyyMMdd" to "yyyyMMddHHmmss"

To resolve the Media Library Browse button issue please follow these steps:

1. Place the attached UpdatedFacetProvider.dll file into the /bin/ folder of your CMS.
2. Open the your CMS sitecore in web browser. Login using admin credentials in desktop mode and change data base to Core.
3. Open Content Editor and go to item path /sitecore/client/Applications/Dialogs/SelectMediaDialog/PageSettings/Facets/Uploaded 
4. Replace the value of "FacetProviderType": Sitecore.ItemWebApi.Facets.UpdatedFacetProvider,Sitecore.Speak.ItemWebApi                 with this one:                             UpdatedFacetProvider.UpdatedFacetProvider,UpdatedFacetProvider
5. Rebuid the indexes and try to reproduce the issue

After following the steps above, the Media Library search browser should display the media items and the Web API errors should go away as well.

Happy programming and let me know if you face any problems or bug in this fix.

Please remember this fix must be applied after solving date time format bug mentioned in my previous Post

Time Format Issue in Sitecore 7.2 rev. 140526 (Lucene Index Search)

Hi,
Sitecore 7.0 - 7.5 have a bug in it regarding DateTime. It will not store or retrieve time part from date. The following solution will target this DateTime Format bug in Sitecore version 7.2 until Sitecore will ship fix.
The problem statement is "Currently Sitecore does not provide Time Stamp in DateTime Fields".
In my case: I am trying to get latest items from sitecore using lucene  index search.The default date format is "yyyyMMdd" but my requirement is "yyyyMMddHHmmss"
Please follow the steps below to solve this issue.

Step 1:
Make a web config file in my case DateTimeFormat.config. Copy paste following code in it


Make a folder "DateTimeFormat" in website App.Config/Include and copy this file in the newly created folder.

Step 2: 
In Visual Studio make a new project "CustomDateTimeFormat" of type class library. Create a class "DateTimeFieldReader" inherit it from "FieldReader". Copy paste follwoing code

This class will be called when ever user will publish sitecore items or rebuild index in sitecore. This class format the datetime fields according to the IndexDateFormat provided in web.config file above.

Step 3: 
Create another class with the name "DateTimeConverter" inherit it from "System.ComponentModel.DateTimeConverter". Copy paste following code

This class will convert the date time in the format provided in web.config file when ever an item will be accessed.

Conclusion:
This will fix the date time format issue in search index of sitecore 7.2 but will produce another bug in Sitecore.
Sitecore has introduced speak api in 7.0 and above. This will get some items from search index in sitecore like when ever you open an media library by clicking "Browse" link on any Image Field. It will fetch images thumbnails from search index. So, we  have changed date format and we have to tell sitecore speak api to parse date format according to our new format "yyyyMMddHHmmss" because its default format is "yyyyMMdd". Other wise it will give date time parse error like "String was not recognized as a valid DateTime"
For solution click on Media Library Browser Thumbnail Issue in Sitecore 7.2