Sitecore System.InvalidOperationException: fieldTypeItem YSOD

YSOD in Sitecore Template Inheritance Tab I received a nasty surprise, a YSOD, when I clicked the Inheritance tab for a user defined template in Sitecore. After a little digging and some help from Sitecore Rocks, it turns out that after installing a “dirty” Sitecore package, the Type for a field can be left blank. If you have a Sitecore template that inherits a template with a field...

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SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Mobile Sites

SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Mobile Sites

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment mobile sites make a splash! I’m proud to say that the SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment mobile websites have gone live! Checkout the three SeaWorld parks and two Busch Gardens parks on your mobile device. You can do all kinds of things, see my projects page at https://ascii63software.com/my-projects for more...

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Sitecore AnalyticsProviderSqlServer threw an exception

If you’ve ever received a YSOD regarding “'Sitecore.Analytics.Data.DataProviders.AnalyticsProviderSqlServer' threw an exception.” when running a Sitecore website on your local machine, here is the solution.  Since we don’t normally have the Sitecore Analytics engine running on our local development machines, you have to disable it in configuration files. My first attempt at getting rid...

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