Parameter to sublayout (ASCX)

My colleague was having issue with Parameters that she assigned to Sublayout. For some reason the parameter that set in Presentation definition in Sitecore is returning empty when accessing it programmatically.

It turns out that Sitecore does not set the presentation properties by default. So we have to set this up before accessing it.

CryptographicException : The Parameter is incorrect

Recently, I have encountered another issue with CryptographicException saying that the parameter is incorrect.

I have managed to solve the issue by:

1. Restarting the Application Pool
2. Restarting the website.

Specifying default ISO

By default, ISO setting in web.config is empty. This default the region formatting such as date to be American. E.g. instead of 30/12/2010, it becomes 12/30/2010.

The line of config in web.config to specify this ISO code is

<setting name="DefaultRegionalIsoCode" value="en-AU"/>

No .ASPX extension (Extensionless page)

To achieve the goal as mentioned in title, you will need to set the IIS as follow:

1. Open IIS Manager

2. Go to the website instance you want to configure, right click and click property.

3. Click Home Directory

4. Click Configuration

5. Under Wildcard Applications Maps, add the following DLL

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll

6. Hit OK

Untick "verify that file exists" if you want a hybrid.

ACL error.

Today i encountered an issue where i cant access any page and always given a ACL error.

I fixed it by adding "Users" to Security with the following access

1. Read & Execute

2. List Folder Contents

3. Read

Icons within sitecore pages not displaying

I have encountered issues whereby the icons on the sitecore portal isnt being displayed. Turn out the issues was with APP_DATA folder having wrong security permission.

it needs to have "Network Service" with write access.

Access Denied

Just today, i was given an issue to solve a weird problem to Sitecore Website version 5.3. For some reason it keeps throwing access denied with query string item = /default. I was expecting something like item = /sitecore/content/root.

The issue turn out to be content item being protected. After unprotecting the item and made a publish. the website comes back to life