Questions tagged [dxa]
SDL's Digital Experience Accellerator (DXA) aka SDL Tridion Reference Implementation is a reference implementation of SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 intended to help you quickly to create, design and publish an SDL Tridion-based Web site.
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Extending DynamicList in DXA 1.6
In DXA, we can create listing pages to list items based on schema [Article] and [News Article].
Now I haved creates a schema named [Special Offer] and corresponding view and model in a custom module [...
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Context Service failing to start on Production Environment
I am trying to start the Context Service, but it getting stopped with below Error Logs.
2017-02-01 14:22:30,002 ERROR SpringApplication - Application startup failed
org.springframework.beans....
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(DXA) Resolve Tcm Uri to url
We are implementing a DXA website where one of it's features is a search page for specific component types. We are implementing this using a spring controller with a service which in its turn talks to ...
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Problem using XPM to edit image
I have a Schema which contains an image and multiple other values. I am trying to make XPM work so that this image can be changed by editors.
The image is loaded as follows inside of the view:
<...
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How to override DXA Main region view
How can I override the view selection for Main region in DXA so that I can use view from my module instead of the core view?
RegisterViewModel("Main", typeof(RegionModel));
doesn't work for me, it ...
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Multivalue in DXA 1.5
I am working on DXA 1.5 and trying to bind multiple value(Keywords) in model but not sure on how to move forward on this. i tried following types List<string> Tag and List<Tag>to get the ...
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SDL Web 8 - DXA 1.5 - Blueprint Hierarchy
I am new to DXA 1.5 on Web 8. Need some details on Blueprint hierarchy being offered as part DXA 1.5 initial setup. My understanding is as follows:
000 Empty - Base publication.
100 Master - Schema, ...
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How to configure DXA cache when using Akamai CDN
Our intent is to use Akamai CDN to cache a whole (static) DXA 1.3 site. We implemented a storage extension that will notify Akamai to flush it's cache when a page is published.
We configured DXA to ...
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DXA 1.2 .Net Keyword List
I have a Schema in Tridion that has a field where the values are set from a Category as a check box list. I can see that you can use the Tag Model for a a single Keyword field but how do you map a ...
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Tridion 2013 - DXA - Render Entity
In our implementation there is one Main Region, where previously items where render like it is on following image
During implementation of certain View, we identify that there should be another ...
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How is schema linked to a Model in DXA+Java MVP Implementation?
I am new to java and was trying to write a model for a schema. I want to understand how a schema is linked with the model.
For e.g. I have schema with below details:
heading (Text Field) - Single ...
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Installing DXA into an existing BluePrint
When installing STRI/DXA into an existing BluePrint we add the existing Publications as children of the 100 Master but there are several Structure Groups and Pages that have to be added manually into ...
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Is it possible to publish binary files with same name to multiple directory by DXA?
I'm implementing DXA(Tridion Reference Implementation).
I publish CSS files and some image files by "HTML Design".But when there are binary files with same name, and they are to be published to ...
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Duplicate semantic entities for multimedia schemas
I have a custom multimedia schema in my DXA 2.0 Java implementation called HighResolutionImage, next to the Image schema which comes out of the box (as part of the DXA Core Module).
I created a class ...
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DXA 2.0 GetNavigationModel url Property for Keyword is null
I am working with a client that has DXA 2.0 (.NET) and SDL Web 8.1.
DXA Unity.config is configured to use the DynamicNavigationProvider
The Sitemap [Navigation] Category has been published
Pages ...
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Disable Experience Manager (XPM) DXA 2.0 Java, for specific CT
I have an issue with the DXA Experience Manager.
We have XPM in some Component Template of out site, but we need to disable it for specific ones. So we have unchecked the "enable inline editing" in ...
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Enabling caching resulting 500 error in DXA 2.0 Java and RedHat Linux server
We are using SDL Web 8.5 with DXA 2.0 and Java. The java application is deployed on Red Hat Linux server using Java version "1.8.0_161" 64 bit and Tomcat 8.5.30 .We are getting 500 server error when ...
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Error previewing page with DXA 2.0 TBBs
I am in the process of upgrading a DXA 1.8 CM to DXA 2.0. I have ensured that my Page Template is using the new DXA 2.0 Generate DXA R2 Page Model TBB. I am getting errors when publishing/previewing ...
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Images not displaying in DXA Site
I don't know if somebody has faced this strange behaviour.
I'm implementing a new site with DXA, version 1.7 and .NET with SDL Web 8.5.
I have mounted the DxaWebApp visual studio solution, with the ...
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DXA 1.7: Nullpointer exception when using SVG images in MultimediaComponent
I have created a new MultimediaComponent and uploaded a SVG image to it. When using this MultimediaComponent in a Component and publish it to my page, the image wont be displayed.
A nullpointer ...
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Schema mapping issue
I am getting this error:
Sdl.Web.Common.DxaException: No semantic mapping found between Schema 810 (http://www.sdl.com/web/schemas/core:Item) and model type 'Sdl.Web.Common.Models.EntityModel'
I ...
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How to resolve ECL components in rich text fields
Not able to bind Rich Text field to Model if I am embedding an ECL image in a RTF field. Getting below error:
Unable to map field 'description' to property of type 'Sdl.Web.Common.Models.RichText'. ...
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SDL Web Context Service not starting
As part of DXA 1.7 I'm setting up the SDL Web Context Service.
Sadly the service won't start, I get this from the Services snap-in:
Checking the Event Viewer, I can see the staggeringly ...
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Issue while reading the Metadata In DXA 1.5
this.ContentProvider.GetEntityModel("XXX" + "-" + "###", WebRequestContext.Localization);
Using the GetEntityModel i am reading the component based on different criteria
now i need to read the ...
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DXA 1.2 Page Meta Data schema doesn't resolve KeyWords, Multimedia fields as proper value
When we have Page meta data schema and we have field with multimedia or text field whose value is derived from the Category/Keywords then DXA 1.2 doesn't resolve them to the proper values, instead it ...
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How to show main Navigation name in different language
We have a language specific website, so one Publication for English and another for Arabic.
We use the sitemap class to populate our site navigation. We have localized our Components. So the sub ...
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How to assign same priority(or order) to regions on a page?
We need to use two regions on our article pages. The article page has a 2-column layout. On the LHS column we have different kind of content.
The main type of content on LHS for example are:
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How to determine the sequence of component presentation in a region
How do we determine the sequence of a component presentation in a particular region on the page? I am using DXA JAVA.
The design has 4 blocks having divs something like:
<div class="tab1"> ...
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Authentication issues when running DXA upgrade script on Web 8.5 CM
We're attempting to run the DXA 1.7 upgrade script on our CM server. At first glance, this looks like an issue with IIS authentication settings, for the SDL Web site or one of its applications. ...
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Page Model Meta Sitemap Keyword missing in Page view
Earlier when we were using DXA CTP 2, ${pageModel.meta.sitemapKeyword} would give us the Page navigation Keyword.
Since we moved to DXA 2.0, this returns no value. We are not sure if this is related ...
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Is it possible to use a custom Region controller in DXA 1.7?
Is it possible to override the default Region controller in DXA 1.7
Looking at the RegionController in Github it is decorated with HandleSectionError attribute to handle exceptions.
I try to bypass ...
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Error while accessing DXA 1.6 website
The publish of 400 Example Site succeeded.
But when I tried to access the site, following message was shown on the window.
No matching Localization found for URL 'http://MyServer:90/'
Then I checked ...
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DXA Model mapping issue with ReadFromXhtmlElement
I can see there is an overridable function public override void ReadFromXhtmlElement(XmlElement xhtmlElement) available in MediaItem class.
I have overrided this function in my child class. But ...
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Is it possible to get the full dictionary of a DXA configuration component?
I'm using DXA 1.5
I'm trying to output some values for Google Tag Manager's dataLayer. Some of these are required to be site wide.
The dataLayer is in the format
dataLayer = [{
"name" : "value",...
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CSS/JS are not loading in DXA 1.5
I have changed the site mapping for localized sites using Set-TtmMapping -RelativeUrl see my other question and re-published the pages and now site are working http://dxa.com/en the only issue which I'...
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DXA Java sending 500 status code for file not found
We are working on a website using SDL Tridion 2013 SP1, Oracle 12c (CM & CD) and Java on the CD side. Any invalid URLs on the website (links that don't exist on the website) are generating 500 ...
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Does the DXA Mobile Implementation expose the device/browser screen width and or height?
I've been following the documentation for the DXA installation and it is a bit confusing what is needed in order to get certain "mobile" device information. For example, I only need the screen width ...
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DXA 1.7 No matching Localization found for URL for Assets and Version.json (.Net)
I have followed the SDL documentation to setup DXA 1.7 with SDL Web 8.5. I am facing a couple of issues from IIS as well as from my local debugging (IIS Express). Before I go deep debug into DXA core, ...
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Evaluating contextual expression aspects for mobile devices within jsp?
We have a Java web app using DXA 1.7 and SDL Web 8.5 out of the box (using my own models and views), we are having trouble using contextual expressions from the tag library and the evaluated value of ...
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DXA 2.0 CTP 2 - cm import - ContractFilter mismatch at the EndpointDispatcher
I am trying out a DXA 2.0 CTP2 install on Web 8.5 and getting the following error, can anyone offer some direction for what is misconfigured to cause this?
It might not have something to do with DXA ...
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An item with the same key has already been added while accessing pages in DXA
Seeing the following generic issue when we access a page for the first time in DXA. Subsequent requests are able to render the content properly.
2016-07-16 00:24:24,680 [9] ERROR - Internal Server ...
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DXA 1.2 exception Cannot create an abstract class on MediaItem
I am testing testing DXA .NET 1.2, when rendering a Component with a MediaItem, I get the exception:
Cannot create an abstract class the modelType. the value is:
modelType {Name = "MediaItem"...
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ERROR : _all.json' not found for Localization | DXA 1.4 .NET web 8.1.1
I have installed DXA 1.4 .NET on my SDL Web 8 System. When I hit application, I get the following message:
Item '/system/config/_all.json' not found for Localization '6'
Site.log error
ERROR - ...
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Content Broker database - Using non relational database with DXA
Like DXA works with JSON, a database like MongoDB (non-relational) would give a better performance than a DB2 database.
Could we use a database non relational for the Broker?
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Where and how do we read keyword component fields (name & description) in DXA?
I see DXA code reading description field of a keyword component if it is available and not its name, I tried to look into the schema mapping to its model.. couldn't reach to the place where does this ...
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Retrofitting DXA publications to an existing BluePrint
We have an existing BluePrint in our SDL Tridion implementation (just place holders for business).
While we import (install using PS) the DXA Publications, the installation defaults to the ...
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Which hotfix rollups are required for DXA 1.2
SDL DXA 1.2 prerequisites states "DXA 1.2 requires SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 HR1"
Which specific hotfix rollups are required for DXA 1.2?
https://docs.sdl.com/LiveContent/content/en-US/SDL%20DXA-v2/GUID-...
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Reference Implementation website throwing “Value cannot be null. Parameter name: paths” error
I am trying to set up Tridion Reference Implementation for first time. I am done with CMS part.
Now I am facing problem with Website setup as site is throwing below error.
Value cannot be null.
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Optimal way to expose Tridion content to external systems?
We are currently using SDL 2013SP1 with Spring MVC at the front end and want to expose the HTML fragments to other external systems.
Is creating REST API over ODATA a good option where external
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Notification for the publisher when content is not up to date in XPM
We have implemented XPM with Tridion 2013 SP1 and DXA 1.2 and disabled "Session Preview" as well. Most of the business use cases are functional.
I am running into the following situation. The ...
