WFFM - Use a display name for the email in the send action

To "Send Email Message" save action of webform for marketers you may change the field "Parameters" in the item: /sitecore/system/Modules/Web Forms for Marketers/Settings/Actions/Save Actions/Send Email Message.

The default value is:

<Host>example.host</Host><From>example@mail.net</From><IsBodyHtml>true</IsBodyHtml>

Now, if you need to have a different display name for the "from" than just dispaly the email itself you can just add the display name in double quotes before the email like this:

<Host>example.host</Host><From>"My Display Name" example@mail.net</From><IsBodyHtml>true</IsBodyHtml>

Create a custom remote event in sitecore - Demo

I have multiple comments on the post about the custom remote events, so I will give you a more complete example. If you need more information about how those events work please refer to the previous post.

You can download the full exaple as a zip file here.

In this example, I have also added a parameter in the event.

• The event:

  using System;
  using System.Collections.Generic;
  using System.Linq;
  using System.Text;
  using System.Runtime.Serialization;
  
  namespace BOL.Events
  {
      [DataContract]
      public class ClearCacheEvent
      {
          public ClearCacheEvent(string cacheName)
          {
              this.CacheName = cacheName;
          }
  
          // Properties
          [DataMember]
          public string CacheName { get; protected set; }
  
      }
  }

• The event argument with the parameter:

  using System;
  using System.Collections.Generic;
  using System.Linq;
  using System.Text;
  using Sitecore.Events;
  
  namespace BOL.Events
  {
      [Serializable]
      public class ClearCacheEventArgs : EventArgs, IPassNativeEventArgs
      {
          public string CacheName { get; set; }
  
          public ClearCacheEventArgs(string cacheName)
          {
              this.CacheName = cacheName;
          }
      }
  }
  

• The event handler:

  using System;
  using System.Collections.Generic;
  using System.Linq;
  using System.Text;
  using Sitecore.Diagnostics;
  using Sitecore.Events;
  
  namespace BOL.Events
  {
      public class ClearCacheEventHandler
      {
          /// 
  
          /// This methos is used to raise the local event
          /// 
          /// 
          public static void Run(ClearCacheEvent @event)
          {
              Log.Info("ClearCacheEventHandler - Run", typeof(ClearCacheEventHandler));
              ClearCacheEventArgs args = new ClearCacheEventArgs(@event.CacheName);
              Event.RaiseEvent("clearcache:remote", new object[] { args });
          }
      }
  }

• The hook to register the event:

  using System;
  using System.Collections.Generic;
  using System.Linq;
  using System.Text;
  using Sitecore.Events.Hooks;
  
  namespace BOL.Events
  {
      public class ClearCacheHook : IHook
      {
          public void Initialize()
          {
              Sitecore.Eventing.EventManager.Subscribe(new Action { ClearCacheEventHandler.Run });
          }
      }
  }
  

• The code to trigger the event:

  public class TriggerEvent
  {
   public void Trigger()
   {
    ClearCacheEvent inst = new ClearCacheEvent("Navigation");
    Sitecore.Eventing.EventManager.QueueEvent(inst);
   }
  }

• The config file to register the event:

  <configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/">
    <sitecore>
   <hooks>  
    <hook type="BOL.Events.ClearCacheHook, BOL"/>  
   </hooks> 
   
   <events>
    <event name="clearcache:remote">
     <handler type="Shurgard.Events.ClearStoreCache, Shurgard.Events" method="OnRemoteClearStoreCache"/>          
    </event>
   <events>
   
    </sitecore>
  </configuration>

Image Extension Module

I have release a new module on trac. This module is an extension of the sitecore control <sc:Image /> who add 2 possibilities:

• Use the real file extension in place of the .ashx used by sitecore. (This functionality is better for the SEO but also allow you to apply a transparency filter on IE6 to your PNG files.)
  
• Set a default image who will appear when the image field is empty. This setting is configurable at two level: on the site level and control per control.

For the documentation of this module click here.