Branch Templates are specifically designed for this scenario. They allow you to define a reusable ‘blueprint’ of a content tree structure, including items, their templates, and standard values. When creating a new site, an author or process can instantiate the branch, which creates the entire predefined structure, ensuring consistency and automatically including references to shared components. This is more native and maintainable than manual copying, packages, or custom sync logic.

Sitecore’s Rich Text field uses a security-sanitization pipeline (typically `GetSafeHtml`) to strip out potentially dangerous HTML tags and attributes before rendering on the CD. If authors need to use specific tags (like certain `

Sitecore uses a role-based configuration architecture. Pipelines and processors can be conditionally included or excluded based on the server’s role (e.g., `Standalone`, `ContentManagement`, `ContentDelivery`, `Processing`). The custom processor was likely patched into a pipeline group (like ``) that is not activated on the CD role. The solution is to move the patch to a common group or ensure it’s included in the CD role’s configuration.

Directly calling `Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem()` in a CD environment can bypass important context layers like the item language, version, and the rendering’s specific data source resolution. The recommended pattern in Sitecore MVC is to use the `RenderingContext.Current.Rendering.Item` property. This property automatically returns the correct data source item based on the current rendering’s context, respecting device, language, and version rules. It’s the most robust and performant method as it integrates with Sitecore’s presentation logic.

Sitecore’s template inheritance system is designed for this exact scenario. By setting the ‘Base template’ field of the ‘Product Page’ template to point to the ‘Page’ template, the ‘Product Page’ automatically inherits all fields and standard values from ‘Page’ (which in turn inherits from ‘Standard Template’). You then only need to add the new, unique fields to the ‘Product Page’ template. This ensures changes to the base ‘Page’ template are automatically reflected in all ‘Product Page’ items, promoting reuse and maintainability.

Sitecore’s A/B and Multivariate testing is primarily conducted through the Experience Explorer (part of the Experience Optimization suite). The process involves: 1. Creating a test on a specific component (like the hero banner). 2. Creating one or more variants of that component’s content or data source. 3. Defining the audience(s) and traffic distribution for the test. 4. Starting the test and letting Sitecore automatically serve different variants to visitors while collecting engagement data to determine a winner. The other options refer to personalization, campaigns, or an older module not used for native component A/B testing.

The recommended best practice in modern Sitecore development (especially for dependency injection compatibility and testability) is to use the `Sitecore.Abstractions.BaseLog` abstraction. By injecting this interface into your class constructor, you decouple your code from the static logger. Sitecore’s dependency injection container will provide the correct implementation. This approach allows your logs to seamlessly integrate into Sitecore’s unified logging system, respecting all configured appenders and log levels, and makes your service much easier to unit test.

The `[Sitecore.Pipelines.PipelineArgument]` attribute is specifically designed for this purpose. When you decorate a public property in your pipeline processor class with this attribute, Sitecore’s configuration system will automatically set its value based on the corresponding XML attribute in the pipeline configuration node in the `.config` file. This allows developers to define configurable parameters for the processor in a clean, declarative way.

Sitecore’s rendering-level HTML caching is the most appropriate and integrated solution. By enabling caching on the rendering in the Sitecore presentation details and selecting ‘Vary by Data’, a unique cache entry is created for each unique data source. Setting a cache duration (e.g., 1 hour) balances performance with freshness. Crucially, checking ‘Clear on Publish’ ensures that when a new article is published, the cache for this rendering is automatically invalidated, guaranteeing users see the updated list shortly after publish without manual intervention.

Branch Templates are specifically designed for this scenario. They allow you to define a reusable ‘blueprint’ of a content tree structure, including items, their templates, and standard values. When creating a new site, an author or process can instantiate the branch, which creates the entire predefined structure, ensuring consistency and automatically including references to shared components. This is more native and maintainable than manual copying, packages, or custom sync logic.0