1.
How to Wield Kentico 9 in
the Real World
Brian McKeiver
Co-owner & Kentico MVP
BizStream

2.
Goals
K9 Updates
Things to Watch Out For
Get the Most out of
your Instance

3.
MVC in K9
Separation of Concerns
MVC 5.2 and higher
Admin UI Improvements
Routing improvements

4.
Modules in K9
• Sealed packages (or not)
• Better deployment options
• Making the platform more
modular

5.
NuGet Support

6.
Create a local Package
Source to easily test locally

7.
What about Module Data?
Module installation packages may
provide before.sql and/or after.sql SQL scripts
 ~/App_Data/CMSModules/<module code
name>/
Under the Install or Update subfolders.

8.
Upgrade Path from K8
 Time to get to ASP.Net Framework 4.5
 Default Form Definitions and Fields of System Classes overwritten
 Many updates to Web Parts, Widgets, Form Controls
 E-commerce Orders need tax recalculated – see docs

9.
EMS Specific Notes
 E-mail marketing has some large updates
 If you have large amounts of activity data (million+)
update your SQL Connection timeout in web.config
 Campaign tracking parameter obsoleted and replaced with
utm_campaign

10.
Other Todos
 Web Farms are disabled because of the new update
 Stage all of your Content Staging tasks
 Object version history not so cross version compatible
 Also recycle bin objects
 Re-sign all of your Macros!!!

11.
Module Upgrades

12.
Zoho CRM Module for Kentico 8
http://www.mcbeev.com/Blog/October-2014/Zoho-CRM-Module-for-Kentico-8

13.
What Worked
UI Elements, Permissions, Classes

14.
What Worked Not So Well

15.
What to Do Next
1. Click Show All files
2. Include in Project
3. Move to the correct location
4. Rename to .cs and .xml

16.
And then it works!

17.
API Examples
No longer in the base install.
Tossed out to Documentation

18.
CI
What about Virtual Files?
What about Import / Export?
What about Content Staging?

19.
The Polish of K9
 Pin at a Deeper level
 Smart Tips
 Data Generator

20.
Performance in K9
Improved initial Startup time
Improved how many Documents
the Content Tree can manage
Improved the performance of
core database level views

21.
Macros & High Volume Scoring/Groups
“By default in Kentico, custom macro rules that are used in
scoring and contact group conditions evaluate individually for
each contact”
– slow for high volume of contacts

22.
The Issue

23.
Macro Rule Translator to the Rescue
How to Resolve - Docs Link
1. Create a new macro rule in admin
2. Create custom macro rule translator class
3. Macro rule translator logic needs to
return ObjectQuery<ContactInfo>
4. Register an instance of MacroRuleMetadata - tells the system to run
recalculate on specific Activity or Attribute only

24.
Macro Rule

25.
Ouch
1361

26.
Demo time

27.
Result

28.
Proof
6

29.
Conclusion
Go Kometas!

30.
Pro Tip
Chrome Extension to watch ViewState size
 https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gapjlpgdhmiblidal
ppgbbfgkmaoehhm

31.
Brian McKeiver
Co-Owner & Kentico MVP, BizStream
Phone: (616) 481-1631
Web: www.bizstream.com
Email: bmckeiver@bizstream.com
@mcbeev
www.linkedin.com/in/brianmckeiver
www.mcbeev.com