It's been FAR too long since any of us have posted. It was an extremely busy Q3/Q4 for 2015, and the expert posts got neglected. I have a lot of good articles planned for 2016, so stay tuned. As a teaser, I've got the following topics on my list. Leave a comment to vote for which should be tackled first.
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cURL and Async CPMs
Posted by Ben Johns on Saturday, July 4, 2015 - 12:07pm
If you are using cURL in an asynchronous CPM to post data to an external endpoint, beware. Calling the \load_curl() method will usually load the cURL library, unless the back-end SPM process that runs your particular instance of the CPM already loaded the library! In this case the CPM will fail, in what appears to be an inconsistently reproducible way.
Get in the habit of wrapping your \load_curl() method like this:
if (!function_exists("\curl_init"))
{
\load_curl();
}
Quick Tip: Encrypted Pass Through Authentication (EPTA) Initialization Vectors
Posted by AW Rowse on Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 11:01am
When setting up Encrypted PTA, configuring the correct Initialization Vector in the PTA_ENCRYPTION_IV configuration setting can be confusing. I find the setting documentation misleading unless you really understand what it is asking for.
Per the field documentation:
Customizing the Chat States of the Syndicated Conditional Chat widget
Posted by AW Rowse on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 10:46am For many customers, the default chat service States displayed by the Oracle Service Cloud Syndicated Conditional Chat widget do not meeting their business needs. A common desire is to have the chat link be available, even if all agent's are busy. This gives the user a chance to wait in the queue if they want.
This can be done easily by setting the 'min_sessions_avail' setting to 0, and the 'wait_threshold' setting to a very high value. I usually put it at 1 day by setting it to 86400 seconds.
Security Vulnerabilites in Customer Portal pagesets
Posted by AW Rowse on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 10:28am If your Customer Portal site has a "mobile" or "basic" directory and associated pages in your "views/pages" directory your site might be at risk; especially if you don't use these pages! For nearly all sites created since the release of CP2, this will be the case unless you've taken manual steps to remove them.