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I am trying to setup a very basic search index, to index all items in a specific folder. I haven't really used much searching, but I'm trying to use out-of-the-box features, because its a very simple search. I just want to index all the fields. The sitecore documentation really doesn't provide much information - I've read a few blogs, and they all seem to suggest that I need the advanced database crawler ( http://trac.sitecore.net/AdvancedDatabaseCrawler ) - basically, something to the effect of 'it won't work without a custom crawler). Is this right? I just want to create a simple index, and

I have configured a workflow, starts with "Draft" state as usual. And I have configured the workflow for standard values of the template. It works perfect in Content editor. (When I create an item using the content editor, once I create the item, Workflow gets assigned to the item and it's state becomes "Draft".) But when I create an item programmatically under the above template it does not assign the workflow. What should I do to assign workflow? Please share any code samples if you have. Thanks. Sitecore.Data.Items.TemplateItem template = this.MasterDatabase.GetItem("/sitecore/templates

How do I get the values from the "Parameters" field (second screenshot) in the code-behind of the sublayout? I understand I can get/set parameters on a rendering (specifically sublayout) when it is added to the presentation details of an item, just as described here ( Sitecore 6 - using parameters ). However I would like to use the parameters field from the layout definition item. In the codebehind of the file belonging to to layout definition I can cast the parent to a sublayout and that object also has a .Parameters property, however this doesn't contain the values I'd expect. This is the