Ahmed Musallam – Adobe Technical Lead

The Java Common Annotations Module java.xml.ws.annotation was deprecated in Java version 9 and was removed in java version 11. So what does this mean for your AEM 6.5 project running on JDK 11?   AEM 6.5 and JDK 11 As of AEM 6.5, JDK 11 is supported along side JDK 8. As such, Devs will […]

Adobe Experience Manager’s Granite Select Widget is a simple dropdown widget that you add to dialogs and page properties to allow users to pick an option from a list. But, the list is not searchable. To add searchability, OOTB, you have to use the Autocomplete widget. This works well in AEM 6.4 but in AEM […]

Recently, I ran into a scenario where I needed to export namespaces from one AEM instance and import them to another. I previously wrote two groovy scripts on how to do this and they work very well. However, they require the AEM Groovy Console which is hard to put into a production environment, because of […]

You’ve probably seen the curl command shown below in many articles online. curl -u admin:admin -F file=@”name of zip file” -F name=”name of package” -F force=true -F install=true http://localhost:4505/crx/packmgr/service.jsp It allows you to upload and install a package to an AEM server, and can also be used in builds within Jenkins to deploy a package […]

Documentation Documentation Documentation. I believe documentation is one of the most important aspects of delivering a product, or in this case, an AEM component. If you aren’t already, you should use the Granite UI widget fieldDescription property to add helpful tooltips to your dialog fields. You can also use the Granite Alert Widget for quick […]

It seems like dark mode is taking over everything from IDE’s, to various apps and services (including the new MacOs Mojave). Use Case The use case is pretty simple. In some dialogs, you have RTE’s and want to author text in white color. But that text becomes invisible against the default, white background of dialog […]

Since the release of AEM 6.4, Adobe has changed the way Dynamic Media is integrated with AEM.  Configuring the integration is now a little different than what customers are used to in 6.3 and below. Adobe has provided an architecture diagram of Dynamic Media – Scene7 mode, which describes how it works. In this post, […]

In AEM 6.3, the responsive Layout feature was introduced, and the Adobe documentation will show you exactly how it works. Though some customizations and how to achieve them are not super clear, this feature works out of the box. It is certainly a great addition that enables authors to create custom grid layouts that were […]

It’s common to create components that include other components. These components are called “Container Components” and are denoted by adding cq:isContainer=”{Boolean}true” as a property on the component. Banner photo by Dose Media on Unsplash When you drag a container component onto a page, you can edit the container component itself, as well as the child component. Take the image component […]

If you have not read my post explaining how to show/hide page properties based on a template in AEM 6.4  you may want to stop and read that before this one. Especially the “Granite Render Condition” section as it is the basis for this post. Now onto the good stuff! Banner Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash The Use Case […]

In AEM 6.3+, there is a feature that allows content authors to “Request Publication” or “Request Unpublication.” The option becomes available when the content author does not have replication permission crx:replicate on the page they are currently authoring. See image below: Banner Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash   The Publish/Unpublish Page Wizard Once the author clicks on “Request Publication,” the […]

AEM Developers, raise your hand if you’ve never broken a local AEM instance. If you did raise your hand, you just might be the most diligent AEM developer out there! Full disclosure, I break my local AEM instances more times than I can count, and usually, I have to redo my local AEM setup. My […]