While working on Sitecore SXA projects, we came across a requirement where we needed to integrate a library in SXA without reinventing the wheel. Hence, we will check this thing using an example of integrating Bootstrap Modal in Sitecore SXA. So, multiple times, we encounter a need where some content must be displayed in pop-up. […]
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How to create custom Cascading Dropdown List element in Sitecore Form.
Sitecore has form elements OOB that meet practically all form requirements. But in some scenarios, we may need to create a custom element to fulfill the requirement like the Cascading Dropdown List. We had a scenario where we needed to load all Products of selected Categories in dropdown lists. We intended to utilize the Sitecore […]
The Big Deal with Headless
Performance Matters. According to Amazon, 1 second of load lag time would cost them 1.6 billion in sales per year. Walmart says, for every second of improvement, they receive a 2% conversion increase. According to Akamai, every 100-millisecond delay in website load time can hurt conversion rates by 7%. And for every second delay in […]
Sitecore: The Power of Caching
Website performance plays a crucial role in delivering a great user experience. Slow-loading websites can lead to frustrated users, higher bounce rates, and lost opportunities. I’ve written about performance in the past, specifically about diagnosing Sitecore performance problems. Sub 500 millisecond time-to-first byte is hugely important and there are a number of ways to get […]
Getting to know Sitecore Search – Part 7
Welcome back to getting to know Sitecore search. In this post, we’ll continue modifying our react ui to add a search bar, facets, sort options, and more style updates. Update Search Results Component In the previous post we used the basic search results component. But it was missing a search bar. Luckily, the sdk has […]
Migrating Sitecore SXA themes from MyGet to NPMJS
Sitecore recently announced they are moving away from MyGet and to NPMJS for its package provider. After November 2023 the MyGet public feeds will be unavailable and any SXA themes and publishing pipelines should be updated before that time. Sitecore was unable to retain the @sxa prefix with this move and as a result, the […]
Digging into Sitecore Content Hub ONE
Content Hub ONE is Sitecore’s entry into the pure play headless CMS market. For years this market was dominated by well-known players such as Contentful, Kontent.ai, Contentstack, Sanity, and Strapi. Many of these headless CMS solutions provide streamlined CMS capabilities to manage content and deliver it through web APIs. As we talked about in the […]
Making Sitecore Sites More Accessible and Screen Reader Friendly
Aria labels provide alternate text to adaptive technology tools such as screen readers. This helps website visitors navigate the site more accurately. One use case for aria-labels is on html anchor tags. Sitecore does not a way to manage this text by default. Follow along and I’ll show you how to modify the various link […]
Sitecore Content Serialization Series – Final Episode – Items Serialization, Packaging & Deployment
In the last episode, we configured the includes and rules in sitecore.json. In this episode, we will continue exploring Sitecore Content Serialization and learn multiple options required for serialization along with the item packaging and deployment. Serialize Items We have built the modules, including items and rules. Now we need to serialize an object using different […]
Why Choose a Composable Architecture
If you’ve been following Sitecore’s architectural movement over the last few years, a lot has changed. Instead of the “all-in-one” approach of Sitecore XP, XM Cloud, and Headless encourage a composable architecture – one where Sitecore itself offers 11 SaaS products categorized into three clouds: Content Cloud, Engagement Cloud, and Commerce Cloud. However, with a […]
Sitecore Send Full Overview
This post is an overview of a composable Sitecore Send offering – an email marketing automation solution with no code campaign automation. Sitecore Send is an intelligent marketing automation platform with thousands of global customers that offers personalized customer experiences through email campaigns, workflows, and web personalization. It aims to be a global leader in […]
Sitecore Content Serialization Series – Episode 5 – Include and Rules Configuration
In the last episode, we installed all the Prerequisites and Configure the Modules. In this episode, we will talk about the Include and Rule configuration required for Sitecore Content Serialization. As we created a JSON file while creating a Module in the last episode, we will use the same JSON file to configure the Include […]