Sitecore

In my last CMSWire Article, the Heart of Composable, I discussed how to think of composable as an enterprise architecture and think through the data flows of your components to see what’s at the heart of your DXP solution. Those central components have the most connections, take the most effort to change and require the […]

SXA Clone Rendering is a powerful feature in Sitecore Experience Accelerator that enables users to duplicate and customize existing renderings with ease. This feature can help improve productivity and streamline the web development process by allowing developers to reuse and modify existing components rather than building them from scratch. In this context, we will explore […]

High-level details to migrate docker-compose from v1 to v2 are available in this blog, “Docker-Compose v1 End of Life in June 2023. Welcome Docker Compose v2! Upgrade Instructions,” authored by Martin Miles. Here in this article, we are going to see step-by-step code changes required to migrate docker-compose from v1 to v2. 1: Check, if […]

Welcome back to getting to know Sitecore search.  In this post, we’ll build a simple UI frontend for our Sitecore Search results.  This by no means is a fully working solution nor the most modern.  But it should give you a start and help you avoid some pitfalls during setup. Background When I started this […]

Sitecore SXA (Sitecore Experience Accelerator) is a robust platform that empowers content authors and marketers to build and manage websites efficiently. One essential aspect of website development is handling error pages, ensuring a seamless and user-friendly experience for visitors. In this blog, we will explore how to generate a custom static error page using Sitecore […]

I’ve been recently asked to provide a Docker containers troubleshooting session with my colleagues, as containers technology is taking over Sitecore development and both Headless SDK scaffolding tool and XM Cloud use it for providing starterkits. Once seeing an error message, sometimes not that much explanatory it is worth checking these basic things prior to […]

In previous posts, I shared my journey with Sitecore Data Exchange Framework and using Merlin to migrate your site to Sitecore.  Learning how to use Merlin was only one part of migrating a site.  In this post, I’ll share my powershell script to pull in data from Merlin and populate your content tree.  I’ll continue […]

In my previous post (XM Cloud Deployments: Static site deployment using Vercel CLI), I created a Sitecore XM Cloud deploy script to use the Vercel CLI. In this next challenge, I will be looking at doing the same in Netlify. A little background: Netlify and Vercel are two major competitors in the JamStack space. Both […]

Skipping the Sitecore Upgrade The dreaded Sitecore upgrade. What seems like it should be straightforward can be deceptively complex. From architectural shifts like the move from Mongo to SQL for xDB, the addition of additional services like Identity Server or the move from Azure Search back to SOLR all add complexity to the upgrade process. […]

In a previous post, I shared my journey with Sitecore Data Exchange Framework.  I was excited to use it to create a reusable importer process.  In the end, I decided it was not the right tool for me.  I ended up using Powershell.  In the process of researching site migration tools, I discovered “Merlin”.  Merlin […]

Docker has decided to sunset v1 of Compose so we need to update our docker stuff. Sitecore is working at their end to bring all the required support. Let’s take a look at what actions we as developers need to take in order to migrate to v2 smoothly. What is Docker Compose? Docker Compose simplifies […]

Many consider workflow to be a necessary evil. But it is necessary, and I will make my case in this post. I highly recommend working through the requirements for workflow and including it in your initial site build or rebuild. However, not all of us have that luxury – and that’s okay. The great thing about […]