Coveo has been used with Sitecore for a while, as has proven its strength through various frameworks such as Coveo Hive which has been the traditional approach to creating Coveo-powered solutions in Sitecore for years. With the recent boost of composable and headless solutions, Hive became the legacy and Coveo has to come up with a […]
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Implementing Composable Search for Your Site: SearchStax Studio [Part 2]
In part 1 we considered options of implementing a unified search by our own means and effort of implementing it into our head application. This post will highlight how it compares with the offering from SearchStax, known as SearchStax Studio. And due to SearchStax being provided as a part of Sitecore Managed Cloud, this option […]
Implementing Composable Search for Your Site: Manual DIY Approach [Part 1]
Over the past decade, we used to rely on old good ContentSearch API, but sadly or not – it will not stay with us on a journey to a bright and shiny composable world. In this blog post, we’ll compare the alternatives to it and help you choose the one that better suits your requirements. […]
Create a Scheduled Task to Run PowerShell Script with Sitecore Task Scheduler
We learned about how to create a Sitecore task scheduler in the previous article Create a scheduled task in Sitecore. In this article, we will learn about to Sitecore task scheduler using PowerShell Script For Example, To unpublish some Sitecore items after a certain date at a certain time. Consider, we have a PowerShell script […]
Getting to know Sitecore Search – Part 3
Welcome back to getting to know Sitecore search. In this post, we’ll look at managing users, the available roles, and the role permissions. Manage Users To manage users, visit Administration/Manage Users From this screen you can see the list users for this domain. You can see if their email address, first name, last name, and […]
Don’t Snooze on Keeping Sitecore and Related Software up-to-date: .NET Core Edition
Keeping things up to date is critical to maintaining security. But it’s not just security patches that need to be installed. Most software has a shelf life, and support life. If things get out of date, and vendors no longer support some versions they become vulnerable. Microsoft .Net Core A recent example of this is […]
Case Study: Lift and Shift from Drupal to Sitecore SXA: Part 3
Welcome to case study on doing a lift and shift from Drupal to Sitecore 10.2 and SXA. In this article, we’ll talk about converting the CSS and Drupal-specific JavaScript. Let’s start with SXA Theme regarding CSS/SCSS and JS files. Here is a quick recap from the previous article for this series. We used the SXA […]
Sitecore Identity Configuration with Azure Front Door
Use Case I want all requests to my Azure PaaS Sitecore 10.3 + Identity 7.x site to use Azure Front Door. I do not want to configuring custom domains on my web apps and the web apps should be secured with private endpoints. Problem By default, Sitecore Identity uses the host, protocol, and port from […]
Exclude Item from Solr Search in Sitecore
Sitecore uses Solr as the default search engine because it offers several advantages over other search engines. Solr is a highly scalable and efficient search platform that can handle large volumes of data and support complex search requirements. Ideally, when creating the item in Sitecore, Sitecore adds it to two indexes – sitecore_web_index and sitecore_master_index […]
I’m Still on Sitecore XP – What About Me??
All of the buzz in the Sitecore community lately is around the composable DXP and headless offerings. Rightfully so – I believe that this plug-and-play model is much more customer-centric and easier to digest. And while there are many businesses who have already made the switch to composable, others are choosing to stay on the […]
Getting to know Sitecore Search – Part 2
Welcome back to getting to know Sitecore search. In this post, we’ll look at the default setup and configuration of a new instance of Sitecore Search. We’ll look at the default source, catalog, pages, and widgets. After we’ll get familiar with a few sections of the admin portal. We’ll play with the api explorer to […]
Choosing the Right Sitecore Partner
There have been a lot of changes in the Sitecore space and navigating them alone can become daunting. Evaluating your current investment and understanding what is available are areas that a partner can help support. You will hear many buzzwords that are trending in the industry such as headless, composable, and cloud. It can take […]