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A great benefit of implementing workflow in Sitecore is the ability to have multiple versions of your content automatically. Content authors will not have to manually configure new versions on their own. Workflow will do this for us behind the scenes. With versioning enabled, we will be able to… Revert a page and its content […]

So far in this mini-series, we have covered how to set up the Simple Workflow and how to automatically place newly created items into it. We now need to create a way to limit which Simple Workflow commands are available to users. In this blog post, we will go over the permissions that need to […]

Perficient was recently included as a marketing technology integrator in Gartner’s Marketing Technology Vendor Guide, 2020. This inclusion marks the second time Perficient has been listed as a sample martech integrator in the report. The Marketing Technology Vendor Guide helps marketing leaders traverse the current martech vendor landscape, identify the right marketing technology solutions to […]

In my previous post in this mini-series, I went over the creation of the Simple Workflow and its states. In this post, we will go over how to automatically place Sitecore items into the Draft state upon creation. We will cover two approaches to implementing this: setting the Draft state in the Standard Values of […]

Now that we have covered what a workflow is in Sitecore, let’s jump into configuring workflow states in a custom workflow. Again, the number of workflow states you need is entirely up to the requirements of your business process for getting content approved. This post will walk through the creation of a simple workflow. This […]

You or your company have chosen to use Sitecore as your CMS of choice. Hooray you made a good decision! Making new pages for your site is easy! It’s truly the bread and butter of using Sitecore: ease of content creation. Simply create a page, populate it with components, and then publish. Ta da! It’s […]

Sitecore revealed a few more details about their upcoming content-as-a-service (CaaS) offering at the virtual Sitecore Symposium 2020. Based on my (very anecdotal) reading of Twitter and Slack, responses from the Sitecore community seemed to be mixed. Marketers and developers alike seemed to be cautiously optimistic about Sitecore’s new direction. So what is Sitecore content-as-a-service? […]

Continuing Sitecore development on an already live site can bring about new challenges that did not exist prior to go-live. For example, if a particular component is already being used by content authors, you do not want to introduce changes to said component that would break pre-existing uses of it on various pages. The Problem […]

This article explains the steps needed to set up Solr Cloud collections for your Sitecore environment using SearchStax. Assuming you already have Solr Cloud Manager Environment set in SearchStax, follow the below steps to set up the Solr Cloud environment. 1. Upload Solr Configurations The first step is to get the compatible Solr schema and […]

Whether you are launching a new Sitecore XP environment in the next few months or are wanting to enhance your authoring and marketing experience, this video should be a whistle stop on your enhancements campaign tour. Originally this content was to be presented live in Budapest at SUGCON 2020 but then, well, you know. Like […]

The Basics of Headless “Headless” has been a buzzword for more than a few years in the CMS space, but what exactly is a headless content management system? In short, content management systems (CMS) have traditionally handled content management and rendering (creating markup and serving to web browsers or other clients). A headless CMS only […]

Web Push Notifications are supported by all modern desktop browsers and Android mobile devices. With better view and click through rates and less regulatory hurdles then email, they have become a popular channel for digital marketers trying to reach their audiences. A brief introduction to Web Push Notifications To leverage Web Push Notifications, you need […]