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In this session, we were shown some of the basic editing and extension capabilities of the new UI for in context page editing. The new UI is fast, sleek, and modern. Some of my key takeaways were: Sitecore Strategy Initiatives Project Horizon: New UI for editing site pages and content Releasing in Sitecore 9.3 Easy, […]

Today’s opening session was really motivating. We discussed consumer intent while online shopping and examined how to build a human connection with emotion. Considering the continued growth and ability of AI, we also heard about how it can help us in the future. Case Study: Lowes Canada How to connect the store and the website? […]

Blazor is Microsoft’s very new and exciting technology. This session was led by two Sitecore MVPs and showed a proof of concept for creating a JSS framework for Blazor. Since Blazor is not yet supported by Sitecore, the project is community-driven. Here are my key takeaways from their presentation: What is Blazor? A new web […]

The official day one of Sitecore Symposium 2019 was full of information. At the end of the day, Sitecore announced the ultimate experience award winners for the Americas region, while CEO Mark Frost gave a few additional thoughts on customer experience. Sitecore CMO Paige O’Neil announced the Ultimate Experience Awards 2019 – Americas, Subway and […]

This session provided a basic look at technical debt – what it is and where it comes from.  It also offered some suggestions on working with legacy code and Helix together. Here are my key takeaways: What is technical debt? A measure of how untidy your code is Any time when you look at your […]

This session was presented by Matthew Dubbs, Sitecore test specialist, and Jason St-Cyr, Sitecore manager, test evangelists. Overall, the session discussed getting more out of your installation and performance testing. Here are my key takeaways: Why performance test? Avoid late night support calls Being down is bad: Amazon was down for 15 minutes in July […]

The opening keynote brings all the conference attendees into one room and highlights great speakers to get the conference started.  This year’s theme is “Human Connections in a Digital World.” Below, I have recapped my key takeaways from each speaker’s presentation. For more session reviews, be sure to follow me. Sitecore CEO Thoughts The CEO […]

During the spectacle of the Sitecore Symposium 2019 opening keynote, Sitecore CEO Mark Frost casually dropped a little nugget of news about the future of Sitecore: a software-as-a-service option is launching in 2020 and will evolve into a new offering. A collective (but silent) groan could be heard from the developers in the room. Was […]

I am thrilled to once again attend Sitecore Symposium in Orlando, FL. Each year, this event is a chance for my Perficient Digital Sitecore team to gather in one place to learn, grow, collaborate, and share our practice. Like last year, I will be posting session review blogs about those I attend, so follow me […]

Sitecore Symposium is upon us once again. For the second year, it is hosted at the beautiful Disney Swan and Dolphin hotels.  Prior to the start of the sessions, Sitecore hosts a welcome reception. It is a nice way to relax from a day of travel or recover from a weekend of visiting local attractions. […]

Sitecore has been ranked as one of the leading Enterprise Web CMS products for years. Sitecore’s robust personalization features paired with top of the line analytics and marketing automation capabilities make Sitecore a top choice for public-facing websites. But, Sitecore features that are useful for public sites can also be used to improve internal processes […]

First day at Sitecore Symposium is a wrap, and it was a good one! We are excited to announce that tomorrow we will be presenting with our client Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (“Orrick”), an international law firm, about their award-winning Sitecore intranet system implementation. The presentation will take place during Sitecore Symposium, happening now in […]