In Episode 2 of Sitecore Sessions our panel of Sitecore experts explored the transformative role of generative AI in the Sitecore community, its impact on development workflows, and the future of coding practices. You can watch the whole episode here: A generated summary of the above video is below: The Dawn of Generative AI […]
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GraphQL: not an ideal one!
You’ll find plenty of articles about how amazing GraphQL is (including mine), but after some time of using it, I’ve got some considerations with the technology and want to share some bitter thoughts about it. History of GraphQL How did it all start? The best way to answer this question is to go back to […]
Exploring the Future of Sitecore with XM Cloud: Insights from Experts
Our Sitecore team has started a new YouTube Channel and have begun posting video discussions on various topics. In our first session, I had a discussion on our thoughts about the future of XM Cloud in 2024 with Martin Miles and Megan Jensen. Here is the full video, with Intro Music and an AI Announcer. […]
XM Cloud Components: A Marketer’s Playground
Welcome to the era of XM Cloud, where innovation meets simplicity for marketers. XM Cloud introduces XM forms, out-of-the-box personalization, pages, and yes, even a component builder! This blog dives into the exciting world of XM Cloud components, where marketers become architects and developers remain our trusted allies. Gone are the days when marketers relied […]
Extending General Link for Experience Editor Alternate Approach
We have already seen the experience editor part in the Extending General Link for Experience Editor article in detail. Hence, in this article, we will explore how we can extend the general link for experience editor mode with an alternate code approach in Sitecore 10.2.0 to resolve the higher environment and performance issues that occurred […]
Taxonomy: The Lifeblood of Site Search
I have found myself talking about taxonomy a lot recently. Taxonomy is a big job in a website project, but it’s something stakeholders may not consider early enough in an implementation project. I refer to taxonomy as a big job not only because it can be a lot of work, but also because it is […]
Going Beyond the Sitecore Mentor Program: Pushing Boundaries with Exclusive Mentorship
At this time many of you may have heard about the official Sitecore Mentor Program, run by Nicole Montero from the Sitecore Technical Marketing Team. Mentor Program celebrates its second year with a significant growth of positive outcomes and success stories from both mentors and mentees. I am going to share mine with you, and […]
Sitecore Honors Nine Perficient Colleagues as MVPs in 2024
We’re thrilled to announce that this year, Sitecore has recognized nine of our Perficient colleagues the well-earned title of Sitecore Most Valuable Professional in all three categories- Strategy, Technology, and Ambassador. “Perficient’s commitment to encouraging their people to be active in the community is a model for what we’d like to see every partner doing. […]
Extending Layout Service in Sitecore Headless
Sitecore Headless uses a service called the Layout Service to deliver content from Sitecore to the front-end application in a headless architecture. It is responsible for rendering the layout of a page or a component and delivering the associated content to the client-side application. The Layout Service constructs and delivers a JSON representation encompassing the […]
Sitecore database post upgrade steps
In the first part of this 3 part blog series, we did a deep dive in to the prerequisites required for upgrading Sitecore databases from 9.3.0 to 10.3.1 and steps needed to prepare for it. In the second part, we went over the steps that need to be performed to do the actual upgrade of […]
Rethinking Customer Portals with XM Cloud
Customer Portals are inherently different from public facing websites. They serve as private, secure gateways for users to access personalized information, interact with sensitive data, and perform specific tasks tailored to their needs, such as account management, order tracking and other customer self service functions. These features are inherently custom, requiring integration into backend systems […]
Extending General Link for Experience Editor
The content editor and experience editor modes may seem similar at first glance, but they operate with different controls. In simpler terms, even though they look alike, the tools and functions they use are not the same, which can be a source of confusion for those working with them. We have already seen the content […]