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Just as the cell is considered the building block of all life, the GUID is a “building block” for all items as they exist in Sitecore. In this post, we’ll go over some GUID basics and talk about why they’re important to the way content and other items are referenced inside of Sitecore. What’s a […]

Sitecore Experience Accelerator (SXA) and the power of Grid Controls and Variants for the content author.

As we prepare to start a new year, many of us enjoy reflecting on all that happened this year. Our talented team published so many incredible posts encapsulating their favorite tips, features, and events. But within all that extraordinary content, there were a few posts that really excited our readers. If you haven’t already checked them out, […]

Everyone has their own favorite learning style. For those of us who are visual learners, there are a few good YouTube channels available to help explain the various features and functions of Sitecore. Here are a few of my favorites: Official Sitecore YouTube Channel Sitecore’s official channel features a good variety of general Sitecore knowledge. The […]

The Sitecore ecosystem is always evolving! So our team has decided to create a multi-part series designed to give you insights and tips on all things Sitecore. With the recent release of Sitecore 9.1 comes exciting new and expanded features. In this first episode, we focus on the SXA feature in Sitecore Experience Platform. Sitecore […]

Last June I presented at the Milwaukee Sitecore User Group, hosted by one of our clients, Rite-Hite. For my session I provided an overview of a multi-tenant Helix solution on Sitecore 9 with an Azure PaaS infrastructure, along with some lessons learned. I will add additional posts and turn this series, but for now I […]

I am excited to say that Corey Smith and I will be embarking on a multi-nation tour; virtual and in person. Here is a little bit about the session and running list of current dates. This tour is the happy by-product of a Sitecore Symposium session with JSS Gold Master (officially-unofficial title) and Sitecore Technology […]

Learning to SPEAK was lead by Julia Gavrilova and Olga Kogen from XCentium.  They gave a little history of SPEAK and demoed a couple apps they have written.  I’ve got some ideas for apps to build in Sitecore, and now I’m ready to get started! What is SPEAK Sitecore Process Enablement & Accelerator Kit Toolkit […]

Paige ONeill, Sitecore’s Chief Marketing Officer, led the first Women in Tech panel discussion. This panel, featuring 18 female Sitecore MVPs including Perficient Digital’s own Wendy Derstine, was an insightful, inspirational, and thought provoking discussion. #MovetheDial The #MovetheDial movement was started to help close the gender gap in technological industries. Its goal is to encourage and […]

Alex Shyba from Altola.com showed us how to go from design to deployed with JSS and React. Design Component based design systems Material UI Bootstrap Bring functional and visual consistency to your designs Need a single source of truth React is agnostic to rendering target React integrates with Sketch FramerX Drag and drop React UI […]

Adam Weber and Kam Figy of Sitecore showed us how to use JSS in powerful ways including progressive web apps.  PWAs work like a native mobile app and have support for offline mode. Headless What is headless? A fancy way to use a CMS as a content api Advantages Decouple content delivery from presentation Multi-channel […]

Beyond the SXA Toolbox session was lead by Adam Najmanowicz and Mark van Aalst of Sitecore.  They gave an overview of SXA (Sitecore Experience Accelerator) and what is new in version 1.8. What is SXA A framework focusing on digital platform Mobile first Flexible renderings Layout elasticity Responsive web Grid based layout Multi-tenant / Multi-site […]