Sitecore

As we wind down 2023, it looks like we are getting a nice little holiday gift from the Sitecore Content Hub ONE product team. They just announced the long-awaited introduction of GenAI features into the product! Let’s crack this open and see what’s inside. What’s included Text fields (short, long, and rich text) now have […]

Recently my colleagues and I were tasked to upgrade a containerized solution from Sitecore 9.3.0 to 10.3.1 which got me excited as it had been a minute since I had performed a Sitecore upgrade. The upgrade steps have evolved significantly over these years and I was very keen to explore and execute them.   We […]

Rich text in Sitecore refers to the capability of the Sitecore content management system (CMS) to handle and display formatted text content with various styling options. It enables content editors to create and manage content that includes not just plain text, but also a range of formatting elements such as headings, paragraphs, lists, links, images, […]

Recently, Facebook (owned by Meta) released its own CSS-in-JS library called StyleX. According to the developers, it is great for large projects and its key advantage is performance. It is expected that StyleX will now be promoted as a best practice for React projects. The claimed benefits of using StyleX are reuse, typification, and everything […]

Embarking on creating my first Sitecore JSS app has been a journey filled with exploration, learning, and a few challenges along the way. In this blog post, I will guide you through the step-by-step process of setting up the Sitecore JSS backend and configuring the front end using Next.js. Join me as I share my […]

As we have discussed about Schema.org in Sitecore and its benefits in my previous blog. We will be exploring the implementation of schema.org on components. In this blog, I am taking a scenario where I will be implementing Schema.org on the FAQ Accordion component in Sitecore Prerequisites: Sitecore 9.1 and above SXA For this component, […]

WordPress, which began as a blogging platform, is now one of the most popular content management systems on the web. Its popularity is largely due to its being free and familiar for most digital marketers and IT professionals. However, as a DXP (Digital Experience Platform) consultant, I believe that WordPress is not the best choice […]

In my recent attempt to install Sitecore Experience Platform 10.3 Update 1 on my local environment using the Graphical Setup Package for XP Single, I encountered a perplexing roadblock. Despite providing all the required parameters during setup, the installation process came to a halt with an elusive error message: [IdentityServer_StopWebsite]:[Stop] <InstanceName>.dev.local The property ‘Value’ cannot […]

In the course of one of our recent projects, we encountered a noteworthy challenge that arose from a customized rich text rendering solution. To enhance our Sitecore SXA capabilities, we developed a customized rendering by cloning an existing Sitecore SXA out-of-the-box component. The entire process was meticulously documented for the benefit of content authors, providing […]

Historically, it was quite challenging to add custom languages to the sitecore, as it was dependent on the cultures registered in the .net framework on the OS level. Of course, there were a few workarounds like registering the custom culture on Windows, but it only added other challenges for scenarios such as having more than […]

PowerShell proves highly useful in automating processes and managing various aspects of Sitecore. However, we faced difficulties when we encountered issues while importing files by using PowerShell Script. In this article we will discuss the file import issue which we encountered during a task in one of our projects. We encountered a scenario where we […]

In my latest CMSWire article, “Composing Effective Personalization with Search,” I described the advantages of combining personalization engines with composable search solutions to create effective personalized experiences that take less effort to create and maintain than crafting custom messaging for every segment. This article was heavily inspired by my work with integrating Sitecore Personalize with […]