Content Authoring

It’s a story as old as time. You work hard to build a great site. You have all the right properties – with descriptive names – that the content authors recognize and know how to use. Everything is going according to plan. The site is good. Life is good. The client is happy. Then BAM! […]

The Era of Generative AI is Upon Us “The Age of AI has Begun” – states Bill Gates regarding the recent surge of AI tools and AI capability. If you have not read this article, it’s an extremely informative read and really we can’t disagree. We’ve already been seeing real innovation in generative AI, especially […]

For the scenario of independent deployment of your NextJs static site, say in an automated deployment, one missing piece is a way to push the SSG site into Vercel. Here I provided a simple deployment script using the Vercel CLI of the static site in the XM Cloud project. Code: # Set up variables with […]

To make your website easy to navigate, menus arblogucial. Links are provided on menus to aid with navigation. Using the Drupal menu, you can add, remove, and rename menus and items. We’ll look at creating menus in Drupal in this blog. Easy Procedures to Construct Menus in Drupal Step 1: Click Structure, as displayed on the […]

Previously I presented a common situation where an engineering team might push for Headless AEM and covered why, in my opinion, a Hybrid solution is a better approach.  I discussed how Content Fragments, Experience Fragments, and Sling Model Exporters are used in combination to deliver the Headless side of the AEM experience.  In case you […]

It’s not uncommon when facing a new problem, to fall back on a tried-and-true solution.  Then, suddenly remember why the team moved off of that solution in the first place.  Recently, I’ve seen this trend with engineering teams and a desire for multichannel content. A Common Case for Headless Content on AEM Let’s set the […]

Whenever you create an AEM component that can be authored, it will normally display an edit toolbar that allows an author to configure it. The toolbar typically consists of edit actions such as Edit, Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete.  However, there may be times when you want to limit those options.  What if you only […]

Many projects need to import data. I have found it to be a painful process every time. Each import is custom and requires custom code. There are parts of the process that are the same each time (connecting with source data, reading data, creating a new item, avoiding duplicates, updating existing items). I wanted to […]

Introduction Custom fields are a powerful tool for extending functionality and improving ease of use. This article will explore creating, organizing, and implementing custom JavaScript Sitecore fields with an iframe. By using an iframe to load a separate HTML document, you can cleanly contain all of the necessary CSS, JavaScript, and HTML files. We’ll walk […]

The life cycle of an AEM implementation involves code development and deployment, content authoring, server maintenance, AEM Service Pack upgrades, and rare disaster recovery. DevOps operation involves meticulous planning and execution. One of the planning and execution steps is communicating to stakeholders and AEM users, especially authors, about maintenance activity. This will help prevent the authors […]

Large scale data breaches and critical security vulnerabilities have companies thinking about security more than ever.  Many developers are familiar with the OWASP top 10 (https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/) and there are already many resources on generic mitigation for these vulnerabilities.  Instead in this series, I cover security issues and mitigations specific to AEM. XSS and AntiSamy As […]

If you’ve ever worked with Sitecore, you know that it comes with a Media Library for storing images for display on the website and other files for download. Images get stored in SQL database in their binary form which can take up a lot of storage space over time. Storing images in the database means […]