In this second post in my series, Mastering the AEM Dispatcher. In this post, we’ll discuss how to support case-insensitive URLs in the AEM Dispatcher running on Apache httpd. For customers coming from websites hosted on case-insensitive web servers, such as Microsoft IIS, moving to Apache can be a challenge. In a case-insensitive web server, the URL […]
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Mastering the AEM Dispatcher Part 1: Debugging the Dispatcher
Loch Ness, the Bermuda Triangle, and the AEM Dispatcher; three great mysteries of our time! Despite playing a critical role in Adobe project, the AEM Dispatcher is a black box. In this series of blog posts, I’ll tear back the veil concealing the AEM Dispatcher and help you master this essential tool! In this first post, we’ll discuss how to […]
How to Pass Page Properties to Angular Controller Through HTL
This article discusses different ways to pass dialog/ page properties rendered through HTL (Sightly) into AngularJS script (Angular Controller in our case). Note that we are not using Javascript Use-API here. Let’s say we have to access a page property foobar in our Angular Controller. One simple and quick way that might come to mind […]
Features That Will Make You Love AEM 6.3 Workflows
In earlier releases of Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), there’s no way of knowing whether the editing page is in the workflow process. Authors need to go into workflow inbox to look and see if they have any pages/items assigned as part of the workflow. With the release of AEM 6.3, Adobe has increased productivity with […]
Handling Large Resolution Images in AEM
Recently I ran into an issue where one of my images was not appearing correctly on my Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) page. Upon a closer look, it appeared that AEM was downscaling the web image when used in my Image Component. After hours of research, we discovered this is an issue driven by the default […]
Information Architecture: Key to Digital Marketing Success
Why should you care about your Information Architecture (IA)? A good IA sets the groundwork for a good project, a bad IA causes churn and can overwhelm even a good implementation team. Information Architecture is the process of categorizing and organizing content and data into a structure that makes sense for both programs and people. […]
Understanding and Trying Out the New AEM Dialog Conversion Tool Version 2
You may have been on Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) for more than three years, no matter if you are an admin, developer or author, you probably got used to the legacy Classic UI interface and dialogs. Personally, I tend to use the Classic UI site admin console to view/manage content pages, because I like how […]
Get Ready for New Closed User Group in AEM 6.3
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) 6.3 ships out with new Closed User Group (CUG) implementation. The new implementation is based on Apache Jackrabbit OAK module named oak-authorization-cug. The new implementation provides authorization to view content for specific principals with read access to the target node and its subtree, without interfering with other access control lists’ (ACL) […]
Static or Editable Template? An In-Depth Comparison and Guide
In CMS world, Template, or Page Template is the base of the page user creates, it defines high level structure, basic functionality and sets the tone of look and feel. In Adobe AEM, the template concept is widely used across different products. There are templates for pages, forms, content fragments, experience fragments and assets. I […]
Adobe and Microsoft, Bringing Together Marketing and Sales
At the recent Adobe Symposium in Chicago, I had the chance to attend a presentation by <a href=”https://twitter.com/drcedricalford?lang=en” target=”_blank” title=”Dr. Cedric D Alford, Adobe Microsoft partnership lead” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Dr. Cedric D Alford</a>. Dr. Alford is leading the go to market strategy for the Adobe-Microsoft partnership. To this point, I have to admit, I’ve struggled to […]
Four Tips for AEM Beginners: Overcoming Common Issues
This blog primarily targets Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) beginners in an attempt to solve/ familiarize them with typical problems encountered when they start using AEM, and how to resolve those problems. Don’t feel like you are alone in this… I have run into many of the problems myself and gotten stuck. Not knowing how to […]
How To Switch From WCMUsePojo to Sling Models in AEM Part Three – Custom Injectors
When you are writing Sling Models code, you are constantly invoking injectors for the objects you use in your Sling Models class. There are eight standard injectors Sling provides out of the box currently (based on version 1.3.9.r1784960 of org.apache.sling.models.impl installed in AEM 6.3). But sometimes you may find the eight injectors don’t meet a […]