Recently, a client approached us with a requirement to update content fragment elements data, Assets metadata, and Folder metadata via an Azure-based API. Our initial solution was to implement a JMX script, which could be started by an admin user group with valid parameters. However, this was a rather limiting solution, as normal AEM authors […]
Posts Tagged ‘aem customization’
AEM Customization: Show Unpublished Reference Alert for Content Path
Have you ever noticed that while authoring an AEM component, the component dialog box does not provide any hints or alerts for if the selected content path is published or not? This is a confusing scenario for AEM authors, especially when setting or choosing the content path in the component dialog for pathfield and xffield […]
Adding a Color Picker to the AEM Content Fragment Model Editor
Recently, one of our clients looked to add a custom field in the Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Content Fragment Model Editor. If you’re wondering what AEM Content Fragments are, check out Dan Klco’s post, as he does a great job explaining. Content Fragment Models are built with elements from various out-of-the-box data types, including single-line […]
Enabling Checkboxes in AEM Assets Metadata Schema
Recently, a client requested I add a checkbox in AEM Asset’s image metadata schema. Surprisingly, checkboxes are not a field type in the OOTB metadata schema editor field options. After further investigation, I found that AEM list of OOTB form fields for metadata schemas includes a checkbox, but we cannot use the field as it […]
Creating Your First Custom AEM Component Using React – Part 1
Recently, I went through an article about integrating React JS and Angular JS with AEM. In this blog, I am going to show you how to create a custom component that includes a cq:dialog and one that does not include a cq:dialog. Before building the components, clone the repository, which is a sample project based […]