AEM Universal Editor: A Simpler, Smarter Way to Create Content Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) has come a long way in empowering content authors. We started with static templates — where even small changes required a developer — and evolved to editable templates and Layout Mode, which finally gave authors visual control over their pages. Now, […]
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Adobe GenStudio for Marketers in 5 Minutes
Adobe launched GenStudio for Performance Marketing and has made many improvements and updates leading up to Adobe Summit 2025. We’ve had an opportunity to use it here at Perficient, and have discovered a number of exciting features (along with nuances) of the product. We see an evolving future of its rollout, especially as more and […]
How to Automate Content Updates Using AEM Groovy Scripts
As an AEM author, updating existing page content is a routine task. However, manual updates, like rolling out a new template, can become tedious and costly when dealing with thousands of pages. Fortunately, automation scripts can save the day. Using Groovy scripts within AEM can streamline the content update process, reducing time and costs. In […]
What To Expect When Migrating Your Site To A New Platform
This series of blog posts will cover the main areas of activity for your marketing, product, and UX teams before, during, and after site migration to a new digital experience platform. Migrating your site to a different platform can be a daunting prospect, especially if the site is sizable in both page count and number […]
How Nested Context-Aware Configuration Makes Complex Configuration Easy in AEM
Managing configurations in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) can be challenging, especially when sharing configs across different websites, regions, or components. The Context-Aware Configuration (CAC) framework in AEM simplifies configuration management by allowing developers to define and resolve configurations based on the context, such as the content hierarchy. However, as projects scale, configuration needs can become […]
Create Content Fragment Variations in AEM With GenAI
Earlier this year, Adobe introduced new generative AI capabilities in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). As a Platinum partner of Adobe, Perficient has early adopter features provisioned for our environments. One of the more exciting and relevant features is the ability to use GenAI to generate variations within Content Fragments in AEM. In this blog, we’ll […]
Running AEM Author, Publisher, and Dispatcher Within Docker
About eight years ago, I was introduced to Docker during a meetup at a restaurant with a coworker. He was so engrossed in discussing the Docker engine and containers that he barely touched the hors d’oeuvres. I was skeptical. I was familiar with Virtual Machines (VMs) and appreciated the convenience of setting up application servers […]
AEM OSGi Services: Take Advantage of Strategy Design Pattern
Design patterns are pivotal in crafting application solutions that are both maintainable and scalable. The Strategy Design Pattern is ideal for scenarios that require runtime selection among various available algorithms. In this blog, we’ll cover how to implement the Strategy Design Pattern in an AEM OSGi service, boosting your code’s flexibility and manageability. What is […]
Mastering Page Properties With Granite Render Conditions and Context-Aware Configuration
From Static to Dynamic: The Evolution of Template Management Do you remember the days of static templates? We had a plethora of templates, each with its own page components and CQ dialogs. It was a maintenance nightmare! But then came editable templates, and everything changed. With this new approach, we can define a single-page component […]
How to Track Git Build Info in Your AEM Multimodule Maven Project
When troubleshooting issues in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), the first step is often to identify which code version is deployed for the affected projects. However, OSGi bundle versions only provide a partial picture, lacking crucial details like the exact branch used. This becomes especially problematic when managing multiple tenants in the same environment or comparing […]
AEM Local Development With OpenJDK 11 and Maven 3.9.x
The official Adobe tutorial for setting up a local AEM development environment requests the reader to install Java JDK 11 for AEM 6.5 and above. It does not provide a download link for the Java JDK 11. If you were to do a quick Google search for “JDK 11 download,” you would be presented with […]
Adobe Sites: Migrating from Webpack to Vite
Webpack is an amazing bundler for JavaScript and, with the correct loader, it can also transform CSS, HTML, and other assets. When a new AEM project is created via the AEM Project Archetype and the front-end module is set to general, Adobe provides a Webpack configuration to generate the project’s client libraries. Introducing Vite Vite […]