Posts Tagged ‘development’

The issue: Index not updating properly A while back I ran into an issue where the index on the CD server was not updating correctly.   I checked the EventQueue table and the event existed to update the index but it just wasn’t happening.   I cleared the EventQueue table and tried again but in some cases […]

Remember the good ol’ days when you were learning how to code, and all that mattered was getting the code to compile and making sure the site rendered what you expected? You probably tried to keep your code organized and readable; after all, you had to be able to understand what you wrote. Maybe you […]

When children are engaged in constructive play and learning from an early age, they have a lifetime of benefits – like improved academic performance throughout their educational career, a love of learning, and improved emotional development. That’s why Learning Care Group is committed to creating state-of-the-art facilities with the latest technology and expert-driven curriculum. To match the […]

As touched on in our last blog post, inclusive design is more than designing for people with vision or hearing impairments. It’s also designing for someone with a broken arm, a slow network connection, a cognitive impairment, or even our aging population. It’s about designing for everyone. We should be aware of the differing abilities, […]

When the topic of taxonomy is raised, there may be questions around the need as well as a lack of general understanding of taxonomy. We have a content strategy, isn’t that enough? What is taxonomy, exactly? Taxonomy in its simplest sense is a knowledge organization system. It’s at the core of content management and therefore […]

The winners of the 2016 W³ Awards have been announced by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts, and Perficient Digital’s work for Carhartt and The Henry Ford is being recognized. Our design and development of Carhartt’s Fall 2016 Lookbook microsite received Gold in the Fashion Website category, while The Henry Ford website took home […]

You can use Data Providers for Security? Recently, @techphoria414 asked on the Sitecore Stack Exchange: “What are some appropriate uses for Sitecore Data Providers?” My answer was: When Security is just too complicated for Sitecore. People offered a lot of suggestions with lots of ways to implement data providers using different strategies and philosophies. Still, I thought […]

When building Sitecore-powered websites, it’s easy to forget about the content authoring experience. We live in this system and we’re used to its quirks, so we’re not often reminded that others–like our content teams–don’t share the same level of familiarity and comfort. We also can forget that making Sitecore friendlier for our content team is critical to […]

We are excited to share that today, Perficient Digital is deepening our expertise in enterprise mobile applications. Today, Perficient acquired Bluetube, a $7 million annual services revenue digital consultancy based in Atlanta, GA. “Bluetube’s reputation for delivering excellent digital and mobile experiences, customer-centric mentality, and solid client roster ensures a strong cultural fit and compelling opportunities for accelerated growth moving […]

Searching Sitecore Page Datasources When first enabling search in your Sitecore solution, you may find that page content is not searchable. This is especially true if you heavily rely on Experience Editor for your site assembly. Searching Sitecore page datasources is solved by a very common pattern that I refer to as “Page Visualization.” Page Visualization […]

We were recently awarded two Best of Industry WebAwards from the Web Marketing Association for our development work for The Henry Ford and Veritas. TheHenryFord.org was named the Best Non-Profit Website and Veritas.com was recognized as the Best Information Services Website. The Henry Ford, in Dearborn, Mich., is the largest indoor-outdoor museum complex in the United States. It […]

In this series of posts, I would like to show our readers how to build out a single-application component in Sitecore using one of the many popular MVVM JS frameworks on the market – in this case Knockout, together with SCORE. Even if you don’t use SCORE in your project, you can still follow along […]