Posts Tagged ‘Sitecore’

Challenge: While using the SXA Map with Search Results to explore nearby locations or businesses, I want to include Google ratings and reviews in the search results. This addition will allow me to gather valuable insights about each location or business without clicking on individual markers to open an info window. Solution: A quick look […]

This blog post concerns the intermittent issue with Sitecore Solr search results in Solr Cloud. Depending on the application and architecture implementation, root causes can be different. But I would like to share the problem we faced and its fix so it may help someone facing the same problem and can apply the same fix. […]

It’s no secret: the digital world is moving to composable. Moving from the traditional monolithic CMS model to composable does allow you to pick and choose “best in breed” products, but it can lead to confusion and uncertainty. How do you determine what the ideal mix is? When do you start to migrate to these […]

Challenge: As a user, while browsing locations or businesses on the SXA Map, I want to see the most relevant Google review comments so I can gain more insights about the location or business. Solution: To set up the SXA Map on the page and add Google average rating and total reviews in the info […]

Welcome back to getting to know Sitecore Search.  Sitecore Search is an evolving product.  Products are moving away from large monolithic products with long upgrade/release cycles to smaller composable products with shorter agile upgrade/release cycles.  In this post, I’ll revisit several of my previous posts and make updates based on changes in the product and […]

What about Rendering Parameters? I recently did a POC using rendering parameters in a component in XM Cloud. In this blog i will describe my approach, issues faced and how i overcame them. Adding a rendering to a component, is relatively straight forward in Sitecore development, i.e.(https://doc.sitecore.com/xmc/en/developers/xm-cloud/walkthrough–building-a-simple-rendering.html). However, there are some circumstances where things are […]

Challenge: As a user, while browsing locations or businesses on the SXA Map, I want to see the Google average rating and total reviews in the info window so I can decide on a better location or business. Solution: To set up the SXA Map on the page, please check the first post SXA Map […]

I have always said that Sitecore MVP Summit is the best perk of all the MVP program benefits available. Usually, it is a tsunami of insightful information and considerations, shared with the group of MVPs for discussion and feedback in return. Because of that MVPs can have a planning horizon, in terms of work, development, […]

Dear Atlanta Sitecore User Group,  After such a long time apart, we finally got back together on August 24. We had pizza and wine, we shared stories, we laughed – it was exactly as I hoped it would be.  ASUG, you are important to me for several reasons. First and foremost is community. We have […]

As the IT industry has increasingly started embracing containerization, it has become a cornerstone of modern software development. Sitecore is not an exception. Sitecore announced official support for containers from the version 10 initial release. Since then all of us have started using Docker Desktop to run Sitecore’s containerized solution. If you are new to […]

What an amazing week it was! All three events took place at the same venue – Radisson Blu Convention Center within the largest shopping mall in the US – Mall of America in Minneapolis. The city has a significant Sitecore presence, not to say it is a place where OrderCloud originates from. MVP Summit On […]

In this blog, we will be discussing Schema.org, the role of schema.org in SEO, and how to implement Schema.org in Sitecore. What is Schema.org? Schema.org is a universal way to describe web pages with structured data. Search engines use this information to enrich the user experience on their search results and generate rich snippets. Structured […]