Intro 📖 In this post, I’ll cover three tips developers should consider when deploying a new headless site to XM Cloud. Having recently added a new headless site to an existing solution, I ran into a few issues. I hope to save others from similar headaches in the future (mostly myself 😉). If you’ve added […]
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XM Cloud content migration: connecting external database
Historically when performing content migration with Sitecore we used to deal with database backups. In a modern SaaS world, we do not have the luxury of neither managing cloud database backups, nor the corresponding UI for doing this. Therefore, we must find an alternative approach. Technical Challenge Let’s assume we have a legacy Sitecore website, […]
.NET Core Renderings for XM Cloud finally gets some love
That is not a secret – Sitecore always used to prioritize Next.Js framework as the first-class citizen for XM Cloud. All the best and finest features tend to find their way to a given framework in the first place. However, recently, there has been much activity around the .NET Core Rendering Framework which makes a […]
Full guide to enabling Headless Multisite Add-On for your XM Cloud solution
Sitecore Headless Next.Js SDK recently brought the feature that makes it possible to have multiple websites from Sitecore content tree being served by the same rendering hoist JSS application. It uses Next.js Middleware to serve the correct Sitecore site based on the incoming hostname. Why and When to Use the Multisite Add-on The Multisite Add-on […]
Fixing an XM Cloud Deployment Failure
Intro 📖 Last week, I noticed that deployments to Sitecore XM Cloud were failing on one of my projects. In this blog post, I’ll review the troubleshooting steps I went through and what the issue turned out to be. To provide a bit more context on the DevOps setup for this particular project, an Azure […]
Sitecore 10.4 is out and here’s all you need to know about it
That was a decent gap since 1.5 years ago Sitecore previously released a feature-full version of their XM/XP platform, namely 10.3 was released on December 1st of 2022. That is why I was very excited to look through the newest release of the vendor’s self-hosted platforms and familiarize myself with its changes. First and foremost, […]
Fixing 404 Responses for Versioned Images in Experience Edge
Intro 📖 My team and I recently ran into an issue while working on a Sitecore XM Cloud project that turned out to be pretty interesting. The issue had to do with images published to Experience Edge not loading as expected within certain renderings. The GET requests for these images in Experience Edge would return […]
Megan Jensen represents Perficient at SUGCON Europe 2024
SUGCON 2024 is coming! Some of you involved into Sitecore community have come across of Megan Jensen‘s catchy personal branding – “MJ Knows Sitecore” (and she indeed knows it!). This year Megan will prove that to the entire community by presenting her topic “Optimizing for Headless: SEO Tips, Tricks, and Special Considerations for the New […]
Using conditions with XM Cloud Form Builder
If you follow the release news from Sitecore, you’ve already noted the release of highly awaited XM Cloud Forms, which however did not have a feature of adding conditional logic. Until now. The good news is that now we can do it, and here’s how. See it in action Imagine you have a registration form […]
Decoding the Future of Development with Sitecore and Generative AI
In Episode 2 of Sitecore Sessions our panel of Sitecore experts explored the transformative role of generative AI in the Sitecore community, its impact on development workflows, and the future of coding practices. You can watch the whole episode here: A generated summary of the above video is below: The Dawn of Generative AI […]
XM Cloud Forms Builder
XM Cloud Forms Builder released Composable Forms Builder is now available with Sitecore XM Cloud. Let’s take a look at this one of the most anticipated modules for Sitecore’s flagship hybrid headless cloud platform. Historically, we had an external module called Web Forms for Marketers that one could install on top of their Sitecore instance […]
Healthcare, HIPAA, Sitecore and BAAs
Before I begin, I just want to caveat everything with the fact that HIPAA is a complex regulation open to interpretation, and in the end your legal and compliance teams need to be comfortable with how you handle data and the risk associated with those methods. With that being said, I’ve had a lot of […]