Having worked on headless Sitecore projects for the last year and a half or so involving Experience Edge and/or XM Cloud, I’ve run into some…interesting things. In this post, I hope to share a few “lessons from the front” in the hopes that other teams out there can avoid the same mistakes and potentially save […]
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A full guide to creating a multi-language sites with Sitecore XM Cloud and Next.js
Historically, it was quite challenging to add custom languages to the sitecore, as it was dependent on the cultures registered in the .net framework on the OS level. Of course, there were a few workarounds like registering the custom culture on Windows, but it only added other challenges for scenarios such as having more than […]
The correct way of creating own components with XM Cloud
I sometimes see folks creating components in XM Cloud incorrectly. Therefore I decided to create and share this guidance with you. So, basically, there are five steps involved in creating your own component: Create an SXA module that will serve as a pluggable container for all the necessary assets for your components, if not done […]
Perficient Celebrates Success as Nine Employees Achieve XM Cloud Developer Certification
At Perficient, we take pride in our commitment to excellence and continuous learning. Today, we’re excited to celebrate a significant milestone as nine of our employees have successfully passed the recently released XM Cloud Developer Certification Exam. This accomplishment not only highlights the dedication and expertise of our team but also reflects our commitment to […]
Sitecore MVP Summit: What We’re Allowed to Share
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, […]
What an amazing Sitecore Week: MVP Summit, DX and SUGCON NA!
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 […]
GitHub Action with XM Cloud
The approach I am going to show you would work for any CI/CD pipeline with XM Cloud with some level of customization, however, I will be showing it on an example of GitHub Actions. Why? One would ask – if my codebase is located at GitHub, why on earth would I need to leverage GitHub […]
Perficient XM Cloud JumpStart
Perficient’s XM Cloud Jumpstart helps existing Sitecore customers who want to adopt XM Cloud create and execute a plan to move their MVC solutions to XM Cloud using Next.js and React or rapidly implement a greenfield solution according to the best industry standards from scratch. Regardless of your starting point, JumpStart delivers a better experience […]
XM Cloud Certification
Among several other XM Cloud platform enthusiasts, I was invited to take part in the XM Cloud beta certification. Taking into account that I was also involved in beta testing of XM Cloud Developer Fundamentals Training earlier in July (it is available now and I highly recommend the one), I would like to share overall […]
Keeping your own XM Cloud repository in sync with official XM Cloud starter kit template
XM Cloud is a live evolving platform – the development team releases new base images almost on a weekly basis, and new features are coming to the product regularly, which gets reflected in the underlying dependencies, as well as public starter kit templates such as XM Cloud Foundation Head Starter Kit. At the same time […]
Pro Tips for Accessing and Managing Sitecore XM Cloud
Introduction Sitecore XM Cloud is a powerful platform for managing and deploying Sitecore instances. In this blog post, we will explore various a few tips for accessing XM Cloud, including user permissions, project and environment management, as well as different types of client credentials. Understanding these concepts will empower you to effectively leverage the capabilities […]
XM Cloud Deployments: Static site deployment using Netlify CLI
In my previous post (XM Cloud Deployments: Static site deployment using Vercel CLI), I created a Sitecore XM Cloud deploy script to use the Vercel CLI. In this next challenge, I will be looking at doing the same in Netlify. A little background: Netlify and Vercel are two major competitors in the JamStack space. Both […]