19Oct, 2020
Habitat is a great demo instance that has been used to showcase what Sitecore can do. I'm grateful for this tool since we can spin up a copy quickly to use during project initialization phases where people new to Sitecore can quickly get familiar with it. Installation can be tricky, so I'll cover the steps and some hiccups I've come across.
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30Sep, 2020
Since the release of Sitecore 9+ we're seeing a lot of people posting in forums cases where they see errors related to indexes not found. Correcting this Sitecore startup issue was simple to fix once I figured out what's going on, and it's nothing related to indexes at all!
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14Sep, 2020
Sitecore Personalization is one of the most popular features with our clients, so seeing advancement with the tools available to them is always good news. The Active Personalized Experiences dashboard is another welcome addition in Sitecore 9.2, which provides a new ability to see all Personalization on the entire site.
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31Aug, 2020
The Sitecore Installation Framework has been a tremendous advancement in Sitecore instance management, but completely dropping the installer wasn't necessarily needed. The feedback was heard and with the release of Sitecore 9.2, an installer has been reintroduced. It brings up most of the way there, but there's still some room for improvement. We'll cover the installation of 9.2 with this assistant and what else is needed that it doesn't provide.
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23Aug, 2020
Each of my scaled environments will have at least two publishing targets. Yes, you can use Sitecore's preview tools, but this has its limitations. After decades of working with marketing teams I can say it's always a good idea to have a private URL, only available to the company, where they can review pending changes for an upcoming campaign etc., without having to log in.
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