Content Migration has been one of the key problems for organizations to solve when migrating to Sitecore or to Sitecore Headless Architectures for adapting to the most sought-after Composable DXP strategy. This introduces the need for a technology-agnostic content migration tool that allows seamless migration of content from any platform into Sitecore irrespective of where the content resides.
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Sitecore + Microsoft Teams: Accelerating remote collaboration across your digital eco-system
The global shift to remote working poses a wide variety of challenges, from inevitable delays in content deliveries, communication transparency, to traceability, quality, efficiency, etc. Sitecore + Teams Integration connects teams in the new virtual workspace with its rich instant notifications, actions & valuable insights.
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Improving SOLR Index Resilience: Preserving previously indexed data in SOLR during unexpected Indexing failures
While Search Platforms help to drive sites faster, they are also prone to stability issues. The chances of failures are directly proportional to the dependencies & customizations involved.
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Debugging Sitecore dlls made easy with In-built Visual Studio Decompiler & Symbol Generator
Quite often, debugging Sitecore assemblies becomes very essential for developers, to investigate any exception or unintended behavior happening within Sitecore assemblies (or any Third-party managed code). While there are few options available currently to debug Sitecore assemblies with tools like dotPeek, dnSpy, etc., it would incur some effort to install and configure them to be able to debug.
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Chrome Extension: Simplifies navigation from Website pages(CD) to it’s associated content in Sitecore(CM)
This Extension enables the content authors to open associated content in Sitecore Experience/Content/Horizon Editors(Content Management) straight from Website(Content Delivery) in single-click.
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Automating Sitemap Submissions to Google & Bing using Sitecore Powershell Extensions
Keeping Search Engines apprised of the content updates(additions/modifications/removals) is crucial for businesses to amplify user acquisition and to improve user experience. While Google’s scheduled recrawl may take up to weeks for scanning certain sites again, it is recommended to notify Google of essential content updates early to drive the needed traffic to gain maximum possible value.
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Request Google to crawl URLs on Sitecore Publish using Google Indexing API
Most of the sites hold a bunch of short-lived content like Events, Job Posting. While reaching the intended audience for short-lived content is challenging, removing the expired content from Search Engine is also vital for user engagement. This can be solved by bridging Google Indexing Mechanism with Sitecore Publish Mechanism using Google Indexing API, which empowers businesses to gain maximum value by reaching the right users at the right time.
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In-Sitecore Alerts & Push Notifications: Effectively communicating Maintenance Activities to Authors & Marketers
Building a strong DevContentOps within the organization helps to keep the productivity of all teams at maximum. This module eliminates friction and enables seamless collaboration between Authors, Marketers, Developers, and Operations.
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Design Considerations and Approaches for Scheduling Recurring Tasks/Workflows
Being one of the key initial steps in the automation journey of the implementation, scheduling tasks is not necessarily easy and straightforward. Web applications have plenty of options to achieve this (Eg: Sitecore Scheduler, Windows Task Scheduler, Azure Logic Apps, Container CronJob, Coveo Push API, Hangfire etc.), but each option comes with pros/cons based on the needs/requirements. There are several basic and advanced considerations that needs to be thought before designing recurring scheduled tasks/workflows,
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