Sitecore’s SaaS products — Sitecore AI with XM Cloud, Content Hub, CDP, Personalize, Sitecore Search, and Sitecore Connect — gives architects all the building blocks for a modern composable DXP. The challenge is not what to buy, but how to place each capability without overlap, duplication, or architectural drift. This post breaks down where each […]
What is a Customer Data Platform (CDP)? A Customer Data Platform (CDP) is a tool that collects data from multiple sources to create a single centralized customer database. In recent years, customer data platforms (CDP) become a hot topic. Brands are set to create strong relationships with their customers through personalized and meaningful digital experiences. In […]
The Sitecore App Marketplace for XM Cloud Has Officially Launched The Sitecore App Marketplace for XM Cloud is now live, opening up extensive possibilities for customizing and extending the platform. This blog consolidates the key development and configuration steps to help you build your first custom app. I began by setting up a basic standalone […]
Sitecore XM to XM Cloud Migration tool helps to move content, media and user data from a on-prem Sitecore Experience Manager (XM) instance to a target XM Cloud environment. It is middleware that simplifies the task of entering and selecting data, and orchestrating the migration. The tool is available in both a Graphical User Interface (GUI) […]
Welcome to my new blog series! Over the next three posts, we’ll explore the developer’s journey of migrating from Sitecore XP to Sitecore XM Cloud. In this series, we’ll cover the analysis phase, and take a deep dive into the migration of media and content items. As businesses strive to deliver more efficient and engaging digital experiences, Sitecore XM Cloud stands out […]
In my previous blog, I discussed the personalization features in Sitecore XM Cloud. In today’s post, we’ll explore how to implement personalization using page variants in XM Cloud. To deliver personalized content to your visitors in Sitecore XM Cloud, you’ll need to create a page variant for a specific audience. The original (default) content of a page is stored in its default […]
XM Cloud comes preloaded with basic components for text, images, page content, and more. In my previous blogs, I covered how to create and manage components in XM Cloud using the Component Builder. In this post, I’ll provide a step-by-step guide to building custom components in Next.js within the XM Cloud environment. Why Custom […]
In the September 2024 release for XM Cloud, Sitecore introduced a range of exciting features designed to simplify website management, making it easier for teams to collaborate within a single, centralized application. This update includes enhanced tools for managing site collections, creating new websites, setting site configurations, handling languages, editing hosts, and other features tailored […]
In my previous blogs on XM Cloud, I covered how to create and display static data using the component builder, as well as how to style and build different versions of a component. In this post, I’ll focus on creating a dynamic data source for components. Dynamic content enables components to be flexible and reusable across different contexts. Content such […]
In my previous blog, I discussed how to style a component, modify elements, and customize themes. In this post, I’ll focus on creating different versions of a component. In XM Cloud Components, a component can have multiple visual representations, known as component versions. These versions allow us to personalize components for specific audiences in Pages. Additionally, versions […]