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12 Nov 2020
Standard Values..but not as we know it

Hello. It’s been a while! While working on a project recently I had the chance to do some a little different that I t...
14 Nov 2018
Set Up a Local Cart in Commerce Connect

While working on a project recently I got to use the Sitecore Commerce Connect Framework to integrate an external e-C...
12 Oct 2018
What's new in Sitecore 9.1

Recently I’ve been checking out the technical preview for Sitecore 9.1 before it’s official release. Here’s some of t...
01 May 2018
Right to be Forgotten in Sitecore 8.2

Following on from my previous post concerning the GDPR requirement of the Right to be Forgotten and how it could be ...
26 Apr 2018
Right to be Forgotten in Sitecore 8.0-8.1

If you’re in the EU, you may have heard that next month GDPR legislation will be coming in. That means user’s of your...
17 Dec 2017
Form Submit Actions in Sitecore 9

This is a quick post to share some of my experiences with the new Forms in Sitecore 9.Whenever us developers use form...
17 Nov 2017
Using Power BI with xConnect in Sitecore 9

This post gives you an overview of how I got the xConnect oData API working and pulled data from it into Power BI. Th...
17 Oct 2017
5 Reasons to be Cheerful about Sitecore 9

This year I’ve been unable to attend the Symposium..sob.sob. So feeling sad about it I decided to cheer myself up wit...
20 Aug 2017
The Data Exchange Framework Explained - Part 2

A few months back I wrote a post on the Data Exchange framework and how you set up the Sitecore items for the whole E...
26 May 2017
Reflections on SUGCON 2017

It’s been a week since I’ve come back from SUGCON 2017 and I’ve finally had time to cover some of the key things I go...
29 Mar 2017
The Data Exchange Framework Explained - Part 1

This month I’ve been getting to grips with the Sitecore Data Exchange Framework version 1.3. This is the first time I...
18 Dec 2016
Getting started with OData and Sitecore

Recently I have been working with Web API controllers in a Sitecore 8.2 project and wanted to run these using Web API...
08 Sep 2016
Token-based authorization with Sitecore Services Client

So Sitecore 8.2 has been released and us developers have a new set of toys to play with. A feature that’s recently ca...
22 May 2016
Improving Sitecore Branches - Part 2

Continuing on from my earlier post concerning Sitecore branches, this post highlights another issue I encountered whe...
22 Apr 2016
Improving Sitecore Branches - Part 1

Back in January me and the guys at Kagool took part in the Sitecore Hackathon. It was a great 24 hours with lots of f...
29 Feb 2016
Switching Sitecore Pipeline Processors

Often when embarking on a new Sitecore project you don’t always get the luxury of a fresh new instance and you have t...
25 Nov 2015
Combining roles to restrict access in Sitecore

I came across an interesting security requirement the other day which I was sure Sitecore could handle using the Secu...
01 Sep 2015
Sitecore SPEAK Chart Components - Easy as Pie

Over the past couple of months I’ve been fooling around with some Sitecore SPEAK components and the Experience Analyt...
14 Jul 2015
Where did DMS go in Sitecore 8?

If you’ve been using Sitecore 7.5 onwards you’ll have noticed that Sitecore is now the Experience Platform and there ...
02 Jun 2015
Tagging your visitors with Sitecore 8

With the release of Sitecore 8, marketers now have a wide range of tools they can use - Experience Profile, Path anal...
10 May 2015
Scope to this in Sitecore?

I was using Visual Studio’s scope to this functionality the other day and had a thought - what if I could do this in ...
13 Apr 2015
Sitecore 7.5 search enhancements

In my last post I shared my experiences of using Expression Trees with Sitecore 7 search.While writing the post and r...
30 Mar 2015
Using Expression Trees in Sitecore 7 Content Search

Recently a colleague asked me about expression trees, which jogged my memory that I needed to write a nitty gritty te...
18 Mar 2015
Triggering a Sitecore 8 Outcome with a Rule Action

This post is a quick follow-on from my previous post Thoughts on Sitecore Outcomes.As I stated in my previous post, t...
13 Mar 2015
Thoughts on Sitecore 8 Outcomes

A new feature in Sitecore 8 which has been puzzling me recently is the new Outcomes section in the Marketing Control ...
06 Mar 2015
Firing up the Sitecore 8 Path Analyzer

Ever since I installed the first version of Sitecore 8 I’ve been intrigued by the new Path Analyzer section, but I’v...
24 Feb 2015
Sitecore 8 xDB and Experience Profile Simplified

So you’ve heard the buzz around Sitecore Experience xDB and MongoDB. You may have seen some fancy demos with contact ...
19 Feb 2015
Going global with Sitecore, part 3: delivering the solution

This is the final post in my series examining the subject of building global sites in Sitecore. Read Part 1 and Part ...
13 Feb 2015
Going global with Sitecore, part 2: customising the core

Once you have the requirements from the discovery phase (see part 1), it’s fairly likely that you’ll find some custom...
09 Feb 2015
Going global with Sitecore, part 1: discovery

Building a global site can be daunting, with a large number of stakeholders, different cultures and reams of content....
22 Jan 2015
Things I should have known before upgrading to Sitecore 7.2

It’s January and it’s cold.. well colder. January seems to be the time when you need to do some general house keeping...
17 Nov 2014
Create Language Versions using Sitecore Powershell

A few months ago I was working on a global site that needed 10 different language versions of content. The site was c...
05 Nov 2014
Suggestive Search with Sitecore 7

If you’ve used Sitecore 7 search with the Solr provider you may know that suggestive search functionality comes pret...
21 Oct 2014
Harnessing Email Campaign Manager

Recently I was asked to build a messenger tool in Sitecore that would send emails to site users and allow select memb...
06 Jul 2014
Meerkat - Compare Sitecore instances over HTTP

When working on Sitecore projects I’ve often found it cumbersome working with Sitecore items and keeping various inst...
03 Apr 2014
Sitecore and Powershell: Feel like He-man

This month I’ve been setting up a few scripts so that we can automate the creation of new solutions for customers and...
29 Jan 2014
Using DMS in your Sitecore 7 Search

Sitecore’s Digital Marketing System (DMS) is a great suite of tools that can enable profile matching and personal...
17 Jan 2014
Sitecore 7 Search - Quick Start Guide

Over the past 6 months I’ve been working extensively with Sitecore 7 and its new-fangled searching capabilities. To s...