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• March 06, 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’ve  never really understood how to get it working. With the release of Sitecore 8 update2 I took the time to do some further invest...

• February 24, 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 cards in the Experience Profile section, but just exactly how do you get all this up and running with your basic Sitecore 8 instan...

• February 19, 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 2.Handing over a global site to content editors requires plenty of preparation. You need to make sure that the content editors hav...

• February 13, 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 customisation will need to be performed on your Sitecore instance. In my experience, the main areas of customisation concern the followi...

• February 09, 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.  Fortunately Sitecore is more than up to the challenge when it comes to building global sites. With my 3rd global site now built,...