Should I Stay or Should I Go? Why not both?: Planning your Sitecore XM Cloud Migration

Should I Stay or Should I Go?In the last episode, I discussed a crossroads decision point that businesses often find themselves in: stay with an establish platform like Sitecore XP, or migrate to Sitecore XM Cloud. Stuck between two giants in the digital platform space? What if I told you there's a third, equally formidable option? Let me introduce it: both. Why Not Both? Hear me out. Migrating to XM Cloud can be a serious undertaking....

Crossroads: Animal House or Sit Tight: Key Considerations Before Migrating to Sitecore XM Cloud

CrossroadsAs Sitecore XM Cloud gains more traction in the market, businesses often find themselves at a crossroads, contemplating a shift from established solutions like Sitecore XP to more modern platforms like Sitecore XM Cloud. While the promise of enhanced scalability, flexibility, and performance is alluring and you may want to charge in like Bluto from Animal House, but it's crucial to tread carefully and consider various factors before...

The Evolution of Sitecore Development: Embracing SaaS, Front-End Expertise, and Cheese!

Who Moved My Cheese?!In the ever-evolving landscape of web development, platforms like Sitecore have played a pivotal role in shaping digital experiences. Traditionally, Sitecore development has relied heavily on backend (usually C#) developers to craft Sitecore solutions. However, with the advent of Sitecore XM Cloud and the shift towards a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, the dynamics of Sitecore development are undergoing a significant...

Syncing TDS content with Sitecore and the Field Content Does Not Match Content-Length Error

So I recently ran into an issue on a new-to-me project.  The solution was already created, the project team had moved on to other projects and I was tasked with getting a new team ready to make some enhancements. While attempting to sync my Sitecore content with my local instance, I received a TDS error stating: This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode...

Sitecore Roles PaaS Solr Connectivity

Here's a quick one for everyone.  I recently provisioned a full Sitecore XP 9.0.1 environment in Azure PaaS.  The only exception to this is a VM that is running Solr.  I was getting a lot of errors in Application Insights about xConnect not being able to connect to the Solr server.  I suspected that I was missing a hybrid connection somewhere, but wasn't sure which role was missing it. I couldn't find a list from Sitecore's...

Limit TreelistEx Selections to X Number of Items

I recently had a requirement to limit the content author's ability to select items.  In this case, they were only allowed to select two items.  I love using "TreeListEx" and therefore selected that field type.  I knew that I could set validation on fields and went about looking for the built-in validator that would limit the number of selections. . . I didn't find it. While I was surprised to not find this validator, I thought...

Sitecore CD Hardening via Release Deployments

Security hardening on your CD servers is an absolute must.  It should not be an afterthought and you should address it early so that you're not trying to cram it in just before go-live. In the days before automated deployments, CD hardening would involve manually manipulating the IIS folder level permissions on each CD server in your environments. With automated deployments, we can make this much easier! Which Sitecore Version...