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Sitecore Connect Recipes: Step-by-Step Field Guide
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Mohd Naeem

Sitecore Connect Recipes: Step-by-Step Field Guide

Sitecore note · How to use Sitecore Connect on Workato: three recipes with exact trigger, action, and datapill configuration so retries do not clone items.

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Sitecore Content Hub: Contributor and Approver Roles Step by Step
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Mohd Naeem

Sitecore Content Hub: Contributor and Approver Roles Step by Step

Sitecore note · Bare-minimum Readers, Creators, and Approvers groups, then policies for M.Asset and M.File, Portal.Page Read, taxonomy conditions, Approve vs Submit, and a BrandX worked example from Sitecore Documentation.

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Sitecore PowerShell Operations Automation
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Mohd Naeem

Sitecore PowerShell Operations Automation

Sitecore note · Check out how Sitecore PowerShell can cut down on the grunt work involved in publishing queues, item moves, and permissions fixes, making life easier for CMS engineers.

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Sidekick on a Real Desk, Not a Keynote
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Mohd Naeem

Sidekick on a Real Desk, Not a Keynote

Sitecore note · Authors want speed. You want no placeholder live. Both can happen if generate and publish are split.

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Headless Practices I Keep Relearning on XM Cloud
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Mohd Naeem

Headless Practices I Keep Relearning on XM Cloud

Sitecore note · Preview isn't prod. Webhooks aren't optional. I still skip a webhook when I'm rushing.

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Solr Search Notes from a Bad Rebuild Night
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Mohd Naeem

Solr Search Notes from a Bad Rebuild Night

Sitecore note · If the index is stale, don't add another computed field first. Rebuild the right core.

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Sidekick Drafts Are Not Published Copy
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Mohd Naeem

Sidekick Drafts Are Not Published Copy

Sitecore note · Let Sidekick fill a field. A person still owns the item. That's the rule that saved us.

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From Zeplin and Figma to a Sitecore Component Library (and Multi-Level Navigation That Stays Oriented)
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Mohd Naeem

From Zeplin and Figma to a Sitecore Component Library (and Multi-Level Navigation That Stays Oriented)

Sitecore note · Map Zeplin and Figma design systems into Sitecore templates and renderings, keep global and section navigation oriented, and govern the library so agencies cannot silently fork it.

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Sitecore Solr Indexing Best Practices
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Mohd Naeem

Sitecore Solr Indexing Best Practices

Sitecore note · ELT10-depth runbook: Content Search vs xConnect Search, index inventory, SolrCloud topology, rebuild cadence, schema population, failure matrix, performance levers, and official Sitecore doc links.

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Mastering Custom Tokens in Sitecore for Dynamic Content Updates
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Mohd Naeem

Mastering Custom Tokens in Sitecore for Dynamic Content Updates

Sitecore note · In today’s content-heavy sites, personalization and dynamic content are more important than ever. Sitecore enables content editors and developers to without extra steps…

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The Role of Sitecore in Digital Transformation for Healthcare
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Mohd Naeem

The Role of Sitecore in Digital Transformation for Healthcare

Sitecore note · Introduction Digital transformation in healthcare is no longer a luxury, it's a necessity. With patients demanding seamless, personalized experiences akin to retail and banking,…

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A New Cache Diagnostics Page
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Mohd Naeem

A New Cache Diagnostics Page

Sitecore note · The Problem: We have more than 50 odd servers in production behind the F5 loadbalancer In a normal scenario any website uses…

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A Job to Check if Solr Slaves Are in Sync with Master
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Mohd Naeem

A Job to Check if Solr Slaves Are in Sync with Master

Sitecore note · Scenario: We use Solr for our searches and showing product pages in our Sitecore website. We have multiple Solr slaves behind the…

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How to Setup and Automate Sitecore New Publishing Service
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Mohd Naeem

How to Setup and Automate Sitecore New Publishing Service

Sitecore note · Why? Sitecore has released a new Sitecore publishing module which is a vast improvement over its old "Sitecore Publish" option. It is…

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Security Hardening of Admin Pages in Sitecore
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Mohd Naeem

Security Hardening of Admin Pages in Sitecore

Sitecore note · Scenario: If I are using an EXTERNAL URL to access admin page on the CD(Content Delivery server)  - e.g https://Your_Website_ExternalDNSName/sitecore/admin - it should redirect you…

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Adding New Rendering to Presentation Details Using PowerShell
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Adding New Rendering to Presentation Details Using PowerShell

Sitecore note · Adding/Removing/Updating the presentation details of a page is very easy to implement using a PowerShell script First of all you can get…

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How to Show or Hide “Publish Site” to Prevent Accidental Site Publish
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Mohd Naeem

How to Show or Hide “Publish Site” to Prevent Accidental Site Publish

Sitecore note · The Problem:  One of the CM site users went to the content tree and from the ribbon published the whole site. Now…

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How to Add Pages, Controls, Templates, Renderings to Sitecore
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Mohd Naeem

How to Add Pages, Controls, Templates, Renderings to Sitecore

Sitecore note · Scenario 1: Adding a control to a page using a view rendering: In the Sitecore CMS, first of all lets select a…

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