MVP 2026
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Monitoring, Sitecore and OpenTelemetry
Based on the talk from SugCon and some updates based on our newest learnings with Sitecore ASP.NET SDK and SitecoreAI news. Most of the attendance didn't attend SugCon so it was still new and found it relevant for their cases.
Sitecore XM Sitecore XP Sitecore XM CloudSitecoreCecSearchModule updates
The SitecoreCecSearchModule I published last year, is still being updated with new features in Sitecore Search. I have pointed to this a few times in the Sitecore Slack channel as inspiration for others and I am still using it in Search projects
Sitecore SearchPGS-2065 Order of sites in pages
Feature request PGS-2065 to allow customization of the order of sites in the Pages site dropdown
OOTB in Pages - the sites are shown in alphabetical order, to make things consistent between XMC apps and Pages. This makes the first site in alphabetical order the default one.
We have configured sort order (so in content editor it seems right) and we have tried changing metadata name, but it is the item name being used. The order the items are returned from the service seems actually to be ...
Sitecore XM CloudBuilding for Sitecore Marketplace
I explained what the Sitecore Marketplace is, shared my experiences with building apps and why I see this is significant both for the extension possibilities in XM Cloud and how it is different from earlier and the strength in this clear separation.
Sitecore XM CloudSugDk event(s)
As the Danish user group have been really quiet for most of the year, we invited for two evenings, some topics, a bit of social media (we could have done more) and I was writing messages to people around the Danish community that we haven't seen for a while. We did get an ok attendance to the events, of course hoped for more, but also several replies that the day didn't fit but they would like to participate in future events.
CFW-733 to have config to allow sitemaps with right urls - and images on preview site
Feature request CFW-7336 to allow separate configuration of a host name for Media URLs, independent from the Target Hostname for the Preview endpoint.
Sitecore has in the Site Groupings configuration to specify target hostname. This is great, because when the target hostname is specified then the generated sitemaps will use this hostname and can hereby be served directly to the users of the website, and hereby use the implementation in the SDKs.
However, when the hostname is specified and ...
Sitecore XM CloudCDK-594 CloudSDK and domains
Custom domains can be used to avoid exposing the contextId to the clients. However, CloudSDK have a check that the contextId is there. Support have confirmed that the implementation of having custom hostname immediately associated with the context ID is not yet implemented with the Cloud SDK package. This has as a result of support case CS0617705 become a feature required CDK-594 Support case CS0617705
Sitecore XM CloudPGS-3862 functionality similar to "Add here" button in Pages Builder
When working with placeholders with restricted components, I overlooked the possibility to add the components only available for the placeholder as they were mixed with the normal components in the Add component sidebar. Support created PGS-3862 to add functionality similar to the "Add here" button from the Experience Editor (as their suggested other workaround was to use experience editor) as part of case CS0605520
Sitecore XM CloudSitecore ASP.NET Core SDK
Used, tested and contributed to the now open source Sitecore ASP.NET Core SDK (and is and was in close contact with Rob Earlam and Ivan Lickens on this) A major one especially for the SDK was the support for metadata editing that is crucial for adoption of the SDK and I think I played a role in getting this released: https://github.com/Sitecore/ASP.NET-Core-SDK/pull/29 I know and see that this SDK is not prioritized at Sitecore currently so some of the issues and PRs are not moving much, but...
Sitecore XM Cloud2024
14/Oct
MVP Summit
2024
19/Sep
Reported error in Sitecore Search preventing locale specific configuration of widgets
Support ticket CS0490689
2024
11/Aug
Feedback on documentation site regarding Sitecore Search boosting configuration
Sitecore Search2024
11/Apr
Meeting with Nick Papadogoulas
Agreed with Nick to meet physically when we were both in Dublin for SugCon to discuss current and future state of Sitecore Search and give our feedback
Sitecore SearchHackathon News Mixer
News Mixer is a multilingual AI-driven summary generator, consuming content from one or more sources. The content is then being processed by a variety of configurable AI based transformers to create the summaries in the desired style, after which it is outputted to the desired targets.
Sitecore Search Sitecore Send Sitecore XM CloudSitecore Search presentation for Sitecore User group France
I gave an introduction and walkthrough of some of our usage of Sitecore Search at an online event in the Sitecore User Group for France. I share the presentation on my blog https://www.balle-net.dk/posts/search-sugfr-2023/
Sitecore Search2023
27/Sep
Beta XM Cloud Exam
I got the chance to participate in beta test of the upcoming XM Cloud exam. I have not posted anything about it due to the agreement for the beta test
Sitecore XM CloudHackathon
Participated in Hackathon together with two good friends and colleagues. We made a nice setup with webhooks and browser extensions to support extending XM Cloud with audit trails in a scalable manner. We actually won. https://sitecorehackathon.org/sitecore-hackathon-2023/
Sitecore XM Cloud