MVP 2025
Technology
Timeline
Inspired by the Sitecore MVP Mentorship Program
Sitecore has a community mentorship program to assist individuals who are looking for mentorship. This program is led by Tamas & Nicole, are particularly beneficial for those who are just starting the MVP adventure. Varun Shringarpure is the mentor for our group (Chirag Khanna, Devanshi, Garima Thakore & Myself) and has guided, mentored and motivated us throughout the year. Initially this year, we all set some measurable goals. We had timely review meetings as well where we discussed the progre...
Feature Request for accepting true and false as values of checkbox field
We reviewed the scenario with the "update item" mutation query in Sitecore XM Cloud, it was found that the "0" and "1" values work for checkbox fields, while "true" and "false" does not. Sitecore has confirmed that this behaviour is expected, as the checkbox field’s raw value uses "0" for false and "1" for true. Sitecore suggested to continue using string values "0" and "1" for checkbox fields, as this approach has been stable. Additionally, a feature request has been submitted to development ...
Sitecore XM CloudSitecore TECH Talks -APIs and their Usage in Sitecore XM Cloud
In this Episode of Sitecore TECH Talks, we discussed on Sitecore XM cloud APIs, we have a number of APIs to take care of various functions and automating things for a Sitecore Partner. Whether you say the Apps API, to work with Sites, or Deploy API to work with Projects, and environments, or Content and Management APIs, to work with the Items and Admin level tasks, each endpoints are available to help us out in building Middleware's and also support in configuring and managing modules and packag...
Sitecore XM CloudWritten 20 Blogs on Sitecore Learnings
With Guidance of my Mentor, we planed the blogs for sharing the learning experience and monthly 2 blogs we tried to achieve but sometime project work or personal commitments affects your goal but whenever I was off the track he encouraged and motivated me be back on track and I am able to achieve the planned track here is full list of blogs which I shared on my Blog site and LinkedIn so it can be reach to broader audience.
From Default to Distinct: Adjusting Field Names in XM Cloud Layout Ser...
Sitecore XP Sitecore OrderCloud Sitecore XM CloudSitecore TECH Talks - Tips and Tricks on Sitecore XM Cloud
In this episode of Sitecore TECH Talks Podcast, shared my learning of working on XM cloud project and discussed on how it is different on working with cloud platform vs traditional Sitecore versions. We talked about Sitecore Collections, Sites and IAR in detail, along with my personal learnings around these topics, what works best and what you should avoid. Session will be helpful for the developers who are willing to start their journey with XM cloud as small tips, tricks and best practices ...
Sitecore XM CloudSitecore TECH Talks - Building Components the XM Cloud way - Meenakshi Gour
I had the opportunity to share my experience on Sitecore XM Cloud in a Sitecore TECH Talks podcast and discussed how we can start building components. As Sitecore developer you will always have comparison between Sitecore XP and XM cloud and hence shared my experience of developing components with XM Cloud. How can we select the approach whether to build component with Layout service or with GraphQL way with practical scenario and best practices for the developers which can help to start the jo...
Sitecore XM CloudUnderstanding the Power of Sitecore XM Cloud: The Importance of SaaS-Based Solutions
In our Company Horizontal we had internal training for learning SItecore XM Cloud. I presented a session on what is XM cloud and why we need XM cloud. what are advantages of saas based products how SaaS based products can provide faster deployment, automatic updates, and cost-efficiency, making them ideal for businesses. During Session I focused on advantages of adopting a SaaS-based product like XM Cloud, highlighting its scalability, flexibility, and the seamless integration with other sitecor...
Sitecore XM CloudSession on Dynamic Placeholders in Sitecore
At Horizontal we have training program for the Grads/ Interns or cross team development program where we train on Sitecore basic concepts to start journey as Sitecore Developer. I took session on importance on Dynamic Placeholder. Explained this via examples where how dynamic placeholders are helpful vs static placeholders. This training included few more concepts like static and dynamic renderings and bindings. when we can use different rendering available with practical use cases. This sessi...
Sitecore XPBug for Environment Selection Issues in Sitecore Discover
Working on Sitecore Discover, We noticed while switching on different environments like dev,qa,uat or prod from cloud portal the CEC is consistently switches to your last logged in environment regardless of the environment selected. To login into correct environment you need to select the environment from dropdown again. This behavior we have tested on different browsers like chrome, edge or Mozilla. For better understanding of issue i had attached detailed video demonstrating this behavior. ...
Sitecore DiscoverFeature Request for Backup Automation in Sitecore XM Cloud
While Working with XM cloud Project , we identified need of automation of restoring or downloading backups. While switching from environments or testing things on local environment we want replica of production environments or to rollback on prevoius state if something goes wrong after deployment and hence the request. Raised this with sitecore team and they have guided us with different ways of backup and registered feature request to restore or take backups based on specific points in time di...
Leveraging StackExchange for Collaborative Problem-Solving
Along with my Project deliverables, I tried helping the community members on Stack Exchange throughout the year. I have found a lot of solutions to the problems that I have faced on Sitecore StackExchange and hence, I also feel it is my responsibility to help others out wherever I know the answer to those questions. I have plans for to be equally or even more active on the Stack Exchange platform to help the community members out and exchange the valuable insights.
Participated in Horizontal Hackathon 3.0
In Horizontal we had different events for sharing innovative ideas and implementing it one of it is Horizontal Hackathon. With the composable products it is very important to know the integration and features product is providing. This year I participated in the Hackathon 3.0 at our organization and this 24 hours of journey was full of learning , bonding with team and exchanging thoughts. We implemented a working model with search and AI integration.
However the Repo access and space was allo...
Sitecore Search2024
6/Mar
Topics Submitted for SUGCON India 2024
This year, I had submitted two topics for consideration at SUGCON India 2024:
1.Crafting Connected Experiences: Sitecore Connect Integration Strategies for End-to-End Engagement For this session we had explored on creating connected experiences using Sitecore Connect. We prepared use case to show how seamlessly connect can be used with different tools like Content Hub, Sitecore Send, CDP, Content Hub One, and OrderCloud. And can deliver Personalized and connected experiences for our users....
Sitecore CDP Sitecore Personalize Sitecore Content Hub Sitecore XM Cloud Sitecore ConnectSitecore Hackthon 2024
I participated in the Sitecore Hackathon 2024 and developed the "Downtime Notification Module," a crucial tool designed to notify Content Management (CM) users, especially content authors, about upcoming CMS maintenance or downtime. The module aims to reduce disruptions by proactively informing users, preventing potential data loss, and ensuring compliance during downtime periods.
This module improves the content authoring process by giving Content Authors ample notice of system downtimes, en...
Sitecore XPActive Engagement and Content Contribution in the Sitecore Community via Linkedln
After signing up for the Sitecore Mentorship program, I have started actively sharing on linkedln and got connected with like-minded group of individuals. Throughout year I shared my blog posts consistently, reposted and promoted content from other sitecore experts via various Hashtags. Got chance to connect with new members working on Sitecore and its upcoming seminars discussion on upcoming technologies , the intention was to make awarness regarding sitecore and its products .
Video Recording of SUGCON India 2023 on Sitecore Send and Content Hub DAM
In this session, we talked about how combining Sitecore Send with Content Hub DAM can make email campaigns easier and more effective through a simple, organized content management system. Email marketing is a powerful way to connect with customers, and having all your digital content in one place makes it even better to use.
This is video recording of session which we presented at Delhi SUGCON 2023. So who missed the session can have insights of session via video recording session.
The ses...
Sitecore SendSitecore TECH Talks - Sitecore Send Secrets: Elevating Your Email Marketing Game - Meenakshi Gour
After my SUGCON India Session, got chance to talk about capabilities of Sitecore Send. What are the offerings of Sitecore Send, like its Email campaigns, Landing pages or integration of forms for collecting the data. This podcast will help marketers to understand the power of product and they can design create and reuse templates or campaigns without help of developer and it can make marketers day to day life easy. We talked about the use case starting from creating the campaigns to how Sitec...
Sitecore Content Hub Sitecore SendSUGCON India 2023: Sitecore Send and Content Hub DAM: Streamlining Email Campaigns with Centralized Content Management
Last year, my session got selected in SUGCON India 2023.We presented on the Sitecore Products Send and Content Hub DAM. Sitecore Send and Content Hub DAM: Streamlining Email Campaigns with Centralized Content Management.We presented a scenario where marketers can boost their marketing Campaigns where digital were used from the Content Hub DAM.
The takeaway from the session was how the work can be reduced and streamlined for the Marketers with maintaining consistent branding Strategy. Explai...
Sitecore Content Hub Sitecore Send