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Trials and Tribulations with Sitecore

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Layout Service

Custom Layout Service for Sitecore

This is the first in a series of articles that will explore the idea of creating a headless application, without…

dean.obrien DeanJune 10, 2024November 27, 2024
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Analytics

Search Analytics for Sitecore XM/XP

This module allows you to track searches made within your Sitecore website. In addition, it registers the order in which…

dean.obrien DeanSeptember 14, 2023November 27, 2024
Application Insights for Sitcore Module
Analytics

Application Insights for Sitecore Module

I would like to introduce the Application Insights for Sitecore Module! Some of the key benefits of this module are…

dean.obrien DeanNovember 21, 2022November 27, 2024
page recommender
Cortex

Sitecore Page Recommender

This series of blogs will look at the steps I took to create a page recommendation engine for Sitecore. The…

dean.obrien DeanNovember 7, 2022November 27, 2024
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Generative AI

AI Overview for Sitecore Module

This Sitecore Module allows you to add a 'google' style AI Overview component to search pages. Returning a GenAI response…

dean.obrien DeanApril 30, 2025April 30, 2025
Chatbot
Generative AI

How to call a genAI model using your own data.

In this blog post, we will look at how to setup the resources required to programatically call a GenAI model…

dean.obrien DeanApril 9, 2025April 9, 2025
sitecore
MVP

MVP Application 2025

These are the contributons that I would like to be considered as part of my application to become a Sitecore…

dean.obrien DeanNovember 28, 2024November 28, 2024
Using AI with Sitecore
Analytics

Using AI with Sitecore: Webinar

This recording captures a presentation I delivered to our IT department, where I explored various ways AI can enhance the…

dean.obrien DeanNovember 26, 2024November 26, 2024
Language Assistant for Sitecore
Generative AI

AI Language Assistant for Sitecore

This module allows you to ask an AI Assistant to review the content of your web pages and suggest changes,…

dean.obrien DeanOctober 16, 2024November 27, 2024
sitecore
NuGet

Sitecore 10.3.2 NUGET Packages unavailable

I came back from holiday at the end of August to the news that the latest update had been release…

dean.obrien DeanAugust 27, 2024November 27, 2024
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SOLR

Setting Up a Service Monitor

We recently had cause to create a simple service to monitor another service, then send the status of the monitored…

dean.obrien DeanJuly 30, 2024November 27, 2024
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SOLR

Monitoring SOLR Services

On a few occasions recently we have been investigating an issue, only to find that one of more of our…

dean.obrien DeanJuly 30, 2024July 30, 2024
sitecore
sitecore support

Forgot password link not working

Our marketing team started reporting that the 'forgot password' link on the Sitecore login window seemed to have stopped working.…

dean.obrien DeanJuly 19, 2024November 27, 2024
identity server
Layout Service

Connect NextJs Application to Sitecore Identity Server

This is the fifth article in a series that explores the idea of creating a headless application, without the luxury…

dean.obrien DeanJuly 5, 2024July 10, 2024
Sitecore Personalisation
Layout Service

NextJs Application to replicate the MVC equivalent.

This is the fourth article in a series that explores the idea of creating a headless application, without the luxury…

dean.obrien DeanJune 24, 2024July 10, 2024
code
Layout Service

Advanced NextJs To Consume Layout Service

This is the third article in a series that explores the idea of creating a headless application, without the luxury…

dean.obrien DeanJune 19, 2024July 10, 2024
wireframe
Layout Service

NextJs App to Consume Layout Service

This is the second article in a series that explores the idea of creating a headless application, without the luxury…

dean.obrien DeanJune 17, 2024July 15, 2024
Xmcloud
Compose

Barriers to XM Cloud

The sitecore landscape has been changing for a number of years, with a significant switch towards ‘composable’ architecture, and ultimately…

dean.obrien DeanMay 18, 2024July 10, 2024
alerts
Analytics

Application Insights Module: Alerting Added

The Application Insights for Sitecore Module now comes with Alerting built in. The module periodically queries the Azure Monitor Application…

dean.obrien DeanApril 25, 2024July 11, 2024
Application Insights for Sitcore Module
Analytics

Application Insights Module: Switch to Entra Auth

In February 2024, Microsoft Azure retired the 'Classic Application Insights' and forced people to migrate to 'Workplace-based' resources. In reality…

dean.obrien DeanApril 11, 2024July 11, 2024
sitecore
sitecore support

WARN Robot Detection.Exclude Robots

When troubleshooting an issue, I noticed thousands of log entries starting with WARN Robot Detection.Exclude Robots. Unsure if this was…

dean.obrien DeanApril 8, 2024November 27, 2024

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