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Dean OBrien

Trials and Tribulations with Sitecore

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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
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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
Wireframe
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
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
sitecore
Identity Server

Login hanging on Identity Server

For some time now we have been facing issues with users getting stuck on Identity Server and not being returned…

dean.obrien DeanMarch 9, 2024November 27, 2024
sitecore
MVP

MVP Application 2024

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

dean.obrien DeanNovember 28, 2023November 28, 2023
webinar
Analytics

Search Analytics: Webinar

This is a recording of a presentation I gave to our Marketing department. The focus of the talk was to…

dean.obrien DeanNovember 25, 2023November 25, 2023
Search Analytics dashboard
Analytics

Search Analytics: Creating the Sitecore Module

In this post, we will look at how we surface data into a useful format and create a search report.…

dean.obrien DeanSeptember 28, 2023September 28, 2023
Sitecore page flow
Analytics

Search Analytics: Capturing the data

This is the first in a series of posts that will take a look under the hood of how the…

dean.obrien DeanSeptember 19, 2023September 19, 2023
Item
Analytics

How to Install Search Analytics For Sitecore

Go to https://github.com/deanobrien/search-analytics-for-sitecore and download the relevant ZIP file for your version of Sitecore (i.e. Sitecore 9 Compatible – Search Analytics for Sitecore…

dean.obrien DeanSeptember 14, 2023November 13, 2023
Global
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

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