https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog Sitecore and AI en-us undefined (Mark Gibbons) undefined (Mark Gibbons) Sun, 24 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/a-go-live-checklist-for-a-new-site-built-with-sitecore-sxa https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/a-go-live-checklist-for-a-new-site-built-with-sitecore-sxa Sitecore Experience Accelerator is an absolute game-changer for companies looking to roll-out a new site. It has so much great value out… Sun, 24 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpsxa https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/azure-paas-applicationinitialization-gotcha-with-exm-hostname-mapping https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/azure-paas-applicationinitialization-gotcha-with-exm-hostname-mapping Battling with EXM not mapping your hostname correctly? Does it intermittently choose the wrong URL or use http://localhost? Read on! Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpexmtroubleshooting https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/exm-activate-deactivate-all-email-campaigns-with-one-click https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/exm-activate-deactivate-all-email-campaigns-with-one-click When working on a project that has a lot of EXM campaigns, a missing Sitecore feature is the ability to activate or deactivate all email… Wed, 15 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpexm https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/exm-report-confusion-message-statistics-not-showing-on-the-sent-email-campaigns-report https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/exm-report-confusion-message-statistics-not-showing-on-the-sent-email-campaigns-report I have just used up a few hours of my life on this and want to document it to save others the trouble. Wed, 24 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpexmtroubleshooting https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/fault-resistant-sitecore-xconnect-client-operations-with-just-a-few-lines-of-code https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/fault-resistant-sitecore-xconnect-client-operations-with-just-a-few-lines-of-code I stumbled across a little gem in the Sitecore API today — the XdbRequestPerformer. Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xptroubleshooting https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/fixing-stackoverflow-when-compiling-callsite-chain-on-a-background-thread-in-sitecore https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/fixing-stackoverflow-when-compiling-callsite-chain-on-a-background-thread-in-sitecore Let me tell you a story about a codebase that was using Autofac. It is a beast of a solution — a whopping 230 projects — a definite case… Sun, 06 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xptroubleshooting https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/personalisation-error-in-cm-on-hide-condition https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/personalisation-error-in-cm-on-hide-condition If you’re getting the following error in Experience Editor on personalised components, then read on for a solution. Sat, 27 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xptroubleshooting https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/sitecore-9-1-how-to-prefix-or-rename-azure-search-indexes https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/sitecore-9-1-how-to-prefix-or-rename-azure-search-indexes Find out why and how to change the name of Sitecore indexes in Azure Search. Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpsearch https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/sitecore-crashing-on-startup-with-internal-error-in-the-net-runtime https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/sitecore-crashing-on-startup-with-internal-error-in-the-net-runtime I vowed to myself that when I found a solution to this issue on startup of Sitecore, that I would share it since I had spent many… Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xptroubleshooting https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/troubleshooting-sitecore-marketing-automation-plan-enrollment https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2019/troubleshooting-sitecore-marketing-automation-plan-enrollment Plan enrollment in the Marketing Automation engine is not as intuitive as you may expect. Sun, 10 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xptroubleshooting https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2020/a-smarter-sitecore-html-cache-clearer https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2020/a-smarter-sitecore-html-cache-clearer Sitecore 9.2 and 9.3 includes a “smart” HTML cache clearer. Let’s take a look at what makes it “smart”. Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpperformance https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2020/cleanup-your-local-sitecore-instances https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2020/cleanup-your-local-sitecore-instances If you’re like me and have a few local installations of Sitecore, these can build up a lot of temporary files over time. Tue, 19 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xp https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2020/experience-forms-getting-the-context-site-and-item-in-submit-actions https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2020/experience-forms-getting-the-context-site-and-item-in-submit-actions As of Sitecore Experience Forms 9.2, there is no out of the box way to resolve the correct Sitecore.Context.Item or Sitecore.Context.Site… Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpforms https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2020/identity-server-environment-specific-configuration https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2020/identity-server-environment-specific-configuration In Identity Server, the default path of environment specific connection strings are set in… Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xp https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2020/sitecore-sxa-how-to-override-the-search-controller-to-fix-the-cache-control-header https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2020/sitecore-sxa-how-to-override-the-search-controller-to-fix-the-cache-control-header This article explains how to swap out the built-in SXA SearchController which handles the API for the Search Results component. I needed… Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpsxaperformance https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2021/multisite-links-in-exm https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2021/multisite-links-in-exm Getting links to resolve correctly in is more tricky than one would expect. Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpexm https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2021/sitecore-graphql-upserting-items https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2021/sitecore-graphql-upserting-items The new GraphQL API that is shipped as part of the Sitecore Headless Services offering from Sitecore is a game changer. It is a… Wed, 29 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpheadless https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2021/using-the-vue-router-on-sitecore-rich-text-fields https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2021/using-the-vue-router-on-sitecore-rich-text-fields In my Sitecore Headless (JSS) travels, I see that there is no OOTB example of how to have Sitecore RichText fields use the Vue router for… Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpheadless https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2022/integrating-sitecore-cdp-and-sitecore-send-with-sitecore-forms https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2022/integrating-sitecore-cdp-and-sitecore-send-with-sitecore-forms The age of the composable DXP is here and with that comes new integration challenges. Here I will explain how to use the Sitecore Forms… Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpforms https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2022/server-hang-with-100-cpu-on-sitecore-10-1 https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2022/server-hang-with-100-cpu-on-sitecore-10-1 Just a short PSA for anyone using Sitecore 10.1.0–10.1.2 with SXA (and possibly this affects 10.2 as well as Sitecore registered a new… Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xptroubleshootingperformance https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2022/should-i-directly-connect-to-a-custom-database-from-sitecore https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2022/should-i-directly-connect-to-a-custom-database-from-sitecore If you’re in a situation where you need a custom database for whatever reason, your first reaction might be “Hey, let’s just chuck in a… Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xp https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2023/sitecore-development-with-docker-containers-in-2023 https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2023/sitecore-development-with-docker-containers-in-2023 This is my forward-looking view on the current state of developing on the Sitecore platform with containers. I will be considering XM/XP/XM… Wed, 17 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpdocker https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2023/sitecore-docker-containers-auto-bind-custom-domains-to-your-cm-and-cd https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2023/sitecore-docker-containers-auto-bind-custom-domains-to-your-cm-and-cd If you’re developing with Sitecore on Docker and need to bind some custom domains to your CM/CD instances in Traefik, here’s an easy and… Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpdocker https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2025/running-sitecore-on-docker-ce-community-edition https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2025/running-sitecore-on-docker-ce-community-edition Two good reasons for switching from Docker Desktop: No paid license required, and better performance. Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xpdocker https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2025/sitecore-xdb-reindex-not-progressing-past-95 https://www.markgibbons.dev/blog/2025/sitecore-xdb-reindex-not-progressing-past-95 My team got this problem on a 10.2 XP production instance, after Sitecore Managed Cloud changed us over to their new Solr cluster. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT undefined (Mark Gibbons) sitecoresitecore-xptroubleshooting