How Sitecore Spatial Search works under the hood

So how does Sitecore Spatial Search works under the hood?

Containerize your Sitecore solution

With Sitecore 10, containers are recommended for local development. So how do I containerize an existing Sitecore solution?

Sitecore MVP Application 2023

Below is the summary of contributions made during the year 2022 Stack Exchange - https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/31200/how-to-get-sitecore-10-certification-material/31262#31262 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/31141/error-while-setting-up-ssl-certificate-for-solr-6-6-2/31263#31263 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/31120/the-underlying-connection-was-closed-could-not-establish-trust-relationship-for/31270#31270 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/31599/best-options-available-for-application-sitecore-website-infra-monitoring/31600#31600 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/31815/error-when-adding-a-layout-and-connecting-it-to-host-page-sitecore-technical-tr/31818#31818 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/31820/sitecore-pipelines-initialize-processor-initializeroutes-runtime-error/31821#31821 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/31826/sitemap-set-noindex-attribute/31828#31828 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/31841/how-to-retrieve-contact-created-date/31844#31844 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/32155/sitecore-content-management-warm-up-issue-in-8-2-update-7-website/32165#32165 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/32174/sitecore-marketing-automation-service-is-failing-many-times/32176#32176 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/32249/httpantiforgeryexception-error-in-sitecore-form/32250#32250 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/27643/failed-to-start-the-marketing-automation-engine-service-installation-sitecore/32293#32293 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/32304/when-is-it-a-good-idea-to-use-publishing-service/32309#32309 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/32386/what-is-best-way-to-generate-sitemap-xml-in-content-delivery-servernon-sxa/32392#32392 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/31531/unsubscribe-numbers-not-getting-updated-in-the-exm-dashboard https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/31899/could-not-compute-value-for-computedindexfield-alltemplates-for-indexable https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/33475/speed-up-rebuilding-reporting-database Blogs - https://www.becomecomposable.com/2022/02/how-to-get-to-composable-dxp.html https://getsitecore.wordpress.com/2022/04/29/sitecore-exm-render-personalized-content/ https://getsitecore.wordpress.com/2022/03/19/sitecore-list-manager-no-condition-definition-item-could-be-found-for-id/ https://getsitecore.wordpress.com/2022/03/13/sitecore-jss-client-side-embedding/ Apart from these, I have been active on LinkedIn and Twitter spreading information related to Sitecore. Most of …

Sitecore EXM: Render Personalized Content

This post will serve as a reminder of the last few days when I was struggling to render personalized content in a Sitecore EXM email campaign. We added a custom token (not the standard EXM token described here but a custom one that would be resolved at runtime and get updated to personalized data). All …

Sitecore List Manager: No condition definition item could be found for id

Problem Statement: I was trying to create a Segmented List in Sitecore List Manager (Sitecore version: 9.0.1) in my local instance when I started experiencing issues. It wouldn't allow me to create a new list. When I tried to open existing lists, I could not see any. Tried again in an incognito window (hoping the …

Sitecore JSS: Client-side embedding

Exploring the world of Sitecore JSS, I wanted to try out adding a Sitecore JSS Component into an existing page. I thought the easiest way would be to follow the method provided by Sitecore here . Kudos to Sitecore for the documentation as each step is mentioned in detail along with prerequisites. While the document …

Debugging Sitecore DLLs at runtime using JetBrains DotPeek

DotPeek from JetBrains is a wonderful tool to see through code from Sitecore Dlls (and .Net dlls too of course) and get an insight on what's in the hood. This can be beneficial when trying to get to the root of the problem if we are absolutely sure that the problem is not in the …

Sitecore SXA: Easy way to configure clickable image with link

Use Case: Best example for this is the company logo on the header. The Company logo is wrapped inside an anchor tag and when clicked, it redirects to the homepage of the site. Implementation: A Rendering Variant on the Promo Component PromoIcon and PromoLink fields are sufficient for this implementation so no need to clone …

Sitecore SXA: Adding Social links with font awesome icons

Every site these days have a section to display the social links. It can be either in the header or footer or in some cases both (in few scenarios they appear as a sticky sidebar as well). The html output is generally like: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/somelink" target="_blank"> <i class="fa fa-facebook"></i> </a> This can be easily achieved …

Sitecore xConnect Sync Token is no longer valid error

I recently encountered an error in my xConnect Indexing Worker logs the following error: 2020-09-22 00:00:01.041 +05:30 [Error] *** [xdb_collection.GetContactsChanges], Line 27. Errno 50000: Sync token is no longer valid for [Contacts] table. System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): *** [xdb_collection.GetContactsChanges], Line 27. Errno 50000: Sync token is no longer valid for [Contacts] table. at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.<>c.<ExecuteDbDataReaderAsync>b__180_0(Task`1 result) at System.Threading.Tasks.ContinuationResultTaskFromResultTask`2.InnerInvoke() …