Learning@Sitecore

When you working on components in XM Cloud, there is always a need to provide the styling to it. In NextJs component it is pretty clear as you can add the classes to the elements, but when you are creating the components using XM Cloud component builder then things becomes much more easy. In my previous blog , I have shown how you can create a no-code component using the xm cloud component builder and in this blog i will show you how you can provide style to the controls in component builder. Please note, Since Sitecore has released its AI version and now being called SitecoreA , so i have updated this blog as per new options available in XM Cloud. Reaching out to Components Section Step 1: Click on your site and select Design Studio option Step 2: Click on Component option Create Component Step 3: Now lets create a new component Creating Elements Step 4: Create few elements Currently i have added 2 types of elements, one is heading and other is text. See on right section, they pro...

In my previous blog , I have guided to setup Next.js app in Sitecore XM Cloud instance. In this blog, I wanted to explain how you can connect your cloned Nextjs App with your XM Cloud instance. BUT I thought as we have not built any component yet for site home page or any page and it will look odd to see a blank page after configuring and running on the local machine. So, I thought building a component using XM Cloud Component Builder first and then will checkout configuring Nextjs app in next blog. Creating Component using Component Builder Step 1: Login into your Sitecore XM Cloud account and click on your app. On the right pane, click on Open app button. Step 2:  On the menu bar, click on Components Step 3: Create Component Collection This is the group of component under a single collection. This collection will be visible in Page builder and it become easy to search from categorised the components based on their nature or type. Step 4: Choose a name to c...

Sitecore has recently release minor update on version its 10.4 version on 25th June 2025. Despite update on minor version, some important improvements have been made.  So, Let’s try to understand what key features has been improved. Solr Upgrade to v 9.8.1 First important change is in Solr service. The Sitecore XP 10.4.1 now supports upgraded version of Solr 9.8.1. Earlier it was using 8.11.2 version which has been deprecated. If you check the official release notes from Apache Solr 9.8.1 documentation, it shows key improvements and bug fixes which enhance the performance and these updates make Solr 9.8.1 a robust and reliable choice, especially if you're using HTTP/2 in SolrCloud. Another important change is also related to Solr, but it will be noticeable while installing the newer version of Sitecore XP via Sitecore Installation Framework (SIF). The setup process now, waits until the Solr server is fully available before proceeding, previously process waits for fixed period of ti...

Sitecore CLI is a powerful tool that allows developers to interact with Sitecore Instance through a command line interface. Sitecore has provided another interface called Sitecore CLI which includes huge list of cli commands  which you can use for development, deployment and even DevOps processes especially helpful when working with Sitecore Headless (XM Cloud, JSS) or Sitecore Experience Platform in modern development workflows. Since you will find many documents explaining how you can install and start with Sitecore CLI but in this blog I would like to compile all commands which I have used till now while development OR which are frequently used. Downloads You can download the Latest version of Sitecore CLI from this link . If you have already installed CLI in your environment, then you can choose to upgrade to latest version, But if you are starting new then same link will guide you the steps to start with it. Note: I have setup an alias in Powershell for dotnet sitecore to only...

  Description: In this blog, I will try to show you that how you can solve the common issue you might face while installing Sitecore 10.4 version XP Single On Premises. Sitecore Download Link: https://developers.sitecore.com/downloads/Sitecore_Experience_Platform/104/Sitecore_Experience_Platform_104 During installation of Sitecore 10.4 on my new device I got below error:   Misconceptions : Since the installation gets interrupted and we get only one option to close the Sitecore Install Assistance tool, The common mis conception arises while re-installing the Sitecore is that should I provide new Solr service name again? And/or should I provide new Sitecore instance name? The answer is NO . You can simply skip Install Solr Service Step: Then on next window provide the same Sitecore prefix or instance name which you provided earlier: Sitecore will override new files on previously created folders or services. Point to remember: Before you re-start you...