Reading Time: 2 minutesSo, this is a quick one: A content author can’t see a schema Their group is scoped to a publication where the schema is located The publication doesn’t exclude the author or the author’s group You cut & paste the … Continue reading
Category: Content Management
Hacking Media Manager with the Canvas API
Reading Time: 9 minutesIn July of 2015 I had the opportunity to participate in the first ever SDL Hackathon. The rules were relatively simple: Pick an SDL product, do something cool with it. In recent months I’ve been learning quite a bit about … Continue reading
DXA 1.6 and Audience Manager
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently we’ve been working with DXA 1.6 and Audience Manager in a Web 8.5 implementation. We’ve had trouble getting our contacts to save. Now we know why it wasn’t working.
Experience Manager with Server-side JavaScript
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m on a project currently where our Tridion templating is done entirely in server-side JavaScript. That’s challenge one. Challenge two: Get those server-side, JavaScriptified components editable in Experience Manager. Well, turns out, there’s an easy way to do that!
Which JavaScript framework is right for Tridion?
Reading Time: 6 minutesYou’ve read my previous post on JavaScript frameworks, and you’ve established that you should definitely use one with your Tridion implementation. Ok. Fine. But which one? There’s so many! I’ve shared my thoughts on some JavaScript frameworks in chats, emails, … Continue reading
Should I use a JavaScript framework with a Tridion implementation?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s a growing trend of ditching traditional “back-end” frameworks for dynamically rendering pages. As the interest in client-side frameworks grows, so does confusion about which one to use. There’s React! But then there’s Angular…and have you heard about Vue? What … Continue reading
Structuring link HTML for a Tridion Schema
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the most part, good front-end code isn’t affected by the application that serves it. And, for the most part, good front-end code doesn’t need to be written specifically for that application. But there are some exceptions —like structuring the … Continue reading
Going to a Real Web Page from Tridion with a Bookmarklet
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ve been working in a particular Tridion implementation for quite some time now. It doesn’t have Site EditExperience Manager set up. So when I find a page, I have to sort out in my own brain what the actual url … Continue reading
Tridion Tip: When Links aren’t Front-end Problems
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis came up today. A few guys on the front-end team were trying to figure out why a link wasn’t working. I came in on the tail-end of the problem, when one of them shared the source code for a … Continue reading
Introducing DXAJS
Reading Time: 6 minutesOne of the really fun projects that we worked on over the 2017 SDL MVP retreat was one that involved one of my favorite things: JavaScript. In particular, using JavaScript with SDL’s DXA framework. In two short days at the … Continue reading