As you know, SXA 1.6 and Sitecore nowadays come with dynamic placeholders by default. So, lets go through the regular steps first. Create a Rendering Variant under the Link List /sitecore/content/YOUR_SITE/Presentation/Rendering Variants/Link List/Link List With Placeholder Create a Link List item, the…
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SXA 1.5 - Shared sites and Delegated areas
With the new release of Sitecore 9, so many new things have come out that now it is time to focus on SXA 1.5. This version of SXA is compatible with Sitecore 9 and Sitecore 8.2 update 5 (update 6 is not covered). The new version brings us…
Sitecore 9 with SXA 1.5 - Fix Solr missing fields
In case you are up and running with Sitecore 9, it is time to get your hands on SXA 1.5. The team has done a great job with this version functionality wise, but there is one catch if you want to use search together with Solr. As you may…
SXA: Get that Container cover image working! (scLayout errors, Background image not visible, etc)
This blog post is written for Sitecore 8.2 update 5 (rev 170728) with SXA 1.4 This week we started building a new SXA site and design wise, we had a pretty simple case. Create a Partial which will have cover image as a background within a header with…
Starting with SXA – Part 2: Using and creating custom Experience Editor rendering buttons
In the previous post, it was shown how to create a custom rendering with it's rendering variants. This post is extension of it, now on the same rendering new Experience Editor buttons will be added. Why would you need those? Experience Editor buttons are used by Content Editors and they…
Starting with SXA – Part 1: Custom rendering and rendering variants
Let’s say that we have articles which look as the examples bellow. Normally, in Sitecore we would create different renderings, templates etc for each of these cases. With SXA, we can create all of this by using one template and manipulate different outcomes with Rendering Variants. So, let’s…