Sitecore MVP Log - 2024

Summary

• Active member of the Sitecore community, sharing my knowledge through slack, Sitecore community forum, and writing articles.
• contributed to open-source solutions,
• completed Sitecore certification,
• reported bugs, feedback and feature requests,
• shared feedback on XM Cloud eLearning and Sitecore documentation,
• helped community via Slack Chat regularly,
• participated in Sitecore lunch and Sitecore User Group

Blog Posts

• Sitecore Scheduled Publish Module Enhancements - November 7, 2023
• XM Cloud Certification Exam Preparation - October 18, 2023
• XM Cloud Component - Recursive Loop - October 13, 2023
• XM Cloud Build Configuration & Post Deployment Actions - October 10, 2023
• XM Cloud Front-End Development Options - October 7, 2023
• XM Cloud - Troubleshooting the integration of Pages app with local XM Cloud Instance - October 6, 2023
• Creating an XM Cloud Project from an Existing Sitecore Solution in Bitbucket - September 27, 2023
• Using the Deploy (REST) API to Manage XM Cloud Projects and Environments - September 22, 2023
• XM Cloud: Sync Content between Environments - September 11, 2023 (highlighted by Jason St-Cyr from Sitecore in LinkedIn)
• Hacky way to open XM Cloud Pages App from Content Editor using Sitecore PowerShell - September 6, 2023
• Sitecore CLI - XM Cloud Plugin Cheat sheet - August 31, 2023
• Empower XM Cloud Users to view the Latest XM Cloud Deployment status in Content Editor using Sitecore PowerShell - August 30, 2023
• XM Cloud CLI Plugin Commands - August 29, 2023
• XM Cloud Deployment Request & Statuses - August 28, 2023
• XM Cloud - Deployment in Queue will be started immediately if an in-progress deployment is cancelled - August 25, 2023
• XM Cloud - GraphQL Endpoint Details - Delivery/Preview - August 24, 2023
• Experience Edge for XM Cloud - Token API Audience - August 23, 2023
• Generate XM Cloud (Experience) Edge API Key - August 22, 2023
• XM Cloud URLs - August 21, 2023
• Useful Sitecore PowerShell Scripts - August 15, 2023
• Sitecore 9.3 SIF Install - A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an error occurred during the login process. - April 10, 2023
• Sitecore PowerShell - All Page Layout Data Report - January 17, 2023
• Sitecore PowerShell - Expand Rich Text Links - December 20, 2022

Contribution - Sitecore Bug and Enhancements

• XM Cloud - Provided feedback to correct the CLI command response which was having incorrect command.
• Reported Date: 2023-08-25
• Reference No: CS0398342
• XM Cloud Deploy App: Reported bug in Sitecore XM Cloud Deployment Queue. After Sitecore’s internal triage, it has been confirmed that this behavior is intended. Sitecore support took the ownership of updating the documentation to clearly explain the behaviour.  
• Reported Date: 2023-08-25
• Reference No: CS0398345
• XM Cloud Deployment Logs: Provided feedback to XM Cloud team to log all the custom files which are being deployed. XM Cloud Deployment was black box as we didn’t know whether our files were deployed or not. Took the feedback as feature request.
• Reported Date: 2023-09-29
• Reference No: CS0404462
• Sitecore Managed Cloud (Azure AppService) logical architecture diagram was missing in the documentation, and it has been created and updated in the documentation. https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/sitecore-experience-manager/sitecore-configurations-and-topology-for-azure.html
• Reported Date: 2023-04-24
• Reference No: CS0353225
• XM Cloud Component recursive loop: https://www.nehemiahj.com/2023/10/xm-cloud-component-recursive-loop.html

Contribution - Open Source

• Created a new docker image for Sitecore Scheduled Publishing Module and published to Docker Hub. Added support for latest Sitecore version.  
• https://hub.docker.com/r/nehemiah/sitecore-scheduled-publish
• Added new features in Sitecore Scheduled Publishing Module and updated to Sitecore 10.3.
• https://github.com/nehemiahj/SCScheduledPublishing/pull/14
• https://github.com/nehemiahj/SCScheduledPublishing/pull/13
• https://github.com/nehemiahj/SCScheduledPublishing/pull/12
• https://github.com/nehemiahj/SCScheduledPublishing/pull/11
• Created and published couple of XM Cloud CLI cheat sheet which has been viewed 2500+ times.
• Various Scenarios: https://cheatography.com/nehem87/cheat-sheets/sitecore-xm-cloud-cli/
• Basic: https://cheatography.com/nehem87/cheat-sheets/sitecore-xm-cloud-cli-commands-list/
• Published various useful Sitecore PowerShell Extension scripts.
• https://gist.github.com/nehemiahj/e01d3a96113289d913167efd23788248
• https://gist.github.com/nehemiahj/833f2f0c0f1c8be6ca1c7e8e428c053c
• https://gist.github.com/nehemiahj/81ded7440c208a73aab33cd862e2329b
• https://gist.github.com/nehemiahj/81462b5492d4789395ae650691e7c811
• https://gist.github.com/nehemiahj/61c5d5efcba761ab5b6e297639a1826a

Mentorship & Offline Contribution

• Encouraged and mentored Sitecore developers offline to contribute to Sitecore community. I have not assigned a mentee officially by Sitecore MVP team as there was a smaller number of mentees at that time. 
• Shared feedback on Sitecore documentation 
• https://doc.sitecore.com/xmc/en/developers/xm-cloud/the-cloud-project-command.html
• https://doc.sitecore.com/xmc/en/developers/xm-cloud/the-cloud-deployment-command.html
• https://doc.sitecore.com/xmc/en/developers/xm-cloud/walkthrough--deploying-your-front-end-application-to-vercel.html
• Contributed to Sitecore XM Cloud study plan internally. 

Certifications

• Sitecore XM Cloud Developer Certification

Participation

• Sitecore MVP Summit 2023
• Sitecore Lunches
• Sitecore MVP lunches
• Sitecore community portal, Slack and Stack overflow
• Meetups in the following SUG
• Sitecore Headless Development User Group

2024 Goals

• Continue to share knowledge on the blog.
• Focus on various integration patterns with XM Cloud and provide solution to various business needs to collaborate with XM cloud. 
• Exploring Sitecore Connect, Sitecore XM Cloud Forms, Pages, Components
• Tips and ideas to adopt and empower marketers and authors in XM Cloud
• Continue to be actively participating in slack, Stack Exchange, and Community site.
• Presentation in Sitecore user group meetups and SUGNA on various integration with XM Cloud. 
• Provide troubleshooting help, guidance, and tips on best practices.
• Support and maintain my published open-source tools to the latest Sitecore version as a docker images, if relevant, to improve the productivity of content authors and developers
• Continue to provide feedback on Sitecore documentation and products.