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How to Add ads.txt to a Self-Hosted Ghost Blog on Docker

Learn how to easily add the Google AdSense ads.txt file to your self-hosted Ghost blog on Docker after upgrading to version 6.6.1. Use Docker volumes to map ads.txt into the theme directories for seamless ad verification and better monetization.

Quickstart: Installing New Relic on an ASP.NET web app hosted on Microsoft Azure

You just went live with your e-commerce solution hosted in the cloud and started getting some traffic. As times passes, the number of people shopping online on your website increases exponentially. You start noticing some server downtime and visitors are starting to get frustrated with your services. How would you

Setup Application Insights on an IaaS/on-prem Sitecore installation

Application Insights allows you to monitor your website performance and log messages. You can use it with many web platforms including Sitecore. When you install Sitecore using the Azure installation package, Application Insights is automatically setup by the installation scripts. This is not the case when you install Sitecore on

Custom Solr index conflict between IncludeTemplates and ExcludeTemplates nodes

It is not possible to have in the same index configuration both AddIncludedTemplate and AddExcludedTemplate at the same time.

A Sitecore Upgrade Devlog - Final Part: Post-upgrade maintenance, NVelocity migration, testing strategies, and content merge

This is the final part of a devlog I started last year. Now that the upgrade I was working on went live, I can finally wrap this series with the following topics: Understanding general post-upgrade maintenance Learning how to migrate NVelocity templates to Scriban templates Understanding some post-upgrade testing strategies

A Sitecore Upgrade Devlog - Part IV: Upgrade SXA, third-party modules, and more issues

This is the fourth part of a devlog I started some time ago. Today, I am covering the installation and configuration of Sitecore XP 10.1.0, upgrading SXA, third-party modules and more issues. Disclaimer: This series of blog posts do not release you from reading the Upgrade Guide. There

Save time updating Sitecore Nuget Packages

This is a spin-off of a devlog I started some time ago. Today, I am sharing a simple Powershell script to help you with the "Update Sitecore NuGet Packages" task. If you have been following me along with this series, you’ve noticed that one of the

Getting started with Fitbit development - Part II: Creating a Clock Face, Fitbit OS Simulator, running the app on an actual device

In this second part, we are going to create a clock face in Fitbit. Then we are going to run it on the Fitbit OS Simulator and finish running it on an actual device through the feature called Developer Bridge. Clock faces are the easiest thing you can build on

A Sitecore Upgrade Devlog - Part III: Stop content tests, update XM and xDB databases, clean up content databases

This is the third part of a devlog I started weeks ago. Today, I am covering the upgrade of the Sitecore databases, what went wrong and how we fixed that. Disclaimer: This series of blog posts do not release you from reading the Upgrade Guide. There is quite a lot

A Sitecore Upgrade Devlog - Part II: RTFM, getting started, NuGet packages, breaking changes, deprecation

This is the second part of a devlog I started a week ago. Today, I am covering more documentation and highlighting some things that might interest you. Next, I get started with the upgrade and share some issues I encountered. To give a bit more context, I am upgrading a

7zip hacks for Sitecore developers

In this post, I share how you can use 7-Zip command-line tool to automate some tasks when dealing with .zip files. Additionally, I share two simple commands that can help you to remove some undesirable folders from a zipped website and remove specific languages from a Sitecore package. 7-Zip 7-Zip

A Sitecore Upgrade Devlog - Part I: Initial Assessment, Estimates, Risk Assessment and Planning

This series of devlogs is intended to help beginners with the Sitecore upgrade work. You’ll follow along with my thought processes and what you need to start an upgrade. If you did upgrades in the past, you will find most of the content here is dreadfully boring. However,

Getting started with Fitbit development - Part I: Sign Up, Fitbit Studio, CLI, Visual Studio Code, and Hello World

This is a first of a series of blog posts where I share how you can get started with developing a Fitbit application. If you are into sports, have a Fitbit watch and want to build something cool on it, then stick with me on this amazing hello world app.

Stop hand editing the managed schema on Solr and use the Schema API

Sitecore 9.x offers the option to populate the managed schema file in Solr at the click of a button. Sometimes, you might need to edit the managed schema file to add a new custom field. This is especially true in multi-language sites. Solr offers an option to add new

Auto reload Sitecore logs with Baretail

If you like to use Baretail as a log viewer, but hates having to open a new file whenever Sitecore rolls out a new log file, then stick with me in this blog post. What is Baretail? Baretail is a free real-time log file monitoring tool. It has some nice