We shall be focussing upon Sitecore version 8.1 in this example, but many concepts and actions covered here hold true for older (and most probably future) versions of Sitecore too.Web Forms For Marketers (WFFM) is a Sitecore module which makes it easy to capture prospect information whenever you need it.Forms are typically used to: Gate high quality content Register to take part in an event Sign up to a mailing list Communicate directly with a company representative.WFFM allows you to build custom forms from a list of standard form ...

Today I faced an issue with Web Forms for Marketers (WFFM). We had taken a copy of a customer's system and were trying to test some changes we'd made to it. This involved making sure that the system sent email correctly, and we wanted it to send them to a mail-trap, rather than sending them to actual users. However, when I tried to change the mail server settings, the forms of the system seemed to continue to try to use the customer's live SMTP server. This was surprising.I've noted before that Sitecore has a set of mail settings in ...

One of the most interesting features of Sitecore is the Personalisation tool. But with such a big website to look after, you might struggle to see where to focus your efforts first. 3chillies recommend that you start with your homepage, and target repeat visitors.Repeat visitors will typically bypass search engines, typing your website’s domain name directly into their browser. In such an event, the visitor will almost certainly land on the homepage of your website, and since that visitor has interacted with your site before, Sitecore ...

Bryan Archer, from 3chillies, has recently upgraded the 51Degrees device detection extension for Sitecore to work with version 8 and beyond. The new extension uses the on-premise device detection service adding all 51Degrees properties to Sitecore's Rule Conditions engine. This enables website administrators to tailor content to different device types, physical screen sizes, input methods and over 100 other device properties.Unlike other device detection solutions, which acknowledge an up to 100 millisecond overhead, 51Degrees can process ...

A/B testing is a great way to gauge which content yields the best results for your business, so before you go ahead and replace a block of content, why not run an A/B test on it first!A/B testing the link text on your website can be a particularly efficient way to boost visitor engagement. To ensure maximum impact start by finding a webpage with high traffic, relatively low engagement value, and a high bounce rate. You can find these pages using the Sitecore analytics tool, or through the use of Google Analytics (under the “Audience” tab, ...

What Chrome 80's SameSite Cookie changes mean...With roughly two-thirds of the world-wide browser share, Chrome is easily the most popular web-browser in the world, so when they announce that they're changing how cookies work, and that it might break things, that's a big deal.What are they doing?For a while now, cookies have supported a property called 'SameSite'. This allows a developer control of when a cookie should be sent to a page, and it's an important step in preventing a security vulnerability called "Cross Site Request Forgery" ...

Over the Summer, Sitecore 10 was released, bringing with it a range of new features and capabilities which will be of interest to both developers and digital marketing teams. In my first post, we looked at how features around container support and content serialisation will deliver value for development teams. Now it’s the turn of digital marketers and what Sitecore 10 delivers for them.One of the reasons we love working with Sitecore is the continuing investment in the platform. Each new release brings new capabilities, but also ...

Sitecore 10.1 is the first major release since Sitecore 10, which we examined last year in terms of its benefits for both digital marketers and for developers. Like most Sitecore releases, 10.1 takes that “something for everyone” approach, and delivers a range of new features, enhancements and fixes across the platform. Collectively, this moves Sitecore forward and continues the pattern of platform investment that helps to keep it a market leader in the Digital Experience Platform space . In this article, we’re going to explore the main ...

As a Sitecore Partner for many years, we’ve taken a keen interest in the strategy Sitecore pursues; it can have an impact on our business, the solutions we offer and our development work, ultimately impacting our clients too.We take stock of general announcements, follow the annual flagship Symposium event, and stay very close to the platform and the associated future roadmap. And at the moment, we can safely say we are genuinely excited about the current strategic ambition that Sitecore is showing. The combination of ambition, ...