• Upcoming release of SDL Web 8.5

     

    You may have noticed me posting this blog before the weekend. I wasn't actually using our software, I should have. Read on about embargo Workflow below.

    Preamble to SDL Web 8.5

    Last year we introduced a new micro-service architecture as part of SDL Web 8 to significantly reduce the deployment and setup complexity while increasing scalability and redundancy. We received very positive feedback from customers and partners…

  • Getting started with Content Interaction Library (CIL) in Web 8. It's really…

     
    Setting up a project (Visual Studio) to connect an application to SDL Web content using CIL.

    Here are is  the second in a series of Quick Start Guides to introduce you to the power and simplicity of SDL Web 8.  This guide will introduce you to the Content Interaction Library (CIL), the recommended method of communicating with SDL Web's Content Interaction Service (CIS).  The guide aims to practically get you up and…

  • SDL Web Privileges (3 of 4)

     
    In my previous two posts I described the reasoning behind privileges and then gave more detail and background on each privilege and how they behave. In this post, I'll share some of our personas how you might assign them certain privileges. Sam, a S...
  • SDL Web Privileges (2 of 4)

     
    In my last post I described how the new privileges feature in SDL Web helps (non-system) application managers make relatively low-impact changes. Lets review the specific settings in this post and then consider some examples in the next post. Let's l...
  • SDL Web Privileges (1 of 4)

     
    As mentioned in the SDL Web Cloud update in July, we have extended the Tridion authorization model with a new setting and concept called privileges (SDL Web Cloud documentation accessed on 2016-09-05). This post gives an overview and reasons for the ...
  • Getting started with DXA Development (.Net and Java) - It's really quite simple…

     
    Setting up and starting to develop with DXA

    Here are the first in a series of Quick Start Guides to introduce you to the power of DXA.  These guides will introduce you to DXA and practically get you to setup a development environment as well as creating your first Model and View.

    There are two guides, one for Java and one for .Net.

     

    Downloads:

    community.rws.com/.../8233.QuickStart_5F00_DXA_5F00_Java.pdf

    community.rws…

  • Summer Discount for SDL Web 8

     

    We are very pleased to announce a Summer Discount offer on our classroom courses for SDL Web 8

    During August and September all Web 8 classroom courses have a 2 for 1 discount offer. This means that when you register 2 people for the same classroom course you will only be charged for 1.

    We offer education opportunities for everyone in your organization who uses SDL Web.  We design our courses utilizing the most current industry…

  • SDL Web Content Editing Survey - last call!

     

    As highlighted in a previous blogpost and as well in a blogpost by Alvin Reyes which explains our intentions, we are looking for input for the content editing functionality currently available in SDL Web (also known as SDL Tridion).

    Update: The survey has been closed. Thank you for your input!

     
  • SDL Web Content Editing Survey - Background on the Survey Approach

     

    You may have seen Nikki's post about the SDL Web Content Editing Survey or received the following invitation from Support.

    If you haven't, feel free to read about and participate in the survey, especially if you regularly use the rich text formatting (RTF) feature in SDL Web or Tridion.

    Question Format

    As you take the survey you may notice something unique about the format of the questions, as seen in the following…

  • SDL Web Content Editing Survey - we need your opinion!

     

    SDL Web (also known as SDL Tridion) is looking for input from you. 

    Our Research and Development department is reviewing the content editing functionality currently available in SDL Tridion and we need your help. We developed a survey to help us validate what you and your editors consider important. We ask 10-15 minutes of your time.

    Please forward this page or below link to the survey to your editorial team. The more input…

  • SDL Web 8 - User Interface Feature Overview

     

    The following video demonstrates SDL Web 8 functionality, including new features like the ability to Promote and Demote items within the BluePrint hierarchy, the Instant Site wizard, and "view on site" feature as well as other usability and interface improvements. 

     

     community.rws.com/.../Web8ReleaseVideo_2D00_nomusic.mp4

     
  • Merging DD4T and DXA

     

    Authors: Nuno Linhares (SDL) and Quirijn Slings (Trivident)

     

    If you attended the excellent Tridion Developer Summit 2016, you may recall that we announced a merger of the DXA and DD4T projects during the keynote session, and now we’d like to take this opportunity to dive deeper into what exactly this means to the product and the larger group of implementers that today use one, both or a combination of these solutions…

  • SDL Tridion Ideas is Dead. Long Live SDL Web Ideas!

     

    For nearly a decade, Tridion product management and development has solicited community feedback on the SDL Tridion Ideas site.

    This system was created and managed by SDL, based on the original SDL Ideas (language product idea submissions) and was ahead-of-its-time with several features including:

    • categorized submissions
    • comments
    • voting
    • user access management

    Since the original Tridion Ideas launch, we have received…

  • See what's ahead for DXA

     

    Last week there was a webinar discussing the future of SDL Web and several questions around DXA were asked there. Unfortunately I couldn't attend so I've decided to handle those questions in this blog post, since it is my responsibility as the DXA Product Manager to clarify any type of questions about "my baby", and the answers could interest a broader public.

    One of the biggest questions around DXA…

  • Adaptive BluePrinting Use Cases

     

    Edit (2017-06-08): images fixed and post republished.

    SDL Web 8 introduced the ability to adapt your BluePrint through promote and demote features. These functions, available to CMS end-users as well as developers, lets you move parent items up or down a BluePrint.

    Though we've seen appreciation for the ability to fix content accidentally created in the wrong publication, this feature is more than a correction for…

  • SDL Web MVPs - Class of 2016 announced

     

    Every year I have the privilege to announce the SDL Web MVPs for the year - and every year, with no exception, I am late doing it [:)]

    This year the selection panel had a tough time choosing between the high-quality list of nominations we received, and after some tough discussions finalized the list. 

    I can now, very proudly, announce the list of SDL Web MVPs for 2016. Here you'll find a great mix of old names and a few…

  • SDL Web 8 Blog Post Series

     

    SDL released SDL Web near the end of 2015. Working with Marketing, UX, and R&D, Product Management released this five- (now six-) part blog post series.

    1. What’s in a Name?
    2. Roadmap and Features
    3. User Interface Quick Preview and SDL Web 8 Preview Video (added)
    4. Under-the-Hood Changes
    5. How to Participate (*next) Thanks for sharing! (finally added after an amazing year of community sharing about Web 8 and a few months…
  • SDL Web Event in India

     

    After a number of SDL driven events called "Innovate" in London, Amsterdam and San Francisco. We now see the first community driven SDL Web (Tridion + adjacent) in India. Probably August so that is before the 2nd year community driven Tridion Dev Summit in Sept in Amsterdam.

    www.linkedin.com/.../4074928-6012537164355682304