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Chet Potvin

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1/31/2024

Technology 2024

Technology 2024

10/17/2023

Sitecore Stack Exchange Q/A: CLI Authorization Error

I ran into a fairly common but ambiguous issue using the Sitecore CLI for installing content in Azure environments. The error message was: "You are not authorized to perform the task you are attempting". There are a lot of reasons why a developer might get this error and I provided clear troubleshooting and configuration guidance if others run into the same problem.

Sitecore XM Sitecore XP
10/3/2023

SUG Cheesebabies Part Deaux - Minneapolis

Organized, promoted and executed the second-annual Sitecore Community Food tour named SUG Cheesebabies Part Deaux in Minneapolis Minnesota. I worked with Sitecore and SUG teams to establish a date for this tour. Once we had a date, I was able to evaluate and select a tour operator and work with them to establish transportation, pricing, venues, amenities and timing. After the logistical challenges were ironed out, I leaned on the Sitecore Community to help market and promote the event. This ...

8/14/2023

Sitecore Stack Exchange Q/A: Editable Links in EE and Pages

The OP asked a question around editable links in XM Cloud using an Editing Host in NextJS. I provided some example code from Sitecore's Play Summit demonstrating a working example of this functionality.

Sitecore XM Cloud
6/16/2023

Sitecore Stack Exchange Q/A: Editing Host Configuration in SXA

OP asked a question about configuring an editing host in SXA 10.2. I shared some screenshots and examples of how to configure Sitecore to use a local editing host.

Sitecore XM
3/22/2023

Fireside Podcast: How Headless fits into the Composable Roadmap

This was a great discussion with Thomas Desmond, Developer Advocate as Sitecore, where we talked about how Headless fits into the Composable Architecture. This is a challenging topic to cover with clients and prospective clients, so it's really important to define the terminology first and then highlight the improved ability to deliver on the client's business goals in addition to the numerous technological improvements that come along with headless.

Sitecore XM Sitecore XP Sitecore XM Cloud Sitecore Content Hub ONE
1/31/2023

Technology 2023

Technology 2023

12/13/2022

SearchStax: Partner Excellence Award

My team won a partner excellence award for the work that we did with our mutual customer, Nixon Peabody. We leveraged Sitecore's composable architecture to implement a search provider in only 3 weeks. The customer was very happy with the results and the overall Sitecore implementation stabilized after this add-on.

12/1/2022

Sitecore Headless Starter Kit

I've created a Headless Starter Kit that's based on the XM topology and includes the SXA module by default. Originally the idea behind this starter kit was to provide Helix best practices. Now that we know that Helix is a less-than-desirable pattern for Headless projects, this will continue to be updated for traditional PaaS implementations.

Sitecore XM