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Federated Authentication in Sitecore 9 with Custom Claims Using Identity Server 3

Federated Authentication in Sitecore allows you to authenticate users into the Sitecore CMS through an external auth provider. This post aims to provide guidance on how to achieve this, as well as demonstrating some powerful configuration options at your disposal when handling the mapping of claims. I will demonstrate how to take claims from Identity Server 3 and even add custom claims that can be processed by the Owin configuration.
10/18/2018
Michael Lumpp
Michael Lumpp
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Tips for working with Sitecore Experience Accelerator (SXA)

If you have spent time in the Sitecore community in recent years (or read Luke LaReau’s recent blog post), you have probably heard some buzz about the Sitecore Experience Accelerator (SXA). For those who are less familiar, SXA is a product that allows you to bypass a lot of the basic site setup and custom rendering work that we find ourselves doing on most projects. Among many other things, it comes with scripts to build out your site structure and a toolbox full of ‘drag-and-droppable’ renderings that can be custom-themed by frontend developers.
8/9/2018
Mike Correnti
Mike Correnti
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Own the Customer with Sitecore

Are you a customer expert? As a marketing professional the answer should be a resounding yes. Yet, many marketers, particularly in B2B struggle to show proper value. A Nielsen study shows that only 26% of CMOs feel very confident they have the right technology and resources. It is no surprise that being a customer expert is difficult. Read on to learn how to tackle the challenges on the road to owning the customer.
7/17/2018
James de la Bastide
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Sitecore Editing Experience

During my 6+ years as a content author using the Sitecore platform, I often get the question; how user-friendly is the content editing experience in Sitecore? We all know that Sitecore is praised for its advanced personalization and analytics capabilities, but we often forget that at its core, it is still one of the best content management systems around.
7/10/2018
Luke LaReau
Luke LaReau
Creation and implementation

Gesture Through UI Design

Pulling, pinching, swiping, scrolling, tapping and typing - these tiny movements are just the tip of the iceberg when talking about gestures. They allow us to connect with our interfaces and are slowly becoming more common and more complex. It’s easy to overthink and misuse gestures intended for interactions. It’s also crucial to remember to keep the user interface parallel to the user experience during the design process.
4/17/2018
Anders Villomann
Anders Villomann
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MWC2018: up to an everything connected world

We have been attending the Mobile World Congress for many years. It has always been a good indicator of the trends coming our way. However, over the years we have learned not to jump the gun because many of the showcased technologies are still in their early days or just entered the hype phase. Our feeling about this 2018 edition is a bit different, we could not really find new shocking technologies but more an evolution and maturation. Therefore, we have baptized 2018 as a transition year.

3/6/2018
Thomas De Vos
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