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.NET News & What's New for Kontent in .NET

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It's May, and the means that many things in the US. People are looking forward to Memorial day, the opening of summer, the welcoming of warm weather, the end of the stay at home orders (unless you are in Michigan), and plenty more. However, it also means that the biggest event of the year is here if you are a .Net developer, that's right the annual Microsoft Build conference.

#032 - What's New in .Net, Azure Static Web Apps, and Kontent

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In this episode of Kentico Rocks, Brian McKeiver discusses what's new in the .Net world post Microsoft Build 2020. He covers a bit about the Build announcements and how to watch them if you missed it, briefly dives into the new Azure Static Web Apps service from Azure, and ends up highlighting what's new in the Kentico Kontent Delivery SDK for .Net developers. Existing .Net developers who utilize Kentico Kontent do not want to miss this episode.

The Latest on Kentico 13 Beta 3 or Should I Say Kentico Xperience

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This past Friday, I had a chance to sit down and chat with Kentico Xperience Product Director, Michal Kadák and Product Owner, David Komárek. Our goal was to discus the Kentico EMS to Kentico Xperience re-branding from an insiders standpoint. But we spent most of our time on Kentico 13 beta 3, including the reveal of long awaited release date of beta 3.

#033 - The .NET Core Future is Now For Kentico Xperience 13

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In this episode of Kentico Rocks, our host Brian McKeiver is joined by Sean G. Wright, Kentico MVP at WiredViews. Brian and Sean discuss the recently released beta 3 of Kentico Xperience, the digital experience platform offering from Kentico. They get into how the newest release will allow for full support of .NET Core, the most modern released version of .NET.

#034 - How Easy Is It for a Beginner to Build a GatsbyJS / Kentico Kontent Site?

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In this episode of Kentico Rocks, Adam Amran, Product Designer at Kentico Kontent, joins host Brian McKeiver. They talk about Adam's experience with creating a GatsbyJS site backed by the Kentico Kontent Headless CMS as a new programmer. Adam and Brian go into the story of how Adam needed to create a new website for a side project he was working on, Untools.co.

Introducing The Kentico Xperience SQL Utility Scripts Open Source Repo

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Over the years of working with Kentico CMS, Kentico EMS, and now Kentico Xperience I have either written, or been a part of team that has written, various TSQL scripts to support the SQL Database side of working with the tool. Most recently I was actually working on a script that was meant to clean up e-commerce order and customer history. That task had some acceptance criteria of keeping some order history for a certain list of customers (those customers with a certain email domain), but removing all the rest (which is a pretty good idea in the world of data privacy and data security when you are copying databases to bring up new environments of a e-commerce website). That last requirement made the task call for a custom script as opposed to a one time TRUNCATE all type of solution.

Azure Logic App URL Too Long for Webhook ?

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Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is an Azure cloud service that helps you schedule, automate, and orchestrate tasks, business processes, and workflows when you need to integrate apps, data, systems, and services across enterprises or organizations. Well that is the official definition any way. I like to think of them as a serverless way to bridge the gaps between systems like Slack, CRM, Twitter, Email and other APIs.

#035 - Examining Web Spotlight for Kentico Kontent

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In this episode of Kentico Rocks, Brian McKeiver is joined by fellow Kentico Kontent MVP Andy Thompson. Andy and Brian discuss the newly released Web Spotlight feature for Kentico Kontent.

Kentico Xperience 13 is Here

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In case you hadn't heard, or seen the press release, Kentico Software launched Kentico Xperience 13 a week ago to the public. However, that is not what I am talking about. I'm talking about that fact that Kentico Xperience 13 is right here! Along side .Net Core MVC, it now powers my blog at Mcbeev.com, and I'm stocked about it.

How to Add Azure App Configuration and Feature Flags into Blazor in .Net 5

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In case you haven't heard, Azure App Configuration is a newer service out of Azure that is billed as a tool that provides a way to centrally manage application settings. Azure App Configuration is not just another way to manage configuration files, in my opinion, it is a bit different because it actually provides a mechanism to easily modify your application's behavior at runtime with the click of a button. It does this through the use of Feature Flags which seamlessly connect to App Configuration and can easily be used through a few simple NuGet packages in your applications.

25 Reasons to Move to Kentico Xperience MVC

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Even in 2021, I am still having multiple conversations with Kentico Xperience clients about moving from Portal Engine to MVC. Those who are not familiar with the situation are having difficulties with why they have to rebuild their sites in MVC. This post includes my first 10 reasons from a business standpoint, and the follow up posts will contain the remaining reasons as to why moving to MVC matters.

25 Reasons to Move to Kentico Xperience MVC - Part 2

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The next set of benefits of moving to Kentico Xperience MVC is focusing on the Marketing people in the conversation. The points in this post illustrate and identify the reasons why this again, is not just a technical conversation. All Marketers should be aware that the paradigm shifts in Kentico Xperience MVC. Gone is the Page Menu Item page type with full WYSIWYG textboxes and Design tab of a page that was dangerous in the wrong hands. Now Marketers need to think intelligently about their Content Model and how they are going to working with structured content in MVC.

25 Reasons to Move to Kentico Xperience MVC - Part 3

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The last set of benefits of moving to Kentico Xperience MVC is going to get technical. I'm finishing the list with the bigger picture technical reasons as to why MVC makes a ton of sense for Kentico Xperience over the legacy Portal Engine. Most of these should be somewhat clear and not take too much explanation.

#036 - Why are Enterprises Moving Toward Headless and Kontent

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In this episode of Kentico Rocks, Brian McKeiver is joined once again by fellow Kontent MVP Andy Thompson. Andy and Brian discuss the Trends that they are both seeing with enterprise organizations moving away from Traditional CMS and to Headless CMS.

#037 - How Enterprises Can Integrate Kentico Xperience along with Microservice Architectures

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In this episode of Kentico Rocks, Brian McKeiver is joined by fellow Kentico Xperience MVP Mike Wills. Brian and Mike discuss how enterprise organizations can best integrate Kentico Xperience into their existing microservice based architectures.

My Global Azure 2021 Session

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Details on my Real World Azure Static Web Apps session at Global Azure 2021 virtual conference on April 15th, 2021.

How to Use Collections in Kontent

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Kentico Kontent includes a fantastic feature for organizing and producing a content model / content inventory. This feature is called Collections in Kontent. It allows departments and teams to manage their content in logical groups, campaigns, global regions, enterprise business units, or any other way you can think of. Let's take a look a how to use Collections in Kontent.

Making Azure Cognitive Search Work Better with Kentico Xperience

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Almost nothing is more frustrating than when a developer or marketer receives feedback that their website search experience is broken. Hearing the words “When I search for this term, the wrong results are returned, or [worse yet] no results are returned at all”. I know it sure pains me to hear this. Ultimately there are lots of possibilities that could cause a faulty search. Some issues tend to be more severe, but some issues also tend to be just small nuances. It can come down to how content is written, how content is indexed, and/or how calling the search service is performed through code. This article contains a few tips and tricks to make the native integration between Kentico Xperience and Azure Cognitive Search work better than the out of the box configuration. Following one or more them may finally help you hear “Wow, search is working great on the site”.

How I Pitch Headless CMS to My Clients

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Throughout the years I have spent a lot of time conversing with CTOs, CIOs, CMOs, and Directors, helping them understand the choices that they have with implementing their next major web initiative or rebranding. They often come to the table with questions on how to best build their website in an efficient and cost-effective way, maximizing their ROI.

How to Migrate from .NET MVC 5 to .NET Core for Kentico Xperience

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.NET Core and .NET 5 have been available for some time now and .NET 6 will be released any month now, but the majority of existing Kentico MVC sites previous to version 13 were created in .NET MVC 5.

Introducing the Kontent Rocks Podcast

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It's the end of an era for my old Kentico Rocks podcast and the beginning of a new era for my podcast going forward. That's right, I have decided to rename, rebrand, and re-focus my podcasting topics in 2021. Kontent Rocks will talk about all things Kontent by Kentico in the .NET, Azure, and JAMStack world.

#01 - Why Should You Attend Kontent Horizons 2021

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In the inaugural episode of Kontent Rocks, Brian McKeiver is joined by Vojtech Boril, VP Growth & Marketing at Kontent by Kentico. Brian and Vojtech join forces to discuss Kontent Horizons, a virtual event coming in November 2021.

#02 - The Value of Headless Commerce

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In this episode of Kontent Rocks, Brian McKeiver is joined by Brad and Jon of Slatwall Commerce. The three experts join forces to show off an integration between Kontent and Slatwall that showcases how headless content and commerce can work together.

#03 - Recommendations and Content Personalization with Recombee

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver is joined by Pavel Kordik and Gabriela Takacova of Recombee. Brian, Pavel, and Gabriela discuss why automated recommendations and ultimately content personalization can help organizations save time and increase site metrics and conversions. The trio then demos how Kontent by Kentico can easily be integrated with Recombee's recommendation engine.

#04 - Uniform's Composable DXP and Kontent

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver talks with Tim Benniks, Principal Developer Advocate at Uniform. Brian and Tim quickly discuss the concept of a Composable DXP and how it can integrate multiple headless APIs into one powerful result. Tim then demos how Kontent by Kentico can easily be integrated with Uniform.

2021 Year in Review

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Another year has passed us all by as we sit here on New Year’s Eve. Since today is technically a holiday day off for us, and I’m dead tired from the crazy workout this morning, I found a little inspiration to write up a ‘year in review’ blog post. It’s a nice way to reflect on all the things that were accomplished this year. Global pandemic aside, 2021 was a busy and productive year.

I'm a Microsoft Azure MVP

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I'm proud to announce that I have been awarded being a Microsoft Azure Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Thank you so much to all those who inspired, supported, and nominated me.

#05 - What Makes a Composable DXP

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver talks with Andy Thompson, CTO and Kontent MVP at Luminary. Brian and Andy answer a multitude of questions around what a Composable DXP is, how it is different than a Monolithic or Unified DXP, how one could be used in combination with Kontent by Kentico, and are Composable DXPs the future?

#06 - Kontent by Kentico Personalization with Uniform

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver is once again joined by Tim Benniks, Principal Developer Advocate at Uniform. Brian and Tim quickly discuss the why you should take a Personalization first approach on your projects and how Uniform does Personalization in a unique way. Tim then demos how Kontent by Kentico can easily be integrated with Uniform to create a personalized experience on your jamstack site.

#07 - Kontent by Kentico Workflows in Action

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver is once again joined by Ondrej Polesny, Developer Evangelist at Kontent. Brian and Ondrej walk through what workflows are in Kontent, why you would want to use them, and demo a real world example of an advanced workflow that integrates with Netlify functions to perform some automation that saves time for all of Kontent MVPs and Ondrej.

#08 - Kontent by Kentico Integrations First Steps

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver is joined by Rosta Striz, Technology Partner Manager and Product Management Integrations Lead at Kontent. Rosta and Brian review what Integration options there are for customizing and integrating other systems and functionality. They cover the 3 or 4 most common ways to handle integrations with Kontent by Kentico. This episode is highly recommended if you are new to Kontent.

Win a Kontent Rocks T-Shirt

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I have a new goal to reach 100+ YouTube subscribers for my #KontentRocks podcast (the show where I talk about all things Kontent by Kentico). For that reason I'm giving away some newly branded shirts to generate some buzz

#09 - Is Client Side Rendering in JAMStack Good for SEO

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver brings back Andy Thompson, CTO and Kontent MVP at Luminary. Brian and Andy answer the question of is CSR, or Client Side Rendering, on a JAMStack site good for SEO. The two discuss some challenges with the common answer of, "Sure Google can execute JavaScript on a client side app". They then express their opinions and experience as to why just because Google can execute JavaScript, that doesn't just mean you will have good SEO.

#10 - Azure Static Web Apps and Headless CMS

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In this episode of Kontent Rocks, Brian McKeiver talks about Azure Static Web Apps and how they can be made dynamic. Brian shows that when you add in the power of Headless CMS, namely Kontent by Kentico, this type of Azure resource is perfect for Jamstack based sites.

#11 - Azure Logic Apps with Bryan Soltis

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver brings back Bryan Soltis, Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft. Brian and Bryan talk about Azure Logic Apps and how they can be useful in various situations including projects with Kontent.ai.

#12 - Kontent.ai Big News with CEO Bart Omlo

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver interviews Bart Omlo, CEO of Kontent.ai. Brian and Bart discuss the big news that has happened at Kontent.ai and deep dive into Bart's vision for the next 100 days that capitalize on this news. In the conversation Bart reveals the company's strategy for accelerated growth, why this is such an exciting time for Kontent.ai, his upcoming road trips, a new office location, and the first mention of Kontent Horizons (Kontent.ai's annual conference).

#13 - Kontent.ai Custom Element Tester

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver interviews Mike Webb, Senior Developer at BizStream. Brian and Mike demo a very cool tool for developing Custom Elements for Kontent.ai. The open source tool makes localhost development and testing for Custom Elements a breeze.

#14 - Kontent.ai MVP Summit 2022

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In this episode of Kontent Rocks, Brian McKeiver talks with the entire global Kontent.ai MVP community all in the same room. The group was able to record the episode while participating in the MVP Summit, an annual event where the Kontent.ai team and MVPs meet in person for a week of intense learning and knowledge sharing. Listen to the episode to hear the behind the scenes scoop on the Summit.

I'm Speaking at Microsoft Ignite 2022

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I'm happy to announce that I have been selected to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2022. I'll be traveling to Seattle in person to give my session for the conference. The session title is: "State-of-the-art Search with Azure Cognitive Search".

Kontent ai Horizons 2022 Presentation

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I'm thrilled to be a part of Kontent.ai Horizons 2022. Thanks for attending my talk on "Delivering on the promise of AI for content editors".

#15 - Kontent.ai Horizons 22 Recap

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In this episode of Kontent Rocks, Brian McKeiver talks about his experience at Kontent Horizons 2022 in New York. Brian also recaps his own session and demos a very cool custom element for Kontent that uses AI to generate images based on text via the OpenAI API.

#16 - Talking about Content Migration

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver interviews Michael Andrews, Content Strategy Evangelist at Kontent.ai. Brian and Michael discuss the ever popular topic of content migration. The duo compare how content migration in a digital project is like moving houses in real life. Listen on to see how they turn the analogy into lessons learned and tips and tricks for how to best handle migrated content into a Headless CMS like Kontent.ai.

Xperience by Kentico at 20,023 feet

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Imagine flying in a jet at 20,000 feet. Now imagine it flying 23 feet higher, because hey why not, it's almost 2023. You look out the window and see the landscape below from a wide perspective. Let's do the same for Xperience by Kentico. Visualize yourself flying over this new thing called Xperience by Kentico at 20,023 feet. What would you see?

Xperience by Kentico at 20,023 feet - Part 2

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Imagine flying in a jet at 20,023 feet as a Digital Marketer. Visualize yourself flying over a new landscape that looks completely different than the last you saw. Now substitute that landscape for a new digital experience platform called Xperience by Kentico at that same altitude. What would you see as a marketer who needs to quickly get their job done? Is it a breath of fresh air?

#17 - Exploring the Digital Experience Community

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver interviews Akshay Sura, Partner and fellow Kontent.ai MVP at Konabos. Brian and Akshay discuss a brand new community that Akshay is behind, the Digital Experience Community. Listen on to hear about a brand new group that is open for all to join.

#18 - Connecting Kontent.ai and Figma with the RealContent plugin

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver interviews Cruce Sanders and Alaa Alweish from Schematica.io. The trio discuss a new Figma plugin that Schematica is behind. The plugin, named RealContent, acts as a bridge between content and design. It fully integrates Kontent.ai's Headless CMS platform into Figma. Listen on to hear how RealContent works, the reason why it began, and check out the live demo.

#19 - The State of Frontend Frameworks for Headless CMS in 2023

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver is back with Andy Thompson, CTO and Kontent.ai MVP at Luminary. This time the duo discuss the state of frontend frameworks for building websites with Headless CMS in 2023. With so many possibilities out there including Next.js, React, Gatsby, Vue, etc. the choices are not obvious. Andy and Brian discuss their agency's preferences for using frontend frameworks today, plus they give their predictions for what will be the leading frontend framework at the end of the year.

Kentico Multisite vs Multiple Single sites: Pros and Cons

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Lately, I've been approached by several CTOs and CMOs seeking advice on managing their organization's hosting and architecture requirements for multiple websites. Often, they're curious about handling the installation and configuration of many sites in Kentico. Although this is not a new subject, it seems to be a recurring topic this summer for some unknown reason. As a result, I decided to share my insights and recommendations for multisite management in Kentico.

#20 - Content Governance, Workflow, and Publishing Oh My

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver is joined by Wes McChristian, Global Kentico Practice Director at Americaneagle.com. Wes and Brian discuss their experience with working with marketing teams on approaches they can take with content governance within their CMS platforms. The two discuss the pros and cons of leveraging either a content workflow process or environment syncing strategy to create and publish content. Listen on to find out which approach for content governance may work the best for you.

#21 - Kontent.ai Environments, Collections, and Spaces

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In this episode of the Kontent Rocks podcast, Brian McKeiver is joined by Matt Nield, Kontent.ai MVP and consultant. Brian and Matt walk through what Environments, Collections, and Spaces are in Kontent.ai. They discuss why you would want to use them and recap their real world experience with using these parts of the Kontent.ai Headless CMS solution.





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