At SUGCON 2018, we sit down and chat with Thomas Eldblom. Thomas was instrumental with the introduction of the Helix architecture pattern and was the Program Manager of the Sitecore Installation Framework.

Links:

• Thomas Eldblom (@TEldblom) | Twitter
• Sitecore Downloads: Sitecore Installation Framework
• Sitecore Install Extensions
• MASTER SITECORE
• Video's & Downloads - Sitecore User Group Conference - Europe 2018

You're all set. The testing is done, the late night have been put in and you're on that final launch trajectory, then bam no one thought about that! Derek covers some of the commonly overlooked aspects of a Sitecore implementation. The four main areas covered are:

Links:

• The IIS URL Rewrite Module
• ConfigSource Property
• Url Rewrite - Sitecore Marketplace — Andy Cohen's excellent rewrite module.
• GitHub - iamandycohen/UrlRewrite: Sitecore module that allows Content Author's to author inbound and outbound url redirects and rewrites. — Github rep for Andy's rewrite module.
• Configuring Friendly Error Pages in Sitecore - Part 1 - 404 Pages — John Rappel's excellent article on error pages.
• Configuring Friendly Error Pages in Sitecore – Part 2 –500 Pages — The second part of John's excellent article on error pages.

After finishing out an incredibly busy 2017, we're back from a temporary hiatus and talk to one of SUGCON Europe's organizers, Robbert Hock.

Technical note: due to some recording issues, our side of this interview was recorded off of our laptop microphone, so the audio quality is a little lower than we'd normally have. There is still good information to share and did our best to clean up the subpar audio.

Links:

• Robbert Hock (@kayeeNL) | Twitter
• Robbert Hock | LinkedIn
• Registration - Sitecore User Group Conference - Europe 2018

It's that time of year again where nominations for the Sitecore MVP program are open. We sit down with Tamas Varga from Sitecore's Technical Marketing team to talk about the history of the MVP program, what it is and what it isn't. Finally we detail out what Sitecore is looking for when they consider people for the MVP Program.

Links:

• Sitecore MVP Site
• Sitecore MVP Program (@SitecoreMVP) | Twitter
• Sitecore 2017 MVPs on Twitter
• How can I connect with the Sitecore Community?
• Sitecore User Group Conference Europe 2018 - SUGCON 2018
• How can I start a new User Group?
• VargaT (@VargaT) | Twitter

Hot on the heels of the launch of their tech preview, we sit down with Team X with Alex Shyba and Adam Weber, along with Nick Wesselman to talk about JavaScript Services for Sitecore, what it is and how to get started.

Links:

• JSS Home
• Sitecore Stack Exchange JSS Questions
• Join Sitecore Slack Community Chat
• Alex Shyba (@alexshyba) | Twitter
• Adam Weber (@aweber1) | Twitter
• Nick Wesselman (@techphoria414) | Twitter
• Feature Requests for JSS

Recorded live at Sitecore Symposium 2017 we chat with Rob Reilley, better known as Sitecore Runner, about Sitecore's Data Exchange Framework

Links:

• Sitecore Runner - Data Exchange Framework
• Sitecore Runner (@reilleyweb) | Twitter
• Paragon Consulting Blog

Recorded at Sitecore Symposium 2017 in Las Vegas, we talk with Mark Stiles and his open source project to integrate Microsoft's Cognitive Services into Sitecore. We also chat about producing media for the Sitecore Community.

Links:

• Mark Stiles - Blog
• Sitecore Cognitive Services
• Catching Exceptions - YouTube
• mark stiles (@maaakstiles) | Twitter
• Sitecore Symposium 2017: Sitecore Cognitive Services Presentation - YouTube

We (finally) get with Australian to New York Transplant Sean Holmesby to about Helix, Sitecore at massive scale, and when Hedgehogs tool offerings do and do not make sense.

Links:

• xkcd: Compiling
• Sitecore Development Tools
• Digital Cable TV, Internet and Home Phone | XFINITY
• Hedgehog Development
• Sean Holmesby's Blog
• Sean Holmesby (@seanholmesby) | Twitter

In the final of our interviews from SUGCON EU, we talk to Simon Langevin from Coveo to find out about Coveo for Sitecore and his favorite sessions.

Links:

• Coveo Corporate Site
• SUGCON Videos
• Simon Langevin (@SilaouO) | Twitter
• Coveo Blog - A blog about the business impact of intelligent search
• Register for Sitecore Symposium 2017 — Use this link to register for Sitecore Symposium and receive $100 off and support the show

Continuing with our interviews from SUGCON EU, we sit down with Amanda Shiga, VP of Marketing Science with Valtech. We cover what is new in marketing with Sitecore, including machine learning.

Links:

• Amanda Shiga (@AmandaShiga) | Twitter
• Amanda on Nonlinear's Blog
• Amanda Shiga's Blog
• Register for Sitecore Symposium — Use this link to register for Sitecore Symposium and receive $100 off and support the show