Using groovy elements to redirect, set content-type at runtime and set HTTP...
With JSP elements it has been difficult to change the HTTP response header at runtime. Though it has been possible to set the Content-Type per SiteCalalog entries, it was not possible to set this...
View ArticleWhy use Groovy with WebCenter Sites?
Besides the “cool” factor, one of the main use-cases for Groovy with WebCenter Sites is to invoke it from an XML wrapper or small utility pages like SystemEvents. The wrapper can just be a caller to a...
View ArticleLookup up a translated asset with Groovy elements
In our continued exploration of Groovy as an alternative to traditional JSP element to implement the rendering business logic, we step today into multi-dimensionable assets. Or to put it more simply:...
View ArticleCalling the Render tags from Groovy Templates
The WebCenter Sites API does not have a full Java API for the Render tags. Creating a URL for a page or a blob in a Groovy element is not straight forward. Also calling another Template from a Groovy...
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Sites Asset Modeling when integrating with Endeca
Introduction The combination of Sites + Endeca is a good fit as the products complement each other nicely with little overlap. However, there is no current best practice for what kinds of modeling...
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WC Sites Groovy Wrapper CSElement Example
Introduction Akamai enables one to not only cache pages based upon the URI requested (e.g. /en/download/index.jsp) but also with a flexible cache key. This permits many variations of a single URI to be...
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Localization Patterns Using WebCenter Sites
Introduction Translating and managing localized web content is a complex undertaking for most enterprises. The number of use-cases WebCenter Sites (WCS) clients have come up with that we have seen in...
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Working with Multiple Versions of an Asset Concurrently in WebCenter Sites
Working with Multiple Versions of an Asset Concurrently Introduction Many times there is a requirement to work on the multiple versions of an asset concurrently. For example, you may be working on...
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Integrating back-end services with WebCenter Sites using a lightweight MVC...
Introduction Many customers want to use Sites as a ‘thin’ rendering framework and mix web content with back-end applications. An example of such a back-end service might be a application that exposes...
View ArticleLeveraging Fingerprinting with WebCenter Sites
Introduction A common question asked by clients is “how do I create segments for anonymous visitors?”. While tracking anonymous visitors and calculating appropriate segments is a deep subject worthy of...
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WebCenter Sites and WebCenter Content Integration
WebCenter Sites and WebCenter Content Integration Overview WebCenter Sites is a great tool for business users and marketers to easily manage their Web Experience. WebCenter Content allows...
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Aggregating WCS Content as a Service
Often it is necessary to exchange aggregated content from one system to another. By “aggregated” I mean that the complexity of the underlying Model is partially hidden from the caller and that the...
View ArticleLinks to various WebCenter Sites + Oracle Commerce Integration (side-by-side)...
This blog post is a placeholder for aggregating links related to technical documents specific to integrating WebCenter Sites with Oracle Commerce in a side-by-side manner. In particular, this webpage...
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Three Patterns for Integrating WebCenter Sites with Oracle Commerce
The A-Team is please to announce the general availability of the white paper Three Patterns for Integrating WebCenter Sites with Oracle Commerce. This paper can be downloaded here. Three Patterns for...
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WebCenter Sites Demo Integration with Endeca Guided Search
In early 2014, WebCenter Sites engineering produced a demo Sites + Endeca Guided Search integration for the A-Team to review. The use case for such a demo is quite compelling: pretty much any large...
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Issues Faced in Installing WCSites11gR1on Exalogic
This paper can be downloaded by clicking: Installing WebCenter Sites on Exalogic Ver1.0 Issues Faced during Installing WebCenter Sites on Exalogic Background: Recently I had the opportunity to...
View ArticleExporting rendered assets from WebCenter Sites
In this blog post I explain how you can publish rendered assets from WebCenter Sites into other systems. This allows assets to be exported in a rendered form, so they can be consumed by external...
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An alternate approach to integrating WebCenter Sites with WebCenter Portal
Over the years there have been many attempts at integrating WebCenter Sites with WebCenter Portal (and vice versa). None of these attempts were without significant issues and none have met with wide...
View ArticleDouble Buffered Caching with inCache in WebCenter Sites 11gR1
To download this paper click on: Double Buffered Page Caching with inCache Double Buffered Page Caching with inCache in WebCenter Sites 11gR1 Introduction Page Caching is a very important in...
View ArticleUse of commercecontext.setsegments tag
I thought this would be useful to all the Sites developers out there. The <commercecontext.setsegments> tag is useful when under program control you unambiguously *KNOW* the segment(s) of the...
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