Matthew Dresser

CMS Engineering: Architecture, Integrations & Real-World Lessons

Technical articles on CMS architecture, integrations and platform strategy, covering Sitecore, Contentful, Contentstack and Optimizely.

Recent Posts

Rebuilding My Blog with Contentful and ASP.NET Core

How I rebuilt my technical blog using Contentful and ASP.NET Core, including content modelling, migration, webhooks, URL design, and performance improvements.

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Sitecore vs Optimizely vs Contentful vs Contentstack – A Developer’s Comparison

Comparing Sitecore, Optimizely, Contentful and Contentstack from a developer perspective. Setup, training, headless workflows and real-world experience.

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Dude Where's my Rendering Used

SPE script to help you find where renderings are used in an SXA solution.

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SXA for Dummies

This post covers the presentation I gave of the same name at two Sitecore user groups back in 2018. I had planned to write this sooner. Better late than never...

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Sitecore Recycle Bin - Finding Items by ID

Code sample for a custom Sitecore Admin page which can find items in the Sitecore recycle bin by their ID.

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Sitecore MVC for Front-end developers Part 5: Navigation

Part 5 - A proof of concept solution demonstrating a Sitecore site using only view renderings. Base on Helix architecture principles. Full source code available on GitHub.

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Sitecore MVC for Front-end developers Part 4: Header

Part 4 - A proof of concept solution demonstrating a Sitecore site using only view renderings. Base on Helix architecture principles. Full source code available on GitHub.

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Sitecore MVC for Front-end developers Part 3: MetaData

Part 3 - A proof of concept solution demonstrating a Sitecore site using only view renderings. Base on Helix architecture principles. Full source code available on GitHub.

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Sitecore MVC for Front-end developers Part 2: Layout

Part 2 - A proof of concept solution demonstrating a Sitecore site using only view renderings. Base on Helix architecture principles. Full source code available on GitHub.

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