In SDL Tridion Sites 9.1, which was released last week, the page region functionality has received a small update. Besides a few bugfixes, the main enhancement is in the so-called synchronization of pages.
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Page schemas and regions
The process of creating components in Tridion has always been very different from creating pages. When you create a component you are guided by a schema, which provides strict guidelines. However, when you want to create a page, you start off with a tabula rasa – essentially a blank sheet of paper.
This changes with the introduction of regions and page schemas. Here’s how. Continue reading
Upgrading SDL Tridion Sites 9 Databases
After playing around with installing SDL Tridion Sites 9 from scratch I wanted to know more about the database upgrade steps of this latest release when upgrading from an older version of Tridion.
SDL supports upgrading to SDL Tridion Sites 9 from one of the following versions directly:
- SDL Web 8.5 (also known as SDL Tridion Sites 8.5)
- SDL Web 8 with Cumulative Update 1
- SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 HR1 (Hotfix Rollup 1)
A first look at SDL Tridion Sites 9
SDL Tridion Sites 9, part of SDL Tridion DX, introduces several changes and new features for managing digital experiences. Of course, we were eager to install the new version and play with it.
Here are some of the things we noticed when installing SDL Tridion Sites 9 that perhaps you didn’t know.
Running the Tridion deployer in your IDE
UPDATE: you can now run the Tridion deployer in your IDE if you are on Tridion 9 also! Instructions below have been modified to show the differences between SDL Web 8.5 and Tridion 9. Now on to the story.
Whenever you publish a page, component or another type of item in Tridion, the item is first published, then transported and finally deployed. SDL offers various ways to extend or modify this deployment process. All you need to do is write some custom java code. The most commonly used extension points are deployer modules and storage DAOs. You can find more about this here and here.
In this post I’m not going to explain what these extensions are and what you can do with them. Instead, I will focus on how to develop this type of extension effectively. As always with Java (in my experience at least), the code is easy but the environment is hard. But if you follow these instructions, you will be able to run your customizations locally, make sure they get triggered, and even perform step-through debugging on your code. Pure bliss!