Blog posts by David Boland

Avoid These Common Mistakes When A/B Testing in Optimizely

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Learn how to avoid common A/B testing mistakes by focusing on data-driven hypotheses, single-variable tests, and high-impact areas. Unlock valuable insights to optimize your website performance.

When to Use A/B Testing vs. Personalization in Optimizely

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Is your website costing you customers? A bad user experience can scare visitors away, damage your brand, and sink your SEO ranking. Fortunately, Optimizely offers two data-driven tools to turn things around: A/B Testing and Personalization. Both help you optimize your website, but they work in different ways.

Leveraging AI to Prep for Optimizely Certification Exams

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:00:00 GMT

That time has come where my Optimizely CMS and Commerce certifications are nearing expiration. That means its time to prep for the next round of exams. This time I wanted to try a new approach to prepping.

Introducing Optimizely Graph: Revolutionizing the Way We Query Our Content

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 05:00:00 GMT

Optimizely Graph is here, and it's set to revolutionize the way we query our content. With its cutting-edge features, Graph opens up a world of possibilities for how your organization manages its content.

Elevate Your Digital Experience with Optimizely's New SaaS Core CMS

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 05:00:00 GMT

Discover the benefits of switching to a SaaS model with Optimizely’s newly launched SaaS Core CMS. From seamless maintenance to enhanced composability, explore how this transformative CMS platform can redefine the way you manage and deliver content. Whether you're considering going headless or looking for a robust yet easy-to-set-up CMS, delve into our insights from the latest Opticon reveal and see how SaaS Core compares to traditional PaaS solutions.

An introduction to Optimizely CMS: What it is, how it works, and why you should consider using it for your website.

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:00:00 GMT

In this blog post, we'll introduce you to Optimizely CMS, explain how it works, and explore the benefits of using it for your website.

Font Awesome Icon Picker for Episerver

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:00:00 GMT

A custom episerver widget might seem daunting, but it doesn't have to be. Build an icon picker property together with me and see how easy it is!

The DXP Difference: Examples of Websites Built with Optimizely

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 06:00:00 GMT

Following the merger of Optimizely and Episerver, we’ve written about how Optimizely stacks up against its competitors, what it unveiled at its latest big customer event, and more. But the best argument for the impact that Optimizely can have on brands looking to deliver great customer experiences is looking at Optimizely-powered websites themselves.

Upgrading to Optimizely Content Cloud (CMS) 12 Offers Key First-Mover Advantages

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 06:00:00 GMT

Continuing to streamline and evolve its many digital innovation products, Optimizely has made a major change to its cornerstone content management system (CMS), inviting customers to take a leap into the future.

How We Built Multiple SPAs with On-page Editing using Episerver Headless

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 05:00:00 GMT

A client came to us needing a recommendation for a headless CMS to run multiple portal applications. With the requirement that we provide a headless option, and the knowledge that the editors love Episerver's features, it took us all of two seconds to come up with Episerver's Content Delivery API as a solution.

Machine learning with Episerver: Ascend 2019

Sun, 10 Nov 2019 23:38:00 GMT

For this year's Episerver Ascend conference, I gave a talk on machine learning. I wanted to share some info about the talk, as well as the slides I used.

Build a simple PWA with Episerver: Ascend 2019

Sun, 03 Nov 2019 22:46:00 GMT

My coworker and I ran a lab at this year's Episerver Ascend conference. In this lab, we went into detail about all the benefits of PWAs (Progressive Web Apps). We also walked through some tools and techniques for integrating them into your site. I wanted to share a bit about the lab, including some common questions we received.

TinyMCE Templates Package In Episerver

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 17:32:00 GMT

Since my last post about Episerver TinyMCE default templates, I have worked on several projects that could benefit from them. I decided to create a NuGet package of some generic templates that I think most projects could benefit from.

Adding Episerver Content Type Icons in 2 minutes!

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 05:00:00 GMT

Have tons of Episerver content? Can't easily distinguish content types from eachother in the page tree? Here's how to leverage some episerver-provided icons that look great!

Using Cache Effectively on Episerver

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 05:00:00 GMT

Episerver website running slow? Memory usage too high? Long warmup times? Need to restart your site often? Here's the different types of cache and how to leverage them to speed up your website in Azure or on Episerver DXC.

Fast & Reliable Deployments on Episerver with Azure DevOps

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 05:00:00 GMT

Are you having issues with your Episerver website? Experiencing bugs, slow development cycles, long deployment interruptions? Here's how to improve the reliability and confidence in your Episerver website with automated deployments via Azure DevOps.

Creating CMS Editor Guides

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:12:49 GMT

At Nansen, creating editor documentation is part of our development process. I wanted to share how we implement our editor guides, and hoping to hear from others how they implement theirs.

Using Azure AD to Secure an Episerver Website

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 05:00:00 GMT

It's no secret that security is vital all websites. If you use Azure Active Directory to login to organization infrastructure already, why not use it to secure your website? Here's how:

Track User's In-store Experience with Episerver Profile Store

Sun, 12 May 2019 21:02:53 GMT

Track user's behavior using Bluetooth beacons and Episerver Profile Store to bridge the gap between the online and in-store experience

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Creating An Episerver Editor Documentation View

Sun, 12 May 2019 21:02:53 GMT

In this post, I will be describing how to add a custom editor view in Episerver that will be used to render documentation. Our example will be pulling the documentation from Github but I will discuss how the implementation can be extended to pull documentation from other sources.

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