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Sending Emails from Salesforce B2C Commerce Cloud: A Comprehensive Guide
This article covers the reasons for opting to send emails via Salesforce Commerce Cloud, the platform’s limitations, the steps for programmatically sending an email, testing email templates, configuring SPF records, and the possibility of using your own SMTP server.
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Storefront Protection For Your Composable Storefront
Protecting online stores using Storefront Protection in SiteGenesis and SFRA is simple. But now that we have the Composable Storefront, we need to think about whether those protections still work. This blog post will talk about how to keep your Composable Storefront safe and what this new technology means for security.
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Third-Party API Caching in Commerce Cloud
Enhancing the performance of applications that rely on third-party services is crucial in today’s digital environment. Numerous SFCC sites rely on APIs for accessing location data, weather information, or address verification, with varying degrees of performance stability. Understanding and applying caching for third-party services can enhance your application’s performance and cost-effectiveness.
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The importance of Origin Shielding and your Commerce Cloud instance
Today, we’re exploring the crucial role of Origin Shielding in Salesforce B2C Commerce Cloud. As online security becomes increasingly important (and always has been), we’ll look at what Origin Shielding (and Origin Locking) is. We will also share the steps involved in your projects.
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B2C Commerce Cloud Introduction: Exploring Features & Tech Stacks
Join us for an insightful episode as we delve into the Salesforce B2C Commerce Cloud world! We’ll trace the product’s journey, including its acquisition and evolution. We’ll explore the technology stacks that power both the front-end and back-end and guide you through obtaining a sandbox environment. Discover the concept of headless commerce and watch a live demo on installing the Composable Storefront!
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Should I use SFRA controller REST endpoints in a Composable Storefront project?
When working with Salesforce B2C Commerce Cloud in a hybrid approach (using SFRA with a Composable Storefront project), you naturally end up with some pages
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Caching in the Salesforce Composable Storefront
Caching, Performance, Lighthouse Speed, CrUX, … and probably many more terms have crossed your desk and mind ever since you got into web development and,
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Where can you “hook” into an SFRA request or controller?
Have you ever wondered how Salesforce Commerce Cloud, especially SFRA (Storefront Reference Architecture), handles the rendering of pages based on controllers and routes? It’s like
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It sure has been quiet on this blog.
It sure has been quite a while since I made my last blog post; I even missed a release log – sorry about that. But
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The Latest in B2C Commerce: Version 24.7 Focuses on Speed and Security
In some places there is too much rain, in other places it is too hot.The weather might not bee consistent, but the release schedule of
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What is new in Salesforce Commerce Cloud 24.6?
“Connections” is in our rear-view mirror, but some new updates to the platform are ahead! This time, we look at the June 2024 (24.6) release!
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Salesforce Connections 2024 and B2C Commerce Cloud
The wait is almost over. Next week, it is time for Salesforce Connections 2024. I can’t believe it has already been two years since then—and
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Getting secured with the 24.5 Salesforce B2C Commerce Cloud release
Again, it is time for the monthly Salesforce B2C Commerce Cloud release! This time, we look at the May 2024 (24.5) release! Are you interested
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The sunsetting of ARC300 (Architect B2C Commerce Solutions)
Trailhead Academy, Salesforce’s official learning platform, offers a wide range of courses that help individuals acquire the new skills and knowledge needed to succeed in
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Getting to know the SFCC 24.4 Release
It’s that time of the year again! The April 2024 (24.4) release of Salesforce B2C Commerce Cloud is finally here, just in time for the spring season.
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How to migrate passwords from Magento using Argon2
As a developer, you might encounter situations where you need to migrate data from one platform to another securely. This requires handling sensitive data like passwords with
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In the ring: OCAPI versus SCAPI
As we move into 2024, the SCAPI has received much attention and has been updated with new APIs, updates, and performance improvements. On the other
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Reflecting on Two Years of Blogging: My Journey in the SFCC Ecosystem
I am delighted to announce that I have completed two years of my journey with the Rhino Inquisitor blog. This journey has been a blend
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Digging into the B2C Commerce Cloud 24.3 release
As snowy days slowly turn into sunny ones, the 24.3 release of SFCC has arrived! Let us have a look at the March release of 2024.
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The journey from developer to architect
So you want to be an architect, do you? At least, that is why I am guessing you came to this page! Well, you came