AEM has built-in user key stores where you can upload your private and public keys and use them in your Java code. This is useful because, if you need to use a key in your Java code, ideally you don’t want to add it to the OSGI configuration, or include it as a resource in… Continue reading How to use the AEM Key Store
How to add a tile with custom icon to AEM’s homepage
AEM allows you to customise the buttons on the homepage, so you can easily add links external or internal pages. Adding a custom icon To add a custom icon to your button you’ll need to add an extra clientlib and generate font files from an SVG. To generate the font files, I normally use Gliphter,… Continue reading How to add a tile with custom icon to AEM’s homepage
How to limit ACS Commons Generic List localisation languages
A long awaited feature in the ACS Commons Generic Lists was to be able to localise them in different languages. Thankfully that is now possible, as of version 5.0.14. When you first create or open an existing list, you will notice, out of the box, each entry allows you to add a large amount of… Continue reading How to limit ACS Commons Generic List localisation languages
How to send custom emails in AEM (Part 2) – Multiple Providers
How to send customs emails in AEM with multiple providers
How to send custom emails in AEM (Part 1)
The ability to send custom emails in AEM is a commons requirement in projects. It could be during workflow steps, when users sign up, when a uses fill in a form, for certain events in your application. AEM provides utility classes for you to be able to send emails. However, there are some limitations. At… Continue reading How to send custom emails in AEM (Part 1)
Fixing dropdown cut in AEM 6.4
AEM 6.4 Touch UI generally works well, however in some situations you can find some issues that Adobe haven’t fixed. This is a short post, as I found this issue recently and thought it was good to share. In AEM 6.4 (and maybe other versions) if you only have one drop-down in the page properties,… Continue reading Fixing dropdown cut in AEM 6.4
Developing a custom workflow dialog in AEM
We sometimes need to capture data during a workflow step in AEM and this can easily be achieved with out of the box components. Furthermore, we can choose if the captured data is stored on page properties or on the workflow’s work item. Building the dialog The first step is to build a dialog, the… Continue reading Developing a custom workflow dialog in AEM
How to add comments programmatically to an AEM workflow?
Workflows can become complex depending on your business needs and in many situations it can be necessary or helpful to the end user to add comments dynamically/programmatically to your workflow. This allows the user to see a history of comments and identify issues, make decisions, and have more information on what happened to the workflow.… Continue reading How to add comments programmatically to an AEM workflow?
AEM workflow comments
How to access workflow comments? The default workflow participant step allows you to add comments choosing which process to go to. Although AEM stores the comments in the workflow itself, you can only see them on the comments tab of the workflow. What if you want to send the comments on an email or send… Continue reading AEM workflow comments
AEM Granite Render Conditions
A Granite Render Condition is a way of conditionally rendering a component in an AEM Touch UI dialog. There are many situation where you might want to conditionally display an element of a dialog. Some examples are: Out of the Box Render Conditions AEM provides several OOTB render conditions that might be enough for your… Continue reading AEM Granite Render Conditions