In the previous Sitecore Performance Tuning article Collect Sitecore Site Performance Data points  I  explain about how Sitecore OOTB tools like admin pages, configurations, etc. can be used to collect the data points which can be used as a starting point to concentrate on particular Sitecore related resources. Sitecore Performance Tuning Article Series: Sitecore 9 Performance Tuning Sitecore Front-end Performance Tuning Collect Sitecore Site Performance Data Points Sitecore 9 Performance Tuning :: Sitecore box performance tuning points In the continuation of Sitecore performance tuning, I will try to explain the ways which needs to be consider in Sitecore development for website. For this web to work on following items in Sitecore Cache Azure Portal Changes Tuning Procedures — IIS Settings Enable IIS HTTP keep-alive Disable SPEAK Pre-compilation Optimize Compilation Content Editor Performance Sitecore - Procedure to Disable WebDAV Redis cache Sitecore S...

In the previous parts of  Sitecore Performance Tuning  articles, i tried to explain about that Sitecore website performance depends upon Front-end items and now before moving to Sitecore items, it's important to collect the data points about Sitecore items which impacting the Sitecore Site Performance. Sitecore Performance Tuning Article Series: Sitecore 9 Performance Tuning Sitecore Front-end Performance Tuning Collect Sitecore Site Performance Data Points Sitecore 9 Performance Tuning :: Sitecore box performance tuning points We can verify the performance of Sitecore site using OOTB admin pages, by changing some config changes, performance testing tools, etc. The items for which i am going to provide the overview in this article are not new but were present in different places and during my Performance Tuning Analysis i tried to consolidate in one place so that it will be useful for Sitecore Community members, and these resources are  contributed by many...

In the previous Sitecore Performance Tuning article, i tried to explain about that Sitecore website performance depends upon Front-end items and Sitecore items and shared the listing of items, which we need to consider. Sitecore Performance Tuning Article Series: Sitecore 9 Performance Tuning Sitecore Front-end Performance Tuning Collect Sitecore Site Performance Data Points Sitecore 9 Performance Tuning :: Sitecore box performance tuning points In the continuation of Sitecore performance tuning, I will try to explain the ways which needs to be consider in Front-end development of Sitecore website. Page Weight:  While creating the html schema of the page with media items, we have to taken care of :   •  HTML schema of the page because unnecessary number of HTML object will also increase the page size, so need to use least number of HTML objects and to avoid use of HTML table objects and embedded objects.   •  Optimized image needs to be used ...

Step-by-step guide to use Advance Image Focal Point Module for Sitecore 9.x Problem Statement: The content author able to utilize one image with different focal point, so that no need to upload different images, if content author want to focus on left/right hand side of the image. Solution: The Advance Image Focal Point module is very useful module it will facilitate content author to utilize the one image with different focal point. With this module no need to upload different images. An custom image field with focus cropping option. Allows content authors to set focal point on images and cropping is done based on defined axes. I would like to thank SAAD AHMED KHAN ( @saad_ahmed_khan ), for creating Advance Image Focal Point  module which helps in solving the problem. Module: The Advance Image Focal Point using : 1. Custom field called “Advance Image” created by extending the built-in Image field. 2. Media Request Handler – checks for the additiona...