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Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve created content that addresses several top questions related to the Adobe CQ Dispatcher. This is in response to questions we’ve heard from you, our community. I encourage you to give a read and also check out the more in-depth documentation I link to further below.

What is the Dispatcher

The Dispatcher is the Adobe caching and/or load balancing tool that helps realize a fast and dynamic Web authoring environment. For caching, the Dispatcher works as part of an HTTP server, such as Apache, with the aim of storing (or caching) as much of the static website content as possible and accessing the website's layout engine as infrequently as possible. In a load balancing role, the Dispatcher distributes user requests (load) across different clustered Adobe CQ instances (renders).

If you are a Web developer or marketer looking to make your digital properties “social ready”, look no further. Adobe recently announced and made available a set of plugins that will help you quickly get onto the social bandwagon. These plugins work with CQ 5.5 with Social Communities.

Enabling Facebook and Twitter login

The Social Login and Personalization plugin enables organizations to provide a Facebook or Twitter login option on owned digital properties, and then personalize the user experience based on profile information. You can also combine profile information with data from additional sources, such as a customer relationship management system or a website profile, to create a unified view of the customer.

Refer to this new documentation article for more information about installing and using Social Login and Personalization.

Turbocharge social sharing

Using plugins in CQ Social Communities, you can strengthen the connection between your digital properties and social networks by empowering users to share content.

The following social plugins are now available:

• Facebook Activity Feed
• Facebook Comments
• Facebook Facepile
• Facebook Like Button
• Facebook Live Stream
• Facebook Send Button
• Twitter Follow Button
• Twitter Search
• Twitter Share Button

 For more information about installing and using these social plugins, refer to this new documentation article.

 Happy sharing!

 Samartha Vashishtha

@samarthav

 P.S. If you haven’t yet check out our videos on the new social logins and plugins capabilities, swing over to our YouTube channel here.