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May 16, 2013
CQCon 2013: Efficient content structures and queries in CQ5
Posted by Marcel Reutegger
As the size of an Adobe CQ5 instance (now part of Adobe Experience Manager) increases, the performance of an application on top of the CRX repository can become a bigger topic to focus on. In my talk at CQCON 2013 I will present some of the inner workings of CQ5 with CRX as the underlying repository and explain how a good content design helps to keep a CQ5 application fast and responsive.

Another area for performance optimization of a CQ5 application often also include JCR queries. During my talk I will present some of the tools available in Adobe Experience Manager that help you troubleshoot queries and provide an overview of commonly used JCR query features with the performance you can expect from them.

I'm looking forward to CQCON 2013 in Basel and hope to meet many of the CQ5 developers out there.
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May 16, 2013
CQCon 2013: Automated self-testing of live CQ instances
Posted by Bertrand Delacretaz
I'm looking forward to my talk on automated self-testing and health check of live Adobe CQ instances (now part of Adobe Experience Manager) at CQCON 2013 in Basel. A number of Apache Sling and CQ5 developers have been working on various tools to check the health of a live CQ or Sling instance, and we seem to be converging on a set of simple tools that can be very helpful for system administrators and developers.
The focus of my talk is presenting the SLING-2822 prototype that I've been working on recently that allows for creating health check tests for Sling systems in an extensible way. Out of the box, you can configure rules to check MBean attribute values, OSGi bundles states, disabling of Sling default accounts or any rule that can be checked by executing a script in a language that Sling supports. Extension points allow for registering additional rule types as OSGi services.
This prototype is not a finished tool. The goal is to start a concrete discussion about what's actually needed in terms of health checks. This can be seen from various angles: checking that the CQ security checklist has been applied, checking that the system is still in good shape after upgrading some OSGi bundles, checking that performance counters are within acceptable limits, etc.
With this in mind, I hope that you will attend CQCON 2013 and join in the open discussion to provide feedback on which direction such tools should take. I'll make sure to mention the idea of using server-side JUnit scripts for auto-testing production instances, as reactions to that idea have been varying from sheer enthusiasm to cries of horror. Just slightly exaggerating; but it looks like opinions may vary on which tools to use where.
I'll also present related tools like Joerg Hoh's cq5-healthcheck tool and Davide Gianella's sanity check tool. We haven't yet decided if and how much we should merge all those ideas into a common tool, so getting feedback from you and the rest of the CQCON audience on that will be invaluable.

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May 15, 2013
CQCON 2013: CQ Maven Methods – Mastering Development Workflows that Combine Adobe Experience Manager with Apache Maven and Git
Posted by Andrew Savory
CQCON is a month away, and I'm excited to be delivering a talk there on CQ Maven Methods.
Daunted by the complexity of starting or managing a project with Adobe CQ, now part of Adobe Experience Manager? Do you ever wonder what to do with the heap of project code you've just been given? How do you build it? How do you install it? How do you use it?
One of the biggest challenges in working with any technology is knowing where to begin, and having a good foundation upon which to build your work. It's even harder if you're working in a team, where you need all the developers to hit the ground running. You want to minimise the time spent on setup, initialisation, and on duplicating build infrastructures across laptops.
In my talk, I'll show you how to solve all these challenges. I will be covering how to use Apache Maven and Git to structure your projects involving the CQ capabilities of Adobe Experience Manager, to ensure you have a repeatable build that anyone can work with. I'll show you how Maven can simplify deployment of your code, and how you can keep all your work safe using Git – not just for collaborative development, but also for managing all aspects of your projects.
CQCON is shaping up to be the essential event for anyone working with Adobe Experience Manager. I look forward to seeing you all there!
 

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May 06, 2013
Join Us: 2nd Adobe Experience Manager Multilingual Content Intelligence Special Interest Group Meeting
Posted by Seungmin Lee
The Multilingual Content Intelligence team at Adobe is excited to host the 2nd Adobe Experience Manager Multilingual Content Intelligence Special Interest Group (SIG) on May 9 in San Jose, California. This time we plan to deep dive into Multi Site Manager in Adobe Experience Manager (which now includes all CQ capabilities) due to the high interest in it from the community. This is a great opportunity to understand basic concepts of Multi Site Manager, related best practices, and the general collaboration around using Experience Manager in a global context. The attendees will also meet Adobe internal experts to share experiences, and network with peers from various industry leading companies that are putting Experience Manager to use.
Here are the meeting details:
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
Address:  Adobe San Jose headquarters       
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA, 95110
The event is free, but you must register in advance to attend. For registration, please click here: http://adobecqsig.eventbrite.com
For more information or any questions, please contact: Seungmin Lee seunlee at adobe.com
We hope to see you in a few days!
 
Seungmin Lee
Sr. Program Manager
Multilingual Content Intelligence, Adobe
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May 06, 2013
For AEM Developers: CQCON content preview. Register now.
Posted by Paolo Mottadelli

CQCON, the CQ developer event organized by Unic, that will take place in Basel on June 19-20 2013, is open for registrations and is ready to offer a great preview of the content. I am excited to provide here a sneak into some of the topics and to introduce some of the speakers that will take part to the event.
Register to CQCON from the conference website.
Seats are limited as this is shaped as a rather small event, to allow participants to engage in a warm and collaborative environment.
Here is a small anticipation of the conference topics:
Automated self-testing and health check of live AEM instances
presented by Bertrand Delacretaz, Senior Developer at Adobe Basel and member of the Board of Directors of the Apache Software Foundation.
Mobile First development with AEM made easy
presented by Bruce Lefebvre, Computer Scientist at Adobe Ottawa
Scaling AEM
presented by Michael Marth, Senior Engineering Manager at Adobe Basel
And several other compelling sessions and speakers are already confirmed and will be announced shortly in the final program of the conference. Some of the topics include:
• Security
• Integration with backend systems
• Apache Sling component filters
• Integration with PhoneGap
• Integration testing
  
• Efficient content structures and queries
CQCON is going to be a unique opportunity to gather more experience on some key topics that make AEM development projects successful and to engage with AEM developers as well as with some of the key developers of the product.
Book your seat now and register for CQCON!
 
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Apr 24, 2013
Conquering the Webinar Process—from within Adobe Experience Manager
Posted by Chris Nguyen
As thousands of digital marketers from across Europe gather in London for the start of Adobe Summit today—and also coming hot on the heels of the latest version of Adobe Experience Manager 5.6 (which now includes all CQ capabilities)—we’re excited to announce Adobe Experience Manager webinars, powered by Adobe Connect.
Webinars have become an increasingly important part of the digital marketing mix as organizations work to engage with prospects and customers and to cost-effectively drive leads.  However, to be successful, marketers need to be able to draw large audiences, effectively engage and communicate with participants, and measure the effectiveness of each webinar like they would a search campaign.  And, importantly, do so as part of their overall online presence. Often times, challenges associated with this process can result in marketers not getting the return they need from their online events, at the expense of driving interest, revenue and loyalty.
That’s where Adobe Experience Manager webinars, powered by Adobe Connect, can help by providing marketers with a complete set of capabilities to conduct webinars and manage the process from within the Experience Manager environment.
 
First, the offering enables marketers to easily create targeted webinar landing pages that drive registration using pre-built tools that work seamlessly with Adobe Connect. And users can do so leveraging the familiar drag-and-drop interface, existing assets, page design templates, and additional components available in Experience Manager for landing page creation.

Create targeted webinar landing pages within familiar Adobe Experience Manager environment, with tools built for Adobe Connect

Display events based on user profile
Next, the offering enables the delivery of immersive online events that help engage audiences to build brand and drive demand. Webinar environments supporting up to 1,500 attendees can be branded with corporate colors and logos, and deliver rich interactivity, including content and video streaming, live Twitter feeds, Q&A, and polls.  

Leverage engaging Adobe Experience Manager components, such as Facebook, Twitter, or owned social communities, etc., to promote events through social interactions
Finally, post-event analytics, delivered via capabilities from Adobe Analytics, enable measurement of results. From identifying which promotional campaigns generated the best results to qualifying leads based on both demographic and behavioral dimensions and also reviewing engagement levels throughout the event to determine what messages resonated most with the audience, marketers can gain important insights needed to optimize their webinar programs.

Leverage common templates and DAM library for brand consistency
The new offering will be provided as an add-on to Adobe Experience Manager, and is expected to be available in June. After licensing the add-on, a free integration package, available via Package Share, will enable the solution.
We’re thrilled to bring together these Adobe technologies to provide a strong answer to some key challenges our customers have expressed they face in running their webinar programs. We encourage you to stay in touch with us here and on Twitter; we’ll be sharing additional information as we approach availability. And for those in the community at Adobe Summit in London, you can learn more about this offering at the Adobe Experience Manager demo booth within the Community Pavilion.
Chris Nguyen
Product Marketing
@ChrisNguyen
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Apr 02, 2013
Adobe Experience Manager (CQ) Developer Events 2013
Posted by Paolo Mottadelli
2013 is shaping up as explosive year for Adobe Experience Manager.  This is great news for CQ Developers around the globe.  Adobe is here to help by providing educational and knowledge sharing events like the CQ Gems webinar series.  We are very pleased to announce that Adobe is also sponsoring live events for developers across the world:
• CQCON - Basel, June 19-20
• Evolve - San Diego, August 26-28
• adaptTo() - Berlin, September 23-25
With 1 event in North America (Evolve) and 2 events in Europe (CQCON and adaptTo()), developers from around the world have a great opportunity to connect within their community, as well Adobe experts participating to those events.
In the full spirit of "the community for the community", all these events are organized and promoted by well-known Adobe partners, respectively: 3|Share (Evolve), Unic (CQCON), and pro!vision (adaptTo()). And in order to be in touch as closely as possible with the developer community, Adobe is eager and committed to participating with great sessions to all these events.

Here is a quick overview of each of the three conferences, listed in chronological order, with details about organizers, content, call for papers and registration.
CQCON - Basel, June 19-20
Content focus (from the official website): "CQCON will be a unique opportunity to aggregate CQ developers [...] to share their experiences, the best development tools and practices, and learn about the most demanded deep technical dives. These will include sessions on development practices, scaling & performance, front end and back end development and specific deep dives into some CQ features [...]"

Registration will open on April 16
 
Evolve - San Diego, August 26-28
Content focus (from the official website): "[...] the “Deploy” track is ideal for attendees looking to roll out CQ for the first time. The “Enhance” track will demonstrate how attendees can enrich their current CQ environment. The “Maximize” track is non-technical and will illustrate how the attendees can get the most from their CQ investment."

 
adaptTo() - Berlin, September 23-25
Content focus (from the official website): "adaptTo() is a technical meetup focused on the technical stack of Apache Sling including Apache Jackrabbit and Apache Felix and is addressed to all developers using this stack or parts of it. [...] additional sessions will cover commercial implementations like Adobe CQ and CRX, with particular focus on how these products leverage the architecture."

Registration will open in May
 
I hope that you are able to take advantage of these events to show case your expertise, expand your skills and your network.


 
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Mar 14, 2013
For our Developer Community: Announcing New Technical Webinar Series on Adobe Experience Manager and CQ
Posted by Paolo Mottadelli
We are pleased to announce a new series of webinars on Adobe Experience Manager and CQ: the CQ Gems.

This new initiative is intended for all developers working on the Experience Manager and CQ platform, to provide more and higher-level content on top of our existing training and documentation resources.
As the name alludes, the CQ Gems is a series of deep dives, each delivered by an expert in a specific area of the technology, and each time focused on an in-demand topic based on the feedback we’ve heard from you.
This initiative started in 2012 as an internal knowledge transfer at Adobe—directly driven by our engineering team—to share with the larger internal Adobe community special content, tips & tricks, and best practices, which are sometimes hard to cover in a time-constrained course or are not always easy to gain from official product documentation.
We felt the natural evolution was to take this initiative out to you, to share and discuss it with the entire community!
Webinars will be hosted on Wednesdays, at 8am Pacific Time.

Here is a preview of the first three sessions on the books, and trust me there is much more to come:
1. March 20: The eCommerce integration framework, by Paolo Mottadelli (@paolomoz)
   
2. April 17: AEM 5.6 upgrade mechanisms, by Bertrand Delacretaz (@bdelacretaz)
   
3. May 8: Architecture of the AEM 5.6 platform, by Felix Meschberger
And as a special welcome gift, we’ve posted the session presented last week at the U.S. Adobe Summit by David Nuescheler and Cédric Hüsler: The Top 10 new features of AEM 5.6; so go check it out.
Each of the webinars will be designed to be interactive, so attendees will be able to address direct questions during the presentation and we’ll be certain that follow-up after sessions is supported to ensure all questions are answered and sufficient background material is provided.
Sessions will also be recorded and made available as part of a repository from CQ Gems Home.

So, if you are a developer working on Adobe Experience Manager and CQ and are keen to go, please Register to join us.

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Dec 18, 2012
On-demand now Available: Our December Web Experience Management Wednesday Webinar—a Sneak Peek into the Next Version of Adobe CQ
Posted by Kim Morris
For last week’s Web Experience Management Wednesday webinar, we were excited to share a ‘sneak peek’ into the next version of Adobe CQ, part of our Adobe Experience Manager solution. We had a really strong turnout from the community (thank you!) and equally good participation and conversation on the topic.
Our own David Nuescheler (@DavidNuescheler), VP of Enterprise Technology, and Cedric Huesler (@keepthebyte), senior product manager, discussed and demonstrated a few of the cool new features planned for the next generation of Adobe CQ. We believe they’ll help us continue to lead and, more importantly, enable you, our customers, to build brand more effectively, extend marketing reach, and drive increased demand and revenue.
But don’t just take our word for it! If you missed the live webinar, we’ve now got you covered with an on-demand. Register for a free Adobe ID account, or use an existing one, to check it out here.
And if you’re interested in learning all there is to know about what’s coming in Adobe CQ, and the entire Adobe Marketing Cloud, we encourage you to join us at Adobe Digital Marketing Summit 2013.
We’re now planning for our next WEM Wednesday webinar, which will take place February 13 at 10am PT. We’ll share more details on the topic as the date nears. In the meantime, you can register to join us here.
Wishing all of you a happy and healthy holiday season!
 
 
 
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Jul 21, 2012
CQ5 DAM H.264 video output on Mac OS X Lion
Posted by Rob In der Maur
In a follow-up on Sneh Arora's article on integrating ffmpeg with CQ DAM for RedHat, this article describes how to configure an out of the box CQ5.5 installation with Digital Asset Management (DAM) to transcode source video to H.264 high quality video on Mac OS X, that can be displayed in Safari browsers and on iPhone/iPad/Apple TV devices.
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