Month: March 2025

#Sitecore Content Hub Variants – The AI Translator is Here

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Recently an update came out for creating Content Hub Variants. With this new change you can take an original content piece and create a variant of it in a different language. The process automatically translates the text for you. This update is a big deal to me. Especially with multi-lingual sites I work on. Sometimes, I need translated text for a placeholder. No more Google Translate cut and paste. I am sure this will save a lot of time for content authors.

Create a variant is pretty straightforward. First step is to go the Content menu and do a search.

I will do a search for Running.

Select and open one of the content pieces. Then navigate to the more action menu (three dots) on the upper right hand of the screen. Then choose Localize.

The following window will pop up. Choose a Name for the Variant, a Locale and Check Translate with AI. Then click the Create Button.

A new version will be created translated with the Locale you chose. On the top of the screen you will see the word Variant. Look at all that translated text.

After variant(s) are created you can easily navigate to the original and other variants. Select the More Actions (three dots) and then choose Variants.

The next screen will appear. You can the select a version to navigate to.

I really love this feature and I hope we see similar feature soon throughout Sitecore’s various products.

Streamlining #Sitecore Content Hub Searches with AI Visual Searching

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A while back I got to preview the concept of the visual search feature in content hub. Since then I have been anticipating its release. It is officially here and I wanted to put it to the test.

To access this feature, navigate to the Assets.

Click on the AI button and you should see the following. You will see a few things show up. You can use the first icon to search by image. The second icon lets you search by color. You can also type in keywords.

Click on the first icon to search by an image. You will see the following file upload screen. You then can select a local image to search by. In this case I will select a runner in a city.

After uploading the image, a search for images will show related images.

Next using the search by color option you will see the following. Choose a color.

Once the color is chosen you will see images related to that color.

Once you have results you can even break things down further by adding search text.

What if this is a common search that a content author does? Well you can save this search and use it again if needed. Simply click on the Save button.

The next screen will appear. You can then name your search and share with other content authors.

When you go back to assets you will then have the search under the saved searches.

What if you just wanted to search by keywords? Well you can do that to. Simply type in your search keys and click on the arrow. The keyword(s) will be used to visually search images.

If you need to include existing assets for visual search you can do so in the AI settings.

So using this is something I can see streamlining the searching process and making it much faster in retrieving assets. In my opinion this is one of the best search features I have seen. It stands out not only in the content hub, but everywhere else.