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Transforming MVC to Headless Content with Sitecore Powershell

Recently, I ran into a project involving the migration from MVC to Headless, which required updating layouts, renderings, and placeholders. I wrote some PowerShell scripts to handle these updates efficiently.

Overview

This PowerShell script performs the following tasks:

  • Updates the default layout for items in a specified content tree path.
  • Removes specific placeholders from both default and mobile layouts.
  • Replaces specified renderings with new ones.
  • Updates placeholders based on provided mappings.

Prerequisites

Before executing the script, ensure you have the following:

  • Access to the Sitecore instance with appropriate permissions
  • PowerShell installed and configured to run Sitecore scripts

Parameters

  • $startingPath: The root path in the content tree where the script starts processing items.
  • $defaultLayoutPath: The path to the new default layout item.
  • $reportOnly: If set to $True, the script will only report the changes without making any updates.
  • $useFinalLayout: Determines whether to use the final layout during processing.
  • $placeholderMappings: Array of placeholder mappings for old to new placeholder keys.
  • $renderingMappings: Array of rendering mappings with old and new rendering IDs and names.

Feel free to modify and extend the script to suit your unique needs. Happy scripting!

Credits:
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