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Joe Kepley  |  July 11, 2026

From Upkeep to Advantage: Why Optimizely 13 is Worth the Upgrade

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Upgrading to Optimizely CMS 13 brings AI content workflows, a new visual editor, and semantic search — here's why the move pays off quickly.

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Bob Davison  |  June 29, 2026

Building a Dynamic Content Rendering System with Optimizely Opal

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Spinning up templates for new content types takes time. Here's a proof-of-concept that uses Optimizely Opal to make it faster and safer.

AI  |  Development  |  Optimizely

Bob Davidson  |  June 3, 2026

Are You Ready for Optimizely CMS 13?

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Upgrading from Optimizely CMS 12 to CMS 13 takes more than an updated NuGet package. Here's what to check before you start.

Development  |  Optimizely

May 7, 2026

How ABS Improved Site Search with Azure AI

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Blend replaced a legacy search tool on bonanza.org with Azure AI Search, adding content weighting, model-based filtering, and verified answers for ABS members.

Associations  |  AI  |  Content and IA  |  Development  |  Optimizely

Bob Davidson  |  April 14, 2026

Upgrading Blend Add-Ons for Optimizely CMS 13

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After upgrading two Blend Optimizely add-ons to CMS 13 compatibility, Bob Davidson shares the three takeaways — including the new Application system, async content area filtering, and tag helper-based platform navigation.

Development  |  Optimizely

Bob Davidson  |  August 26, 2025

Lessons Learned from Building an Optimizely SaaS Site

I’ve been building websites in content management systems for almost 20 years now. And the majority of those sites have been built in what we might call a traditional, coupled CMS, where a single application is responsible for both the management and rendering of content. But like so many, I’ve been diving to headless, specifically building a new site in Optimizely’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) headless offering.

Development  |  Optimizely  |  Strategy

June 13, 2025

A Bold and Robust Solution for a Fast Rising Accounting Firm

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Cherry Bekaert is one of the U.S.’s fastest-growing accounting and consulting firms, and Blend helped design and develop an Optimizely site to cut through the noise of sterile accounting competitors.

Commercial Services  |  Financial Services  |  Design and Front-End  |  Development  |  Optimizely  |  Strategy

Bob Davidson  |  February 11, 2025

Getting the Most Out of Optimizely Cloudflare Edge Logs

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Optimizely is introducing the ability to access Cloudflare's edge logs, which gives access to some information previously unavailable except through support.

Development  |  Optimizely

January 2, 2025

A More Secure Map: Replacing Google Maps with Freshpaint

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A simple Google Map search can collect a lot of data, which is why one of our Children Hospital clients turned to Blend and Freshpaint to develop a new, secure, HIPAA-compliant location map. 

Healthcare  |  Development  |  Digital Optimization  |  Optimizely

January 2, 2025

Building Connections Between Pages: An Updated Specialties and Conditions

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Every page on a children's hospital website is connected, meaning linking those pages within the CMS requires a lot of work. Blend Interactive did that with one of our client's Specialties and Conditions update. 

Healthcare  |  Design and Front-End  |  Development  |  Optimizely

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