In this blog, we will build the Banner component end to end i.e. from creating template, creating Media items, content and renderings. So when the individual developers take an responsibility of the components, they create it in similar fashion. The Main Banner on the Home page is like: So how we can see it as … Continue reading Building Home page Components – Main Banner
Month: January 2020
Creating a Layout – Part IV
As the last part of creating a layout we will create the Estimates Form, we will add the functionality (Either saving the data in a custom database, sending the email to the end user & admin, share the data to CRM, etc) later on. Actually, we can use Sitecore Forms instead of custom coding but … Continue reading Creating a Layout – Part IV
Creating a Layout – Part III
In the previous blog, we had created Header component. As we are new to the concepts, I am covering the steps in detail. If you have idea then you can skip some steps and follow yours as well. For making it easy, we will create Footer component first. Create a new View and name it … Continue reading Creating a Layout – Part III
Creating a Layout – Part II
In the last blog, we had created a layout with the static html. Now lets break this html into components and bind it all on the layout. Go to Dummy Website solution in Visual Studio. Lets create a Header component first. Create a view named "Header" and copy entire Header tag html markup in it. … Continue reading Creating a Layout – Part II
Creating a Layout – Part I
Welcome back! Till now we have created templates and content based on those templates. Its a time we start creating a layout. So Layout in Sitecore is similar to a Master page concept in web forms which we will be using on all the pages. So as we know about Static and Dynamic renderings. We … Continue reading Creating a Layout – Part I
Setting up Dictionary Items (Resource Strings)
As we know that we need to manage the Labels as well from Sitecore which call Resource Strings. The example is below: And many such labels, we need to create in Sitecore so that Content Author can manage these label's value. Earlier we use to create a template for Resource string and fetch it like … Continue reading Setting up Dictionary Items (Resource Strings)
Content Creation for the Layout – Part II
So to the continuation of the Content creation which we started in the previous blog, we need to create content for Logo, Copyright, Locations and Contact information. Go to Containers folder under Templates and create containers for Locations & Contact information For Locations For Contact Information Create Folder for Locations under Global. And add the … Continue reading Content Creation for the Layout – Part II
Content Creation for the Layout – Part I
Based on the last blog, we have created the required templates. So lets start adding the content required for creating the layout. Go to Content node (/Sitecore/Content). Right Click >> Insert from template >> Select Folder & name it Global Change the icon to a globe. Create Navigation Folder under Global Create 2 more Navigation … Continue reading Content Creation for the Layout – Part I
Designing templates – the Information Architecture.
Lets design the Information Architecture for the basic Home page of the site. There are couple of things we need to keep in mind while designing the Information Architecture. Some of it are as below: No repeating of the fields. Create one template and inherit the same in the other one. If the value of … Continue reading Designing templates – the Information Architecture.
Understanding the components in the HTML template
Now considering that you have downloaded Logistico.zip, we will understand what all components we will be building. So once you have downloaded the zip, extract it. You will be able to see different HTML files & folders. For simplicity, we will concentrate on Home page first which means we will be concern about index.html file. … Continue reading Understanding the components in the HTML template
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