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
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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
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
Creating a Visual Studio Solution
In the last blog we had done the introduction to the files and folders of Sitecore 9.2 installation. Now lets create a Visual Studio solution to support this Sitecore instance. Open Visual Studio 2017 in an administrator mode. Click on File >> New >> Project. Select Web in left, we are creating ASP>NET Web Application. … Continue reading Creating a Visual Studio Solution
Introduction to the Dummy Website series using Sitecore
Hello Everyone, as I had mentioned, I will create a series on creating a dummy website using Sitecore. I start it with this blog and will explain you what all we will be doing in this series. So first we will install Sitecore 9.2 instance "SitecoreDemo", you can follow my blog for Sitecore 9.2 installation. … Continue reading Introduction to the Dummy Website series using Sitecore
Multi-lingual with Sitecore
Like multi-site is an out of the box(OOTB) feature, multi-lingual is also one of it. This is very handy when you have to create a site in different languages. Also you can set up multi lingual site with minimal efforts. Let’s see a demo; we will add Spanish as an additional language. Go to Sitecore … Continue reading Multi-lingual with Sitecore
Sitecore 9.2 installation tips and known issues
I thought of writing this blog before going to the vacation, so that we start a new series in coming year (2020). There are many blogs that draft the steps involved in installation of Sitecore 9.2 instance. I have tried to jot down the tips and exceptions that helped me out during the installation. Note: … Continue reading Sitecore 9.2 installation tips and known issues
How to create a Custom Search Index in Sitecore 9.2
We create custom index for the below reasons: Fast responses. Index only content items which are required. Can change the indexing strategies based on the requirement. Manual indexing becomes easy because we don’t need to index whole tree to accommodate new items. Steps to create and index the new/custom search index Go to the SOLR … Continue reading How to create a Custom Search Index in Sitecore 9.2
Datasources in Sitecore
Datasources are used for various reasons and at various places. There are mainly 2 types of Data sources. Field Datasources These Datasources are one we discussed while discussing the field types. In the templates area each field type has a text box as Source. Some field types require a value in it and some don’t … Continue reading Datasources in Sitecore
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