Corporate SiteCore Training Course

1. What is SiteCore?

• Introduction to SiteCore
• Key features of SiteCore
• Benefits of using SiteCore

2. SiteCore from an author’s perspective

• Authoring environment overview
• Creating and editing content
• Workflow and content approval

3. SiteCore from a developer’s perspective

• Developer tools and interfaces
• Customizing SiteCore for development needs

1. Creating data templates

• Introduction to data templates
• Steps to create data templates

2. Data template inheritance

• Understanding inheritance in data templates
• Implementing inheritance
• Benefits of data template inheritance

3. Standard values

• Definition of standard values
• Setting up standard values
• Using standard values effectively

4. Insert options

• What are insert options?
• Configuring insert options

1. Presentation is dynamic and modular

• Concept of dynamic presentation
• Benefits of modular presentation
• Examples of dynamic presentation

2. Preparing to build

• Steps to prepare for building presentation
• Tools and resources required
• Planning your presentation structure

3. Creating a layout

• Introduction to layouts
• Steps to create a layout

4. Creating components

• Definition of components
• Process of creating components
• Tips for effective components

5. Dynamic binding

• What is dynamic binding?
• How to implement dynamic binding
• Advantages of dynamic binding

6. Outputting content

• Methods for outputting content
• Configuring content output

1. Basic API concepts and retrieving items

• Introduction to SiteCore API
• Key API concepts
• Methods for retrieving items

2. Item links

• Understanding item links
• Creating item links
• Managing item links

3. Creating, modifying, and deleting items

• Steps to create items
• Modifying existing items
• Deleting items safely

4. Working with complex fields

• Types of complex fields
• Handling complex fields

1. Reusable content

• What is reusable content?
• Creating reusable content
• Benefits of reusable content

2. Layout deltas

• Introduction to layout deltas
• Implementing layout deltas

1. Familiar concepts

• Recap of familiar concepts
• Application in real-world scenarios
• Benefits of understanding these concepts

2. Dealing with larger sites

• Challenges of larger sites
• Solutions for managing larger sites

3. SiteCore query

• Introduction to SiteCore query
• Writing SiteCore queries
• Examples of SiteCore queries

1. Data source restrictions

• Definition of data source restrictions
• Configuring data source restrictions

2. Parameters and parameter templates

• Understanding parameters
• Creating parameter templates
• Using parameters effectively

3. Placeholder restrictions

• What are placeholder restrictions?
• Setting up placeholder restrictions
• Benefits of placeholder restrictions

4. Advanced page editor configuration

• Advanced configuration options
• Steps for advanced configuration

1. Item buckets

• Introduction to item buckets
• Creating and managing item buckets
• Benefits of item buckets

2. Search

• SiteCore search capabilities
• Configuring search
• Enhancing search functionality

1. Working with media

• Managing media in SiteCore

2. Caching and performance

• Importance of caching
• Implementing caching strategies
• Improving performance

3. Publishing

• Publishing process overview
• Troubleshooting publishing issues

4. Installing and scaling SiteCore

• Steps for installing SiteCore
• Scaling SiteCore for large environments
• Tips for successful installation and scaling

5. Team development and the development environment

• Setting up a development environment
• Team collaboration best practices
• Tools for team development

6. How to deal with deployment

• Deployment process overview
• Strategies for successful deployment
• Common deployment challenges

7. Basic security

• Importance of security
• Implementing basic security measures
• Monitoring and maintaining security

8. Workflow

• Introduction to workflow
• Creating and managing workflows
• Benefits of workflow implementation

1. Introduction to the Customer Experience Platform (XP)

• Overview of XP
• Key features of XP
• Benefits of using XP

2. Engagement value and goals

• Understanding engagement value
• Setting and tracking goals
• Improving engagement

3. Profiling and personalization

• Importance of profiling
• Steps to create profiles
• Implementing personalization

1. Branch templates

• What are branch templates?
• Creating and using branch templates
• Benefits of branch templates

2. Other item and template properties

• Overview of item properties
• Customizing template properties
• Examples of item and template properties

3. Pipelines and events

• Introduction to pipelines
• Configuring pipelines
• Working with events

4. Rules

• Definition of rules
• Creating and managing rules

5. Placeholder overrides

• What are placeholder overrides?
• Implementing placeholder overrides
• Benefits of placeholder overrides

1. Understanding SiteCore context

• Definition of SiteCore context
• Key elements of SiteCore context
• Examples of SiteCore context usage

2. Configuring SiteCore context

• Steps to configure SiteCore context
• Troubleshooting common issues