Sitecore Content Management Course

A free series of lessons to get you up and running with Sitecore Content Management

Welcome Sitecore Authors

Welcome to my Sitecore Content Management series for Content Authors.

 

I've created this course as a series of lessons on various Sitecore content management topics to help get new Sitecore users up to speed with the Sitecore platform.  In order to cover a broad range of Sitecore features I have created a custom site using a variety of standard Sitecore design approaches.

 

As I come up with more ideas for topics I add new lessons, so the course content continues to evolve.  I am using Sitecore 8.2.7 for my examples, but the concepts apply to other versions of Sitecore.

 

Feel free to jump to specific topics of interest or to start from Lesson 1 and progress through each lesson.  I am using a video format as I believe showing by doing works best, I also provide a set of lesson slides which contain diagrams and explanations of the concepts covered.

 

I hope you find this course useful, and feel free to leave comments with your advice to improve the course.

Lesson 1

Getting Started

In Lesson 1 you will learn:

  • How to login to Sitecore and change your password
  • Customizing your Desktop and Background
  • About the Apps in the Sitecore LaunchPad

Go to Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Sitecore Content Editor

Welcome to my Sitecore Content Management series for Content Authors. In this lesson I cover:

  • Locking Items
  • Updating Fields
  • Preview Pages
  • Submitting Items for Approval (Sitecore Workflow)
  • Approving Items
  • Publishing Changes
  • Introduction to Media Library

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Lesson 3

Sitecore Media Library

Welcome to my Sitecore Content Management series for Content Authors. In this lesson I cover:

  • Image Scaling and Compression
  • Uploading Images to Sitecore Media Library
  • Bulk Upload with Zip Files
  • Sitecore Image Tool
  • Organizing Media Library
  • Managing other media types

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Lesson 4

Sitecore Experience Editor

Welcome to my Sitecore Content Management series for Content Authors. In this lesson I cover:

  • Sitecore Component Model
  • Placholders
  • Renderings
  • Datasources
  • Rendering Parameters
  • Rich Text Fields
  • Presentation Details

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Lesson 5

Sitecore Content Tree

Welcome to my Sitecore Content Management series for Content Authors. In this lesson I cover:

  • Sitecore Component Model
  • Placholders
  • Renderings
  • Datasources
  • Rendering Parameters
  • Rich Text Fields
  • Presentation Details

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Lesson 6

Sitecore Rich Text

Welcome to my Sitecore Content Management series for Content Authors. In this lesson I cover:

  • Rich Text Types
  • Creating Links
  • Adding Images
  • Pasting from Word
  • Editing HTML
  • Validation
  • Styles

Go to Lesson 6

Lesson 7

Sitecore Internationalization

Welcome to my Sitecore Content Management series for Content Authors. In this lesson I cover:

  • Adding Languages to a Site
  • Creating Language Versions
  • Shared Fields
  • Shared vs Final Renderings
  • XML Export and Import

Go to Lesson 7