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SITECORE – ENHANCING CONTENT AUTHOR EXPERIENCEGOPIKRISHNA GUJJULA
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AGENDA
Templates (Icon, Field type, Field Source, Field Help message, Sorting, Insert options, & Parameter templates)
Layout (Datasource location, Datasource Template, Thumbnail, & Placeholder settings)
Content (Custom Experience Editor button)
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To understand the ways on how can we enhance content author experience.
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TEMPLATES
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TEMPLATE ICONSTemplate Icons help to visually separate semantically
related content items.
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TEMPLATE ICONSTemplate Icons help to visually separate semantically
related content items.
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Image Courtesy: https://sitecorecreative.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/sitecore-icon-selector/
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FIELD TYPE – LIST VS LIST WITH SEARCH• Decide on selecting List or List with Search field,
based on the number of items.
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FIELD TYPE – LIST VS LIST WITH SEARCH• Decide on selecting List or List with Search field,
based on the number of items.
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FIELD DATA SOURCE• Controlling the list of items to be displayed using field
source.• Field source can be set using; Sitecore query, path,
and GUID.
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FIELD DATA SOURCE• Controlling the list of items to be displayed using field
source.• Field source can be set using; Sitecore query, path,
and GUID.
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FIELD-LEVEL HELP MESSAGE
• Help message will give extra information to Content Authors about particular field.
• Sitecore provides the ability to add help information to fields in three ways – using short description, long description, and help link.
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FIELD SORTING• Place most frequently modified fields on top.• By default Sitecore will set sort order to 100 points
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FOLDER TEMPLATES - INSERT OPTIONS • Folder templates are used for the purpose of
organizing a collection of items. (ex: Rendering folder, Template Folder)
• The “insert options” configuration provides that the templates relevant to the folder are immediately available.
• The default folder template for content items is /sitecore/templates/Common/Folder.
• To create a custom folder template, we need to inherit from the default folder template, and then configure with custom insert options.
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PARAMETER TEMPLATES
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• Managing How to content using parameter templates.
• These templates should inherit from /sitecore/templates/System/Layout/Rendering Parameters/Standard Rendering Parameters
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LAYOUT
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RENDERING/SUB-LAYOUT• Improving the usability by restricting data source
location, selectable items, and by adding thumbnail.
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PLACEHOLDER SETTINGS Empowering the Experience Editor using placeholder
settings (Allowed Controls).
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EXPERIENCE EDITOR
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CUSTOM EXPERIENCE EDITOR BUTTONS
• Sitecore does not support in-line editing for Checkbox, Multilist, TreeList, and other fields.
• Utilize Edit Frame/Custom Experience buttons for editing item fields not rendered by the FieldRenderer.
• We can find all these buttons in core database, under the /sitecore/Content/Applications/WebEdit item.
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REFERENCES• https://www.cmsbestpractices.com/sitecore-best-practices
/• https://www.geekhive.com/buzz/post/2015/05/how-to-ma
nually-sort-items-in-sitecore-cms/• http://zacharykniebel.com/blog/sitecore/2014/june/26/con
straining-the-sitecore-7-multilist-and-treelist-fields-with-and-without-search
• https://www.geekhive.com/buzz/post/2014/10/how-to-create-folders-in-sitecore-cms/
• https://www.cmsbestpractices.com/how-to-properly-use-sitecore-edit-frames/
• http://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2012/12/sitecore-rendering-parameter-templates/
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IMPORTANT SITECORE RESOURCES• https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/• https://sitecorechat.slack.com • https://www.akshaysura.com/sitecore-community-updat
e-mailing-list/• http://www.akshaysura.com/2016/02/03/unofficial-sitec
ore-8-training-webinar-series-full-curriculum/
• Friday Sitecore best practices playlist: https://goo.gl/zf9E9J
• Podcast : https://coresampler.fireside.fm/ • Catching Exceptions: https://goo.gl/tljlKt www.gopigujjula.com20
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THANK YOU!Q&A
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