Sitecore Knowledge Transfer 2018 (Template) day-2
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The document provides an overview of Sitecore templates in version 8.2 and discusses their structure, types, and usage within the Sitecore CMS framework. It outlines three basic template types: data templates, branch templates, and command templates, as well as concepts like standard values, tokens, unversioned vs. shared fields, and fallback mechanisms. Recommendations for creating templates and references for further learning are also included.
Sitecore Knowledge Transfer 2018 (Template) day-2
- 1. Sitecore 8.2 WEB CMS + MMS AUTOMATION By Manish Puri
- 2. History Of Sitecore Oct 2017 Sitecore 9
- 3. Topics Template Types of Template Template description Standard Values Tokens Unversioned vs. Shared Fallback
- 4. Sitecore Template Everything in Sitecore is an item. The same is true for templates. A template in Sitecore is an item, which defines the structure and behavior of other items. Every item in Sitecore is an instance of some template. A template may also define the sections and fields into which it breaks down into and fulfills the content. Path: /sitecore/templates
- 5. Basic Types of Templates Three basic types of templates can be defined in Content Editor/Template Editor. 1. Data Template 2. Branch Template 3. Command Template 4. Inheritace & Standard Template ( It's known default template.) * Parameter Template (Rendering Parameters)
- 6. Templates Data Template Branch templates Command templates • The basic template type. It can contain fields and can be instanced by editors using insert page. • The branch structure of templates. It allows you to define the entire branch of templates so by creating an instance of a branch template the whole item structure appears without the user having to create them one by one. • It basically only deals with a command, which is evoked when creating an instance template. It is used for the automatic creation of items with business logic.
- 7. Inheritance Templates can inherit from one or more other templates. Thanks to inheritance, we can define abstract templates commonly to more data templates. Standard template Standard template is a basic template, which Sitecore provides for its function. This template does not contain any fields, but it inherits from several other templates thanks to which we are able to define the display name, layout details, publishing restrictions and workflow, etc. on the items. All the fields inherited into standard template begin with__. Path: /sitecore/templates/System/Templates/Standard template
- 8. __Standard Values Standard values are a way of having default or fallback values for fields in Sitecore, meaning that when items are created, you can specify a field value that should be used by default.
- 9. Tokens By default there are the following tokens available in Sitecore: $name: Is replaced with the name of the created item $parentname: Is replaced with the name of the parent to the created item $date: Is replaced with the current date $time: Is replaced with the current time $now: Is replaced with current date and time $id: Is replaced with the id of the created item $parentid: Is replaced with the id of the parent to the created item.
- 10. Unversioned vs. Shared A field in a template can be defined as Unversioned or Shared. As is already clear from the title, the Unversioned field has the same value across all the versions within the language. The Shared field always has one valid value for all versions in all languages.
- 11. Fallback The fields in the template can have a defined fallback. Fallback is a mechanism, which ensure the inserting the value of a field from another version or from another language, if it is empty. The fallback hierarchy of individual languages is defined in /sitecore/system/Languages.
- 12. Recommendations when Creating Templates Follow convention. Sitecore has prepared a document of recommended principles when designing and implementing Sitecore solutions, called Sitecore Helix. Project : Habitat
- 13. Reference http://sitecore- masters.com/en/templates-in-sitecore/ http://learnsitecore.cmsuniverse.net/Ne ws/News/2009/06/Welcome.aspx http://blog.alpha- solutions.us/2015/08/using-the-sitecore- template-standard-values/