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Modernizing Enterprise CMS Using Pimcore

By : Daniele Fontani, Marco Guiducci, Francesco Minà
Book Image

Modernizing Enterprise CMS Using Pimcore

By: Daniele Fontani, Marco Guiducci, Francesco Minà

Overview of this book

Used by over eighty thousand companies worldwide, Pimcore is the leading open source enterprise-level content management system (CMS) solution. It is an impressive alternative to conventional CMSes and is ideal for creating e-commerce and complex enterprise websites. This book helps developers working with standard CMSes such as WordPress and Drupal to use their knowledge of CMSes to learn Pimcore CMS in a practical way. You'll start by learning what Pimcore is and explore its various services such as PIM, MDM, and DAM. The book then shows you various techniques for developing custom websites in Pimcore based on the scale of your organization. You'll learn how to use Pimcore to improve the digital transformation of a company by implementing enterprise Pimcore features. As you advance, you'll discover Pimcore's capabilities and features that make it a faster and more secure alternative to traditional CMSes. As well as demonstrating practical use cases, Modernizing Enterprise CMS Using Pimcore can help you understand the benefits of using Pimcore as a CMS solution, sharing best practices and proven techniques for designing professional Pimcore sites. By the end of this book, you'll be a trained Pimcore developer, able to create complex websites, and be well-versed in Pimcore's enterprise features such as MDM, PIM, and DAM.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Chapter 3: Getting Started with Pimcore Admin UI

In this chapter, we will examine all the components and menus of the Pimcore administration interface, the "control room" from which you can do most of the operations necessary for the management of your website. By reading this book, you will be able to build a site from scratch.

For getting your website completed, Pimcore allows you to create bundles, modify core components, or overwrite most of the parts that make it up (from controllers to models, from views to routing rules, and so on). All of these aspects will be explored later in the book, but you cannot tackle these topics without first learning how to move through the web interface as a user.

In particular, in this chapter, we will discover the most useful tools to configure your site and where to find them on the administration page.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Understanding the Pimcore Architecture
  • Exploring the UI...