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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)

Technical requirements

To follow this chapter, the only requirement is to have an up and running Pimcore installation and be able to access it via the command line.

If you have installed Pimcore with Docker, just run these simple instructions:

  1. Run Docker with the following command:
    docker-compose up
  2. It is possible, but not necessary, to restore the local installation settings by running this command:
    docker-compose exec php bash restore.sh

Navigate to http://localhost/admin and log in with your admin/pimcore credentials.

Now you are ready to put into practice all the aspects related to this chapter.