Author: bhaskaransunil
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Apply a design to the AEM Sightly template
In this session, you will learn about adding a design to the template. You will use Sightly, because it’s HTML5 and very easy to use. This is in continuation of my previous blog posts. As usual, I have provided the video and transcripts below. Video can be watched in the Full screen mode. The sample design and…
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Enable components in the Components tab
In the last session, we have added a space in the template that allows us to drag and drop a component to the web page. One of the shortcomings in the template was that it didn’t have any components in the Components tab. In this session, we will add components to the Components tab. Open the…
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Add the Parsys component to template
In this session, let us try to modify the template we created earlier. We will add a parsys component in the template to provide a space in the web page to drag and drop components. Let us once again see how a page created using this template looks like. Log into to SiteAdmin. (http://localhost:4502/siteadmin) Double-click…
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Summary – Create templates and use packages
In this session, let us summarize what we learned in the previous session: Create the first template. We created a template in three steps: Step 1: Created the company folder inside apps. Created a folder for components and templates. Step 2: Created a template inside the templates folder. Provided allowed paths as /content(/.*)?. And, we provided resourseType…
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Create the first AEM template
In the last session, we have explored templates using CRXDE Lite. If you have not yet gone through the last session, go through it. In this session, we will create a sample template using CRXDE Lite. Let us first get into the shoes of authors to see where exactly authors use a template in their content…
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Introduction to AEM developers, and their templates and components
In this post, we will see the very basic responsibilities of developers. Developers create templates and components. Let us first take a recap: a template defines the layout of a web page. Authors select a specific template before they create a page. A component allows authors to display a specific information in a certain format. For example,…
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Seeing is believing: Explore the AEM installation directory
Now, we have installed AEM and started it. Before we log into AEM, let us see what exactly it created in your system. Move to the installation directory – that’s the directory to where you copied the QuickStart jar file and the license file. You will notice that it created a folder, crx-quickstart. Whenever you start AEM for…
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Let us start Adobe Experience Manager
Let us see how you install and start AEM. You first need to get an AEM installation file, which is fondly called as the QuickStart file. Adobe doesn’t provide you a trail version of the same. One of the ways to get an installation file is to attend Adobe Training Services class room session. Adobe distributes the…
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Why do you need Adobe Experience Manager?
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) manages the user experience of your website (content) across various channels. In a globalized world, you need to manage content across multiple websites in various languages. Your content is consumed using various devices – hand-held devices, such as mobile phones and tablets, PCs, and so on. This results in a scenario that you have…