DIG10003 Digital Content Management - Week 4 Basic Authoring Skills Introduction C L Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Sites enables you to build websites without being a computer programmer. Websites are groups of webpages that relate to each other through ownership, topic, or other criteria. AEM consists of a collection of tools that enable users, usually referred to as content authors or authors, to develop websites. F ( L ( Objectives After completing this course, you will be able to: · Explain AEM templates · Explain creating pages · Create pages and subpages · Explain the interface elements of the page editor · Edit a page using components · Edit a page layout · Describe component styles in AEM · Apply component styles in pages DIG10003 Digital Content Management Week 4 Basic Authoring Skills
AEM Templates A template enables you to define the layout and overall look of a webpage. Every webpage is created based on a template. Templates are constructed by defining components, which are used to give the page the layout and look. As an author, you can choose from available templates to expand a website with new pages. The choice of a template defines how the fundamental structure and style of the new page will be. The template also determines the components that enables you to add the content to a webpage. AEM provides different types of templates as part of the We.Retail website, as shown in the below screenshot: Create Page Template Properties O Cancel Next - - - f Content Page Experience Fragment - Screens We.Retail Variation Experience Fragment Facebook Variation ADOBE COPYRIGHT PROTECTED ---- HERO PROE EXPERIENCE PACE - Experience Fragment Pinterest Variation Evaarianca Daga 2 Week 4 Basic Authoring Skills
Exercise 1: Create pages and subpages Prerequisite: Log in to the AEM instance as instructed by the trainer. Note: If you are not using a hosted environment provided by the trainer, you must start and log in to the AEM author instance on your system. If necessary, refer to the Installation section of the Appendix to learn how to install and start the AEM author instance. Scenario You are working with a retail store and the marketing team has decided to create a website. The website must consist of webpages and subpages to display information about the company, and the products that the company offers. You as an author must create webpages. In this exercise, you will create the following page structure within the We.Retail reference site: User (where User refers to your name!) English > Products > Experience > About Us ADOBE COPYRIGHT PROTECTED Week 4 Basic Authoring Skills 3