The basics

Some terminology

 - .NET: Programming framework

which we use to develop websites

- CMS: Content Management System

- RTE: Rich Text Editor

What is Umbraco?

 A .NET CMS that editors

can use to manage their website content. 

Why use Umbraco?

- It's free!
- It's easy to work with
- It provides a lot out of the box
- Lots of people contributing
- It's easy to extend and build upon
- Big clients use it e.g. Microsoft - asp.net
- We are a .NET orientated development team 
- We are a Gold Partner
- Convince your boss PDF

Let's create a website

Download

• Latest release (7.4.3)

• Unzip

• Edit hosts file

• Set file permissions

• Add to IIS and run locally

Setup

• Install screen

• Database details

• User details

• Custom options

Getting started with content

Access Umbraco

• Creating users

• Login

• Logout

• Change Password

Working with content

• Add new pages

• Edit pages

• Save and publish

Changing content

• Unpublish and delete pages

• Sorting content

• Moving content

Media section

• Adding media items

• Allowed media options

• Batch upload

Taking the next steps

Content options

• Audit trail

• Rollback to previous versions

• Expiry dates

• Public access

• Notifications

Roles and permissions

• Admin

• Editor

• Writer

• Translator

Sections

• Content: edit pages

• Media: edit images

• Settings: website config (e.g. templates)

• Developer: extras (e.g. packages)

• Members: member accounts

• Users: umbraco admins

• Forms: plugin, allows building forms

Extending Umbraco

Out of the box

• RTE

• Document types

• Templates

• Data types

• Macros 

• Translations

Packages

• There are many!

• Mostly free

• Offer new functionality

• Some are provided from Umbraco

• Examples - awesome umbraco

UaaS

• Cloud hosting from Umbraco

• Automated upgrades

• Improved deployment workflow

• Less maintenance

 

Read more: http://umbraco.com/cloud

Useful Links

Marketing site
http://umbraco.com/

 

Download latest release

https://our.umbraco.org/download/

 

Read the docs

https://our.umbraco.org/documentation/

 

Watch some tutorials

http://umbraco.tv/

 

Find some packages

https://github.com/tcmorris/awesome-umbraco