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Modernizing Enterprise CMS Using Pimcore

You're reading from   Modernizing Enterprise CMS Using Pimcore Discover techniques and best practices for creating custom websites with rich digital experiences

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801075404
Length 412 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Francesco Minà Francesco Minà
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Marco Guiducci Marco Guiducci
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Daniele Fontani Daniele Fontani
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introducing Pimcore 2. Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Pimcore Development Environment FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Getting Started with Pimcore Admin UI 4. Chapter 4: Creating Documents in Pimcore 5. Chapter 5: Exploring Objects and Classes 6. Chapter 6: Using Digital Asset Management 7. Chapter 7: Administrating Pimcore Sites 8. Chapter 8: Creating Custom CMS Pages 9. Chapter 9: Configuring Entities and Rendering Data 10. Chapter 10: Creating Pimcore Bricks 11. Chapter 11: Finalizing the Website 12. Chapter 12: Implementing Product Information Management 13. Chapter 13: Implementing Master Data Management 14. Chapter 14: Data Integration 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Implementing a slideshow brick

In this example, we will build a slideshow widget that can be used to display a carousel of images. This will be very easy, and we will use just bootstrap and the tools learned so far. In fact, we will reuse the code used for displaying the image gallery in Chapter 9, Configuring Entities and Rendering Data, but we will integrate it into a brick. To do that, follow these steps:

  1. First of all, prepare the environment by creating a folder called Slideshow and upload a list of images to it. We should use wide images (such as 1920x1080).
  2. Open the image settings for each image and add the title and description of the image as metadata. We will use it in the template.
  3. Access the properties panel by clicking the Properties tab button on the toolbar. Each Pimcore entity (objects, documents, and assets) has a set of key/pair properties that can be used to expand the information dynamically. We will use them to add metadata to our images. In the...
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