Introduction to Sitecore Overview

Aug 2, 2024

Sitecore Introduction

Overview

  • Presenter: Mahita
  • Topic: Introduction to Sitecore
  • Purpose: One-stop solution to learn Sitecore

What is Sitecore?

  • Leading digital experience software and web content management platform.
  • Tool for creating and managing websites and web pages.

Content Management System (CMS)

  • Software for managing creation and modification of digital content.
  • Sitecore is a tool within the CMS category.

Features of Sitecore

  • Personalization:

    • Tracks customer data (browsing time, interests) for tailored content.
    • Provides related product suggestions on customer revisit.
  • Multilingual and Multi-site Management:

    • Supports multiple languages for website creation.
  • Scalability:

    • Handles everything from small sites to large enterprise deployments.
  • Experience Database (xDB):

    • Stores terabytes to petabytes of customer data.
    • Flexible, fast, and provides high performance.
  • Omnichannel Delivery:

    • Delivers personalized experiences across various channels.
  • Customer Profiling:

    • Creates profiles for each customer based on their interaction.
  • Engagement Analytics:

    • Measures customer interaction and engagement.

Architectural Overview of Sitecore

  1. Sitecore Experience Manager (XM):

    • Manages content and publishing.
  2. Sitecore Experience Platform (XP):

    • Combines XM with marketing and customer intelligence features.
    • Includes xConnect (service for customer data) and xDB.
  3. Sitecore Experience Commerce (XC):

    • Comprehensive commerce solution integrating content management, personalization, and marketing.

Sitecore Experience Manager (XM)

  • Core of Sitecore Experience Platform.
  • Encompasses creation, management, personalization, and publishing features.

Databases:

  • Master Database:

    • Contains all versions of data.
    • Current version is Sitecore 10.
  • Web Database:

    • Contains the present version data.
  • Core Database:

    • Stores website infrastructure data.
  • Forms Database:

    • Stores user-submitted form data.
  • Security Database:

    • Stores sensitive information (username, password).

Launchpad

  • Introduced in Sitecore 8.
  • Acts as a shortcut for accessing applications within Sitecore.

Conclusion

  • Encouragement to like, share, and subscribe for more information.
  • Invitation to share the video for the benefit of others.