Getting Started

All the basics of using Umbraco v7. From making a local installation to extending the backend.

Covers how to install and configure your Umbraco installation

What is needed to run Umbraco?

How to install Umbraco

Setting up a Web and SQL servers for your installation

How to upgrade your copy of Umbraco to a newer version

Information about all of the different configuration files that control Umbraco

Details of all the common terms and concepts that are used throughout the Umbraco backoffice

Using the backoffice to create data

Setting up content types, defining fields and creating your first content

Uploading files to media library, using upload fields and image cropper

Defining Member Types and creating members for authentication and user profiles

Creating and editing Data Types

Create templates and views with your own markup and use Razor to render content

Creating and managing templates

How to query and render published content

How to query and render media

Working with css and JavaScript in Umbraco's templates

Create and update entities in Umbraco from code

Create, submit and handle HTML forms with controllers

Using events to modify content or run custom code

Using the tools included with Umbraco to debug issues with your project