I'm teaching a fairly low level IT class at a Danish business school, and I'd like to introduce my students to Umbraco. Is there some kind of demo site where I can let my students set up a simple (free) site in class, without having to purchase domain names etc.?
If this isn't possible in Umbraco, does anyone happen to know of a similar user friendly CMS I could use for this exercise? (I know there are plenty of free online CMS's out there, such as wix, weebly etc., but I'd like to use something that they might encounter in business use in the future).
Umbraco is just an shall or a framework, so you should configure yourself, by building up your own backend which fields should the user enter in the backend, and which page types should be allowed to be created under each other. E.g under a newslist you can limited it to only allow news items.
But there are some starter kits, that you could use.
If you want to supplement the written documentation, you could show the Umbraco TV, here are some good video turtorials that shows the basic conepts of Umbraco, and also how to install it.
The easiest way to install Umbraco is to install Microsoft WebMatrix and install Umbraco via the App Gallery (or download a specific Umbraco version, right click and run via WebMatrix) .. when you install Umbraco clicking on the green install button it will as default use SQL CE database (embed database in /App_Data folder) and install Txt starterkit, with templatates, documentypes, nodes etc. Or you can choose Customize to choose not to install a starterkit or another starterkit and choose another database type.
So you can easily run Umbraco locally via WebMatrix without purchasing a domain..
Teaching Umbraco
Hi guys,
I'm teaching a fairly low level IT class at a Danish business school, and I'd like to introduce my students to Umbraco. Is there some kind of demo site where I can let my students set up a simple (free) site in class, without having to purchase domain names etc.?
If this isn't possible in Umbraco, does anyone happen to know of a similar user friendly CMS I could use for this exercise? (I know there are plenty of free online CMS's out there, such as wix, weebly etc., but I'd like to use something that they might encounter in business use in the future).
Thanks :-)
Chris
Hi Chris, and welcome to our.
Umbraco can run localhost, on your machine, and since you are saying that you´re teaching fairly low level IT, you could choose to install Umbraco with Microsoft WebMatrix http://our.umbraco.org/documentation/installation/install-umbraco-with-microsoft-webmatrix
Umbraco is just an shall or a framework, so you should configure yourself, by building up your own backend which fields should the user enter in the backend, and which page types should be allowed to be created under each other. E.g under a newslist you can limited it to only allow news items.
But there are some starter kits, that you could use.
I don´t know if the Microsoft WebMatrix installer use the Umbraco 7, but if you can use this documentation for http://our.umbraco.org/documentation/Using-Umbraco/Creating-Basic-Site/ teaching your students in Umbraco.
If you want to supplement the written documentation, you could show the Umbraco TV, here are some good video turtorials that shows the basic conepts of Umbraco, and also how to install it.
http://umbraco.tv/videos/umbraco-v7/implementor/
http://umbraco.tv/videos/umbraco-v7/content-editor/
Some of the video, does require subscriptions for the Umbraco TV.
Hope this helps, if you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask again.
/Dennis
Hi Chris
A good start to learn is watching the videos on umbraco.tv ... the Umbraco V7 videos are free for all: http://umbraco.tv/videos/umbraco-v7/implementor/
The easiest way to install Umbraco is to install Microsoft WebMatrix and install Umbraco via the App Gallery (or download a specific Umbraco version, right click and run via WebMatrix) .. when you install Umbraco clicking on the green install button it will as default use SQL CE database (embed database in /App_Data folder) and install Txt starterkit, with templatates, documentypes, nodes etc. Or you can choose Customize to choose not to install a starterkit or another starterkit and choose another database type.
So you can easily run Umbraco locally via WebMatrix without purchasing a domain..
Here are some guidelines to get started with Umbraco: http://our.umbraco.org/documentation
/Bjarne
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