2022 Learning Pimcore From Zero To Hero.

Create blog post category and blog post tag classes, name them in singular form, and build a blog post object to model posts as objects; reuse the structure with copy-paste.

Model a Pimcore blog post class with a tabbed region layout, including title, short description, content, date, posted by, image, tags, categories, SEO data, related posts, and ad panel.

Install and configure webpack encore to manage css and js, install and integrate Bootstrap, Font Awesome, jQuery, and Sass, create assets and config files, and enable prod and dev workflows.

Create a dynamic Pimcore blog listing page by adding twig templates, a page-specific blog listing script, and Select2 filters with pagination and hidden sort by and per-page fields.

Create blog single page by adding show.html.twig in the blog folder, copying from index, removing entry points, and adding an SEO block to pull metadata from the blog post object.

Define a gallery carousel area brick in Pimcore, create its areas gallery carousel template and twig view, and implement a dynamic, editable carousel with slides, previews, and thumbnails.

Learn to build data mappers in PHP to format blog post data for the frontend, including an abstract mapper and a blog posts mapper mapping id, image, title, and date.

Create a latest blog posts area brick using the gallery carousel approach to list three newest posts by date, rendered via a blog card twig partial with thumbnails.

Set up a dynamic footer with Pimcore blocks and a socials iterator, enabling editable social links and icons to render html from Pimcore inputs.

Create a blog post listing query builder that extends an abstract listing query builder, joining posts with relations, tags, and categories, enabling search and date-based sorting.

Create a blog post repository in Pimcore with find and paginate methods that fetch by id and return paginated results using a blog post listing query builder and knp paginator.

Create a blog post category repository in Pimcore, with an all method returning an array of categories sorted by name using the blog post category data object and listing class.

Create a dedicated blog post show data mapper, fetch the user who posted, seo fields, and related posts, and wire it through the blog controller show action.

Automate blog seo data with Pimcore events by using the data object pre update trigger to fill og url, canonical url, seo title, and seo description while preserving existing values.

Create a contact form by building a Symfony form type and wiring it to a new Pimcore contact page, including email, name, and message fields with validation.

Configure and test email sending for the Pimcore contact form by setting up env variables and mailer dsn, using Mailtrap or SMTP, and handling form submission, validation, and email templates.

Create and customize a 404 error page in Pimcore, configure a dedicated template, hide it from navigation, set production mode, and prepare for a site-wide sitemap in the upcoming steps.

Learn how to generate Pimcore sitemaps using the presta sitemap bundle. Create a blog post sitemap generator and an image processor, and prepare production assets with npm run build.

Push your Pimcore project to GitLab by creating a private repository, initializing the repo, adding origin, staging and committing, and pushing to master, optionally using an SSH key.

Learn how to create a Hetzner server for hosting, select an Ubuntu image, configure the server and SSH key, and access the server via SSH to prepare for Laravel Forge.

Configure a Pimcore project on a Laravel Forge server by creating a custom VPS with Hetzner, setting up DNS, applying an NGINX template, cloning the repo, and installing Pimcore.

Export and import the Pimcore database and assets using scp and mysql, transfer assets and versions, configure Forge server, and set up cron jobs and sitemap generation.