Free online courseUmbraco CMS

Course Description

Create faster, safer, and easier-to-manage websites by learning how to work with Umbraco CMS in a practical, end-to-end way. This free online course guides you through setting up a complete Umbraco project on your local machine and getting comfortable with a workflow that fits real web development: install, configure, build, test, and iterate. You will connect Umbraco with Visual Studio, understand the solution structure, and see how local hosting options affect development and troubleshooting.

As you progress, you will shape a website that is not only visually consistent but also scalable. You will build reusable layouts using a master template approach, then design document types that keep content organized and flexible as the site grows. This helps you separate presentation from content and makes future changes far less painful—an essential skill when collaborating with content editors or maintaining client sites.

The course also focuses on creating a better user experience with dynamic features powered directly from the CMS. You will learn to generate navigation menus that update automatically as pages are added, including multi-level structures, and render dynamic values from the back office onto the front end. Along the way, you will enhance pages with editable fields and structured sections so your site can evolve without rewriting templates each time requirements change.

To prepare you for production-like challenges, you will practice debugging by attaching a debugger to an IIS instance, helping you diagnose issues that are hard to spot with simple logging. You will also implement common website essentials such as breadcrumbs, editor-friendly controls to hide pages from navigation, and a news-style module for publishing updates with consistent structure.

Finally, you will add a contact form with proper handling of user submissions and email delivery using SMTP, then expand your site for international audiences by configuring multiple languages and a language switcher. By the end, you will be ready to build content-driven sites with Umbraco, communicate confidently about CMS-driven architecture, and apply professional workflows used in web development teams.