Hands-on Practice 11: Basic VDP for Web2Print (part 1 - template creation)
Continuing from the previous Practice, this Practice will prepare a variable document template to use as a dynamic product in uStore. This Practice can be repeated for both types of dynamic products depending on immediate priorities.
Audience: All trainees that will be creating variable templates to use in a storefront and the administrator(s) that will create products from those templates.
Learning Prerequisite: Must have completed Practice 1, 2, and 10. Based on template requirements, Practice 3 might be required or reviewed.
Practice Takeaway: How to build a variable template to use as customizable and/or perssonalized dynamic product in uStore.
Estimated Effort: 2+ hours, depending immediate/required learning goals, and complexity of the campaign and/or campaign modifications.
Learning Materials: Create or use the campaign template(s) discussed above.
Learning Objectives:
- Collect template components (design, data, business rules, assets).
- Create or modify a template.
- Link data to a new template or open a previous template to implement changes
- Implement new Content Objects/ADORs as needed
- Add required internal plan variables to use as campaign dials
- Use campaign dials for customization and discuss/test different values for dials
- Save the template to the server using packages or connectivity.
- Prepare the template to use as a product.
- Proof and process the template.
- Discuss settings that uStore uses or overrides based on product setup.