When planning a new website, a web development team must identify the essential components required for completion. These pieces are often called components. Assuming the site is being built using a Content Management System (CMS), most, if not all of these platforms will have their own set of “out of the box” components. Out of the box means that the leg work has already been done in terms of building these components out and should only need styling applied to make them really pop.
Sitecore is no exception to a DXP having its own set of out of the box components, and in this post we will go over what is available for a development team building a site on Sitecore XP. This post can serve as a quick reference. In later posts, we will take a deeper dive to see how each component can be used in building out an exceptional digital experience across your organization’s website.
First off, within Sitecore, there are a variety of composites – a fancy way of saying “categories of components”. This is how the components will be organized for a content author when assembling a webpage in Experience Editor. Now, let’s break down each composite and its associated components available out of the box within Sitecore XP using the Sitecore Experience Accelerator (SXA).
Composites
Accordion
Carousel
Flip
Tabs
Snippet
Context
Language Selector
Site Selector
Engagement
Facebook Comments
Events
Event Calendar
Event List
Forms
WFFM Wrapper
Sitecore Forms Wrapper
MVC Form
Maps
Map
Media
File List
Flash
Gallery
Image
Image (Reusable)
Media Link
Playlist
Video
Navigation
Archive
Breadcrumb
Link
Link List
Navigation
Page Content
Field Editor
Page Content
Page List
Pagination
Plain HTML
Plain HTML (Reusable)
Promo
Rich Text
Rich Text (Reusable)
Title
Page Structure
Container
Divider
Edit Mode Panel
IFrame
Splitter (Columns)
Toggle
Search
Filter (Checklist)
Filter (Date)
Filter (Dropdown)
Filter (Managed Range)
Filter (Radius)
Filter (Range Slider)
Filter (Slider)
Load More
Location Finder
Page Selector
Page Size
Results Count
Results Variant Selector
Search Box
Search Results
Sort Results
Security
Login
Logout
Social Login Wrapper
Social
AddThis
Feed
Social Media Share
Twitter
Disqus
Taxonomy
Tag Cloud
Tag List
Clearly, Sitecore has, if nothing else, put you on a fast track to shortening project timelines while setting the future architecture of your site up for success, using its out of the box components. Looking for a Sitecore partner to help take your site to the next level? The experts at Perficient our here to help! Reach out today to find out how we can work together to bring your organization’s digital experience to the next level.
