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Week - 1
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Course introduction, presentation of course structure and assessment method, the historical development of content management systems, transition from static sites to dynamic content platforms, the place of e-commerce in the digital world.
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Week - 2
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Traditional and headless content management systems, comparison of popular platforms, evaluation of which approach is suitable for which type of project.
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Week - 3
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Installation and configuration, server requirements, database connection, initial setup steps, preparation of a local development environment and live server processes.
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Week - 4
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Theme and template management, use of ready themes, creation of child themes, template hierarchy and hands on studies on customization approaches.
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Week - 5
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Plugin and module ecosystem, plugin installation and management, secure plugin selection, introduction to commonly used plugins, basic approach to custom plugin development.
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Week - 6
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Content modeling, post types, custom fields, taxonomies, design of content relationships and applications through real scenarios.
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Week - 7
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User roles and authorization, multi user administration, content approval flows, session security and applied examples on audit logs.
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Week - 8
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Midterm examination.
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Week - 9
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Introduction to e-commerce, e-commerce business models, business to consumer and business to business approaches, the general architecture of cart, payment and shipping processes.
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Week - 10
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Introduction and comparison of e-commerce platforms, adding an e-commerce module to an existing content management system, store configuration and product catalog preparation.
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Week - 11
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Product and inventory management, product variations, stock tracking, pricing and campaign structures, configuration of tax and shipping rules.
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Week - 12
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Payment gateways and security, integration of popular payment providers, SSL and data protection requirements, card information security and related standards.
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Week - 13
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Order and customer management, order lifecycle, return and exchange processes, customer relationship management, loyalty and coupon systems.
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Week - 14
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Performance optimization, caching strategies, image optimization, search engine compliance, store analytics, conversion rate optimization approaches and general recap.
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