introduction to wcm in sharepoint

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2005 Portal Solutions, LLC

Introduction toWeb Content Management

Rob Garrett

Portal Solutions, LLC


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Introductions

Portal Solutions- Experts in SharePoint MOSS/SPS/WSS

- Microsoft Gold Partner

- http://www.portalsolutions.net

Rob Garrett- ASP.NET developer 6 years

- SharePoint Consultant with Portal Solutions- http://www.robgarrett.com/
http://www.portalsolutions.net/http://www.robgarrett.com/http://www.robgarrett.com/http://www.portalsolutions.net/


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What is Web Content Management?

A web content management system is a

content management system with additionalfeatures to ease the tasks required to publish

web content to web sites.


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What is a Content Management System?

A system to support Content Management - a

set of processes and technologies that supportthe evolutionary life cycle of digital information.


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New Web Site The Players

The Customer

The Developer

The Content ManagerThe Designer

The Project Manager

We Site(s)

IT
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WCM is..

Structuring of Content- Metadata Content Types

WYSIWYG Content Editing

- In page editing in real time

Content/Presentation Separation- Automated templates

Content Virtualization- Isolated editing and approval/publication

Content Integrity- Content and presentation editing history


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The ABCs

Author Content- Empowering Content Owners

- Microsoft Office Integration

- WYSIWYG Page Editing

Branding User Experience- Enforcing Common Site Branding

- Master Page and Page Layouts

- Customized Navigation

Controlled Publication- Page Scheduling

- Extensible Workflow

- Content Deployment


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MOSS 2007
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A Brief History

SharePoint Team Services v1

Content

Management

Server 2002

SharePoint Portal Server 2001

SharePoint Portal Server 2003

Windows SharePoint Services v2

Windows SharePoint Services v3

Office SharePoint Server 2007

Portal, Web Content Management, and More


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Business

Intelligence

SharePoint Products and TechnologiesMicrosoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Collaboration

Search

PortalBusiness

Forms

Platform

Services

Workspaces, Mgmt,

Security, Storage,Topology, Site Model

Content

Management

Server-based Excelspreadsheets and data

visualization, ReportCenter, BI Web Parts,KPIs/Dashboards

Integrated documentmanagement, recordsmanagement, and Webcontent management with

policies and workflow

Rich and Webforms based front-ends, LOB actions,enterprise SSO

Docs/tasks/calendars, blogs,wikis, e-mail integration,

project management lite,Outlook integration,offline docs/lists

Enterprise scalability,contextual relevance, richpeople and business

data search

Enterprise Portaltemplate, SiteDirectory, MySites, socialnetworking,privacy control


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SharePoint Architecture

MOSS FARM

COMMON DATABASESERVER OR CLUSTER

MOSS FRONT END SERVER

WSS

MOSS FRONT END SERVER

WSS


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IIS WEB APPLICATION

SITE COLLECTION

SITE COLLECTION

Sites and Site Collection

SITE COLLECTION

SITE

SITESITE

SITESITE

SITE

SITESITE

SITE

TEMPLATE


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SharePoint Publishing Site


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SharePoint Publishing Site (cont)


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Anatomy of a Publishing Site

Root Site Collection- Represents the entire website hierarchy- http://www.portalsolutions.net/

Sub Sites- Multiple sites in the hierarchy- http://www.portalsolutions.net/blog/

Pages Document Library- Site pages reside in single doc-lib- http://www.portalsolutions.net/pages/default.aspx


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Anatomy of a Publishing Site (cont)

Site Galleries- Documents, Images, Pages

Root Site Galleries

- Master Pages, Site CollectionDocuments and Images

Unique Permissions Across

Sites


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Content Types

Meta Data or Descriptive Data

Think: Record or Class with Properties

Content Types in SharePoint:- Document Meta Data

- Web Page Elements

- List Descriptors Inheritance


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Example Meta Data Model


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Page Content Type Screenshot


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SharePoint Branding

Master Pages- Common pages areas

Banner

Footer Left Navigation

Page Layouts

- Templates

Cascading Style Sheets


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Web Page Anatomy

Header

Footer

Horizontal Navigation Left Navigation

Body- Images

- Text

- More Navigation


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Web Page Anatomy (cont)

Content Header

Content Subheader

Content BodyContent Image

Content

Right Menu

Content Byline Content Modified

Static Legal Footer (hard coded in page layout)

Image

Content

Content

Content

Content Content

Content

Content


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Master Pages


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Master Pages (cont)

Common Page Areas

Contain Standard HTML Markup

Contain ASP.NET Controls

Contain CSS References

Stored in SharePoint Database- Master Page Gallery

Think: Super Page


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Page Layouts

Contain Standard HTML Markup

Contain ASP.NET Controls

Contain CSS References

Host Field Controls Expose Content-Type Data

Stored in SharePoint Database

Use Master Pages

Think: Typical ASP.NET Page


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Page Layouts (cont)

Define Placement of Content Field Data

Binds Presentation to Content

Creation and Modification via SharePoint Designer

Changes Subject to Approval Workflow

Changed Subject to Version History

Maintained by Developers


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Web Parts

Pluggable Units of Functionality & Display Interchangeable

Customizable by Authenticated Users

Host in Any Web Part Zone- Zones Part of Page Layout

Integrate 3rd Party Data into SharePoint

Off the Shelf and Custom Developed


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Web Part Zones


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Customized UI


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Typical Content Lifecycle

AuthorReview /Approve

Manage Publish Archive Dispose


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Approval Workflow

Modifyexisting page

Createnew page

StagedReview

modifications LiveWaiting

Publication

Submit forApproval

Submit forApproval

ApproveSubmit forPublishing Publish

Modify


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Controlled Publication and Security

User, Roles and Permissions- Editing

Anonymous Users

-Viewing

History and Versions

Scheduled Page DeploymentApproval Workflow

Content Deployment


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