Building Websites with Microsoft Content Management Server

Building Websites With Microsoft Content Management Server

A fast-paced and practical tutorial guide for C# developers starting out with MCMS 2002.

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BOOK DETAILS

Paperback, 660 pages
Released: January 2005
ISBN: 1904811167
Authors: Lim Mei Ying, Joel Ward, Stefan Goßner

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This site is designed to give you free information about MCMS, and about the book "Building Websites with Microsoft Content Management Server" by Packt Publishing. This website will allow you to view content from the book. The site allows you to read through summaries of each chapter from the book (see below), and read through two full chapters (Chapter 6 and 18).

About the book...
This book teaches the essential concepts of MCMS 2002 in a clear, straightforward and practical manner and contains answers to some of the most asked questions in the MCMS developer newsgroups. An example site is developed through the book, providing clear and practical demonstrations of the relevant ideas at every point. Once you have mastered the basics, the book leads you on to more advanced and powerful techniques, allowing you to get the most from this awesome system. This book is written for developers who are part of a dynamic organization that has decided to evaluate or deploy MCMS and require the skills to make it happen. The book covers the following:

The basic concepts of MCMS
Preparing, installing and configuring MCMS and its supporting technologies
Creating an MCMS website from scratch
Creating and debugging templates files and channel rendering scripts
Working with dynamic navigation
Establishing user roles and rights
Authoring with MCMS and improving the authoring experience
Understanding and customizing workflow
Working with the Publishing API
Site deployment techniques
Enhancing your site's performance with caching

This book is a treasure trove of tricks and tips for solving the problems faced by MCMS developers and is valuable for both beginners and experienced MCMS developers.

FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
The following links will take you to a full Table of Contents and chapter summary.

Intro
1. Overview of Microsoft Content Management Server
2. Installing Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 for the Developer
3. The Database Configuration Application
4. The Server Configuration Application
5. Setting Up a Website from Scratch
6. Creating Templates and Postings[ Free Chapter]
7. Working with Placeholders
8. Debugging Template Files
9. Default Postings and Channel Rendering Scripts
10. Understanding the MCMS Publishing Workflow
11.Authoring with Microsoft Content Management Server
12. The Publishing Application Programming Interface
13. Building Navigation Controls
14. Customizing Placeholder Controls
15. Building Custom Placeholder Definitions and Placeholders
16. Extending the Workflow
17. Publishing with Authoring Connector
18. Implementing Forms Authentication[ Free Chapter]
19. Customizing the Web Author Console
20. Creating Connected Templates and Pages
21. Aggregating Content
22. Enhancing Performance with Caching
23. Site Deployment
24. Hosting Multiple Web Sites and Adding SSL Security
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Mei Ying has experience in setting up MCMS systems at the enterprise level. As a lead developer and system architect for SingTel, Mei Ying has spent many hours figuring out the do's and dont's of the product and enjoys finding new ways to solve MCMS related problems. Mei Ying contributes actively to the newsgroup community, and is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for 2004. Mei Ying lives on the sunny island of Singapore.

Joel Ward works for Booz Allen Hamilton as a web developer and technical manager. He has a background in design, programming, and architecture, and has worked with MCMS since its first release in October 2001. Joel likes to work on ASP.NET and MCMS projects, and his interest has motivated him to help coordinate a .NET user group at Booz Allen. As a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for 2003 and 2004, Joel is acknowledged by peers and Microsoft for his active participation in the technical communities around the globe. Joel lives in Virginia in the United States.

Stefan Goßner works for Microsoft as an Escalation Engineer in the Developer Support department. He provides customers with technical solutions to problems related to Microsoft Internet Server Products. Stefan has breadth and depth in all areas of MCMS. His contributions to the newsgroup have helped many people to implement MCMS solutions in corporations around the globe to the point where it has been said that if you don't know Stefan, then you're probably new to MCMS. He lives in Munich, Germany.

ABOUT MICROSOFT CONTENT MANAGEMENT SERVER

Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 is a dynamic web publishing system with which you can build websites quickly and cost-efficiently. MCMS provides the administration, authoring, and data management functionality, and you provide the website interface, logic, and workflow. Once your website is up and running, your content contributors can add and edit content on their own, without the need to work with developers or the IT department.

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