• What's New in Content Server
• Administrator
• Architecture
• Core Developer
• Custom End User
• Standard End User

Pre-requisites

• Knowledge of JSP/HTML programming is recommended
• Experience with databases (SQL statements, queries etc) is recommended
• A good understanding of the Web processing techniques as well as the experience with one of the following: JSP, ASP, or CGI (in any of these languages C, C++, Tcl, or Perl)

Overview

This five-day course is designed to develop and enhance the skills and techniques needed to implement Web Content Management solutions using the Content Server Suite of products.

Students receive an overview of the core features available with the Content Server application and utilize each of these features in the development of a basic solution designed specifically for this training course. This course focuses on the implementation of this design, beginning with the creation of a Content Management site in Content Server Advanced interface. Students are introduced to basic terminology, content modeling (Asset Data models), page design and caching techniques, and the most commonly used Content Server custom JSP tag libraries through a series of hands-on lab exercises.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for developer/programmers who are or will be involved in development using the Content Server application. This course is also a good starting point for System Administrators/Architects/System analysts who would like to get an overview of Content Server Suite of products.

Topics

• Introduction to Content Server
  • Product Overview
  • Product Architecture
  • Content Server interfaces
• Content Management Sites
  • Terminology
  • Overview of basic user management
  • Creation of a CM Site in Content Server
• Designing Content
  • Assets and asset types
  • Asset Modeling and Data storage
  • The AssetMaker Utility and Designing Basic Asset types
  • The Flex Family Maker and Designing Flex Asset types
  • Flex Asset Model and its Features
  • Core asset types
  • Asset Associations and Relationships
• Designing Pages
  • Modular Page Design
  • Caching
  • Overview of the FirstSite Framework
• Developing with Content Server
  • Template, CSElement, and SiteEntry assets
  • Page Generation
  • Template development for Basic Asset types
  • Template development for Flex Asset types
  • Searching for Flex Asset types
  • Creating Navigation components
• Managing Content
  • Overview of Workflow
  • Overview of Revision Tracking
  • Overview and demonstration of Publishing

Format: Lecture with computer based labs