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Advanced Microsoft Content Management Server Development
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A fast-paced and practical tutorial guide for C# developers starting out with MCMS 2002
- Learn directly from recognized community experts
- Rapid developer level tutorials build logically through out the book
- Develops a feature rich custom site incrementally
- Tips and Tricks from developer newsgroups and online communities
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Table of Contents
Sample Chapter (Adobe PDF - 609KB)
http://mcmsbook.packtpub.com
Language English
Paperback 638 pages [191mm x 235mm]
Release date
January 2005
ISBN 1904811167
ISBN 13 978-1-904811-16-9
Author(s)
Stefan Goßner, Joel Ward, Lim Mei Ying
Topics and Technologies
Content Management, Microsoft & .NET
This book is an end-to-end guide to creating a Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) website. No prior knowledge of MCMS is required - this book takes you from the basics of MCMS, guiding you through everything you need to create a fully-featured, content-rich website Visit the Free Online Edition for Building Websites with Microsoft Content Management Server and learn more about the book, you can read through two full chapters, "Creating Templates and Postings", and "Implementing Forms Authentication" and discover what each chapter from this book has in store. http://mcmsbook.packtpub.com
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.
First time developers of Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 face a relatively steep learning curve. Not only are they expected to be conversant in the Microsoft .NET Framework, they are also required to be familiar with the concepts of MCMS 2002.
Many beginners to MCMS start out by looking at the example site that ships with the product; tweaking it, dissecting it and turning it inside out using the obscure code comments as markers. However, when it comes to starting their own website from scratch, many are baffled ? where do they begin?
This book exists to answer that question; teaching the essential concepts of MCMS 2002 in a clear, straightforward and practical manner.
Containing answers to some of the most asked questions in developer newsgroups, this book is a treasure trove of tricks and tips for solving the problems faced by MCMS developers.
This is a unique resource focused exclusively on the needs of developers using MCMS. It doesn?t waste time and pages on user or administrator level information that is well covered in other documentation. It?s a distillation of practical experience that developers need to get results, fast. The authors carefully structured example project complements and extends the knowledge gained from an initial look at the examples that ship with MCMS.
- 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
Years of active participation in MCMS newsgroups and mailing lists mean that the authors? hard-won experience puts them in the ideal position to tell you what you really need to know to master the system.
An example site is developed throughout the book, at every point providing clear and practical demonstrations of the relevant ideas. Once you have mastered the basics, the book leads you onto 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 presumes a working knowledge of the .NET Framework and familiarity with the C# language, but no prior knowledge of MCMS is required. To use this book, you will need access to Visual Studio. NET 2002 or 2003, SQL Server 2000, and an installation of MCMS 2002.
This book is not aimed at the specific information needs of administrators or users of MCMS.
Stefan Goßner
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.
Stefan maintains a huge MCMS 2002 FAQ on the Microsoft Website and provides MCMS tips and tricks on his personal blog: http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner.
He lives in Munich, Germany.
Joel Ward
Joel Ward works as a web developer and technical manager. Once destined to be an architect, he switched tracks midway through college and instead graduated with a degree in Integrative Arts from the Pennsylvania State University. His professional career has taken him on a journey through design, programming, usability, and accessibility.
Joel has worked with MCMS since its first release in 2001. Over the years, he has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his work in the MCMS community.
Joel lives in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. You can visit his website at http://www.wardworks.com/joel/
Lim Mei Ying
Lim Mei Ying is a Senior Consultant at Avanade, a global technology integrator specializing in the Microsoft platform. Mei Ying has extensive experience in designing, implementing and supporting enterprise web applications as well as setting up Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) systems across the enterprise. An active contributor to the Microsoft newsgroup community, she has spent many hours figuring out the dos and don'ts of MCMS technologies, and thrives on the challenge of finding new ways to solve MCMS-related problems.
Mei Ying, who has earned the prestigious title of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional award for Content Management Server. Mei Ying lives on the sunny island of Singapore and blogs at meiyinglim.blogspot.com
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