What This Guide Is About
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Welcome to Microsoft Content Management Server 2001.
This guide provides comprehensive information and procedures to help a site administrator set up a Content Management Server 2001 site, including assigning publishing rights to users, managing internal and external access to the site, importing objects and templates, setting up page archival, using the Server Configuration Application to configure the site, and information about the Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 Site Stager.
This guide also includes information about setting up a Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 Content Connector for Commerce Server 2000 site, including creating and deploying a customized Content Connector site, creating and mapping product channels, folders, and pages, and authenticating Content Connector users.
Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is for system administrators and members of the Content Management Server 2001 administrator rights group.
How To Use This Guide
This guide covers the following topics and tasks, with an indication of where to find the information.
| To do this... | Go to this chapter |
| Understand the Content Management Server 2001 workflow, the roles, the states of pages, and the components of a Content Management Server 2001 system. | Chapter 1, "The MSCMS 2001 Publishing Process" |
| Create a container hierarchy for Content Management Server 2001. Create containers to organize and store pages, postings, and resources.
Create virtual directories on the MSCMS 2001 server. Create channels and template galleries. | Chapter 2, "Setting up Publishing: Creating Containers for Users" |
| Work with Content Management Server 2001 user roles—defining the roles, setting up rights and rights groups, assigning rights to users, assigning template ownership, and using the different types of URLs.
Add LDAP users and groups to Content Management Server 2001 rights groups.
Configure browsing rights with administrators. | Chapter 3, "Setting up Publishing: Assigning Publishing Rights" |
| Notify users of their entry points for the Content Management Server 2001 site. Manage external access (guest user). Index your Web site. End locks on objects. | Chapter 4, "Managing Access" |
| Change Content Management Server 2001 configuration settings without re-installing. | Chapter 5, "Using the Server Configuration Application" |
| Maintain earlier versions of published pages, postings, templates, and resources.
Preview and compare revisions using detailed revision histories.
Find revisions by date and time. | Chapter 6, "Using the Versioning Feature"
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| Export and import object packages using the Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 Site Deployment Manager. | Chapter 7, "Using the MSCMS 2001 Site Deployment Manager" |
| Make an HTML or ASP copy of Web site available for multiple platforms. Stage run-time Help. | Chapter 8, "MSCMS 2001 Site Stager" |
| Create a Windows 2000 domain user account to be used as the Stage As User. Set up a Destination User.
Create, edit, or delete a profile. | Chapter 9, "Creating Staging Profiles" |
| Stage a site either automatically or manually. | Chapter 10, "Staging a Site" |
| Define Content Connector user roles.
Outline responsibilities for developing, deploying, and managing Content Connector sites. | Chapter 11, "Content Connector Roles and Responsibilities" |
| Customize the Content Connector Method Systems sample site.
Package and deploy a Content Connector customized site. | Chapter 12, "Customizing and Deploying Content Conector"
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| Set up user authentication for guests and pre-registered users in Content Connector sites. | Chapter 13, "Managing Content Connector User Authentication" |
| Create product channels, folders, and pages for Content Connector. | Chapter 14, "Creating and Mapping Content Connector Containers" |
| Determine the context and resolution of error messages with the MSCMS 2001 server, Site Builder, and communications. | Chapter 15, "Error Messages" |
About the Method Systems sample data
Any reference to Method Systems sample data in this guide is intended as a generic example for illustrative purposes only. In the Web Author environment, the Method Systems sample site is simply representative—everything is configurable, including toolbars. There have been considerable changes to the "look and feel" of the user interface so that the example quotes may not completely resemble what you see on screen.
However, for Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 Content Connector for Commerce Server 2000, the sample Method Systems site is included and should be unpacked (see Chapter 7 "Installing Content Connector" in the MSCMS 2001 Setup Guide. We suggest you familiarize yourself with the sample data before customizing your Content Connector site.
Conventions Used In This Guide
We have used several document conventions in this guide to help you identify and find information.
Two components of the Microsoft Content Management Server 2001, the MSCMS 2001 Site Builder and MSCMS 2001 Web Author are always capitalized. However, references to the server and database are not capitalized: MSCMS 2001 server and MSCMS 2001 database.
Information that requires special attention comes in three types as described below: Caution, Tip, and Note.
Caution
Caution means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in loss of data or degradation of product performance.
Tip
Tips provide helpful suggestions for using Content Management Server effectively. Tips are not necessary to the basic understanding of the text.
Note
Note means reader take note. Notes emphasize or expand on important points in the main text around them. Notes can also provide information that applies only in special cases.
We also use typographical conventions to indicate specific information types in the documentation.
| Convention | Usage in documentation |
| Bold | This style indicates menu items and buttons that must be clicked or selected. For example, "Once you have completed the form, click Finish to move to the next screen." |
| Italic | This style indicates the title of a book or manual. Most commonly it is used to refer to other documentation in the MSCMS 2001 information product suite. |
| Monospace | This style denotes source code and names of programming functions. For example, "When implementing image tags in HTML be sure to always use width and height attributes, as shown below."
<IMG SRC="PowerPanels.GIF" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150"> |
For More Information
The information products for Content Management Server 2001 are included on the product CD and include the following:
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MSCMS 2001 Publishing API Help: detailed reference information about the Publishing Application Programming Interface (API) exposed by the MSCMS 2001 server. This API is used by Web programmers in building an MSCMS 2001 site.
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MSCMS 2001 Content Connector for Commerce Server 2000 Framework API Help: detailed reference information about the framework for the MSCMS 2001 Content Connector for Commerce Server 2000 API. This API is used by Web programmers in building a Content Connector site.
The above information is in the form of compiled help (.chm) files.
The following information comes in Portable Document Format (PDF). You need Adobe Acrobat reader to access the PDFs—download a free copy from the Adobe site at http://www.adobe.com.
MSCMS 2001 Setup Guide: provides prerequisite information for installing Content Management Server 2001 with the InstallShield Wizard, installing a database, configuring your system with the SCA, installing the MSCMS 2001 Content Connector for Commerce Server 2000 and unpacking a site, and installing the MSCMS 2001 Site Stager.
MSCMS 2001 Page Template Designer's Guide: provides details about all aspects of template-based publishing, including creating templates for use in a multi-authoring environment.
MSCMS 2001 Site Programmer's Guide: provides comprehensive information for site programmers including the Web interface, the MSCMS 2001 Site Builder and MSCMS 2001 Web Author, MSCMS 2001 Content Connector, and working with, and customizing the MSCMS 2001 Publishing API and Content Connector Framework API.
MSCMS 2001 Content Connector for Commerce Server 2000 Business Desk User's Guide: provides information about the MSCMS 2001 Content Connector for Commerce Server 2001 add-on and explains how to personalize your site's content. This includes creating and managing page profiles, personalized content objects, and rich content.
Check our corporate Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/cmserver for a variety of useful information.