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Administrator, Content Management Server 2001 

The Content Management Server 2001 (MSCMS 2001) administrator's job is to set up and manage publishing in the MSCMS 2001 environment. Administrators have full privileges (including the right to create, edit, and approve pages and postings) in all MSCMS 2001 containers.

Administrator, Windows 2000 

A Windows 2000 administrator is a user with administrative rights on the computer where the MSCMS 2001 server and database are installed. It is typically the responsibility of the Windows administrator to install and configure Content Management Server 2001, and set up user accounts. The Windows administrator will not necessarily be the same person functioning as a Content Management Server 2001 administrator.

authentication page

A Web page you might need to pass through in order to log on to a Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 site with a Web browser. On the authentication page, you will need to select a valid domain and enter your user name and password, or an LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Organizational Unit (OU).

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business manager, Content Connector 

The business manager is responsible for creating page profiles, personalized content objects, and for managing rich content created for Web sites.

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channel 

In typical implementations of Content Management Server 2001, the channel structure forms the navigational architecture of the Web site and can be thought of as a site map. A channel is designed to control both how the browsing user navigates through the site and how these users are restricted from accessing various parts of the site, depending on their authorization level.

cover page 

Refers only to Content Management Server 2001 channels that use frames. The cover page is the page that appears when a subscriber clicks the channel name in their Web browser. A cover page typically displays a brief outline of the type of information posted to the channel. For frameless channels, the channel navigation template is displayed when the user clicks a channel link, which then takes the place of a cover page.

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Database Configuration Application (DCA) 

A Content Management Server 2001 utility with which you can select and populate a Microsoft SQL Server database. In addition, the DCA is used to select the virtual Web site (for the MSCMS 2001 server and the Server Configuration Application), and to select a new MSCMS 2001 System Account and the Initial MSCMS 2001 Administrator for a new installation. After you have used the DCA for a new installation, further use will be to select a new database.

(See also Server Configuration Application.)

destination directory, staging 

The destination directory is the directory that receives the HTML or ASP "snapshots" of your Content Management Server 2001 site when it is staged with the MSCMS 2001 Site Stager.

destination server 

The destination server is the MSCMS 2001 server that is importing the contents of an object package.

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Guest User, Content Management Server 2001 

If permissions for guest access have been set, Content Management Server 2001 uses this account for anonymous site visitors. Guest users must be granted rights to channels and postings, just like any other MSCMS 2001 subscriber.

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IIS – Internet Information Server 

Microsoft's Web server software that runs on the Windows 2000 platform.

Initial Content Management Server 2001 Administrator 

The "Administrator, Content Management Server 2001" created by the DCA when creating or upgrading a database. Initially, this is the only user who can log on to Content Management Server 2001 through the MSCMS 2001 Site Builder.

(See also Administrator, Content Management Server 2001.)

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Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 system 

A Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 (MSCMS 2001) system is the MSCMS 2001 server, all the MSCMS 2001 Site Builders and Web Authors that connect to the server, and the database. Content Management Server 2001 can also include multiple MSCMS 2001 servers doing different functions, such as development, staging, or production.

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object package 

A file that contains objects exported from a Content Management Server 2001 system using the Site Deployment Manager. Object packages have the .ROP file extension and .ROP files can be imported to another MSCMS 2001 system.

(See also Site Deployment Manager.)

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rights 

A Content Management Server 2001 user's rights are derived from their membership in one or more rights groups and the roles (subscriber, author, editor) they have in the containers (folders, channels, galleries) assigned to those rights groups. All containers you have rights in or rights to have colored icons.

• The rights group(s) you belong to determines which containers you have rights in.

• The role of the rights group(s) you belong to determines the types of tasks (create, modify, approve) you can do with items in a container.

(See also rights group, role.)

rights group

A rights group is a group of users assigned to one of the Content Management Server 2001 predefined roles. Members of a rights group hold privileges to containers, based on the role the rights group represents. Authors, for example, can create pages in a folder, while editors can both create and approve pages in folders. Access to specific containers (folders, channels, galleries) is set for a rights groups by an MSCMS 2001 administrator.

(See also rights, role.)

role 

In Content Management Server 2001, your role (subscriber, author, editor, moderator, template designer, administrator, resource manager) determines what actions you can carry out in containers. The different roles and the tasks allowed by those roles, are key components of the collaborative content management process.

(See also rights, rights group.)

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server, MSCMS 2001 

The MSCMS 2001 server is a machine that hosts the Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 software. This server is connected to an MSCMS 2001 database and interacts with MSCMS 2001 Site Builder or Web Author software.

Server Configuration Application (SCA) 

A Content Management Server 2001 utility used to configure individual or multiple (server farms) MSCMS 2001 servers. After a new installation, users can selectively configure, globally or specific to one server, activities such as changing the MSCMS 2001 system account, and adding and removing supported NT Domains, Active Directory, containers, and Site Server organizational units (OUs) as the network topology changes or grows.

Site Builder, MSCMS 2001 

A client-side, WSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) authoring environment that operates on a Windows 32-bit platform. The MSCMS 2001 Site Builder is used to develop pages and navigation templates, develop code with the API, and do site administration tasks. The MSCMS 2001 Web Author should be used for all authoring, editing, and moderating functions.

Site Deployment Manager 

The Site Deployment Manager is an add-on product that allows objects such as resources, template, and galleries to be exported and imported from one MSCMS 2001 system to another. The most common application of site deployment is to move data from a development server to a production server. Site deployment can be done by a site administrator only.

Site Stager, MSCMS 2001 

A Content Management Server 2001 application that takes HTML or ASP "snapshots" of part or all of your Web site, thereby allowing you to host this content from another directory or server. MSCMS 2001 Site Stager allows you to reduce browser traffic on your MSCMS 2001 site, and to host your site on non-Windows platforms.

Stage As User 

The "Stage As User" is a Windows 2000 user account whose container rights determine which channels and postings are staged by the MSCMS 2001 Site Stager. The "Stage As User" isn't a real user. It is a dedicated Windows 2000 user account that an administrator must create for staging to occur. Creating the Stage As User involves creating a Windows 2000 user account, and adding its user name to Content Management Server 2001 subscriber or administrator rights group. When Site Stager stages a site, it stages the channels assigned to members of this rights group.

staged site 

The MSCMS 2001 Site Stager allows you to create a static HTML site that can be ported to various platforms. A staged site consists of HTML "snapshots" taken of the channels and postings or views of pages of the Content Management Server 2001 site to be staged. The contents of the staged site can be hosted on a Web server for users who want to browse published content on your site.

staging schedule 

The staging schedule, which can be set from the Profile Properties dialog box, determines when a particular staging profile is staged.

staging profile 

A staging profile is a collection of all the information the MSCMS 2001 Site Stager needs to stage a site. A profile contains a name (to distinguish it from other profiles), the directory of the site to be staged, the channels to be staged, and a schedule that sets the staging frequency. You can have more than one staged site by creating a different profile for each one.

Site Stager, destination directory 

The directory on the machine that receives the HTML "snapshots" of a Content Management Server 2001 site being staged.

Site Stager, Site Map URL 

The MSCMS 2001 Site Stager Site Map URL points to a file (sitemap.asp) that generates a description of the Content Management Server 2001 system to be staged.

Subscriber 

Content Management Server 2001 subscribers have access through their Web browser to view MSCMS 2001 pages in the channels to which they're subscribed.

system administrator, Content Connector 

The system administrator's job in Content Connector is to install Content Connector, customize and deploy the Method Systems sample site, and to create Content Management Server 2001 user groups, channels, and resource gallery.

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Web Author, MSCMS 2001 

The MSCMS 2001 Web Author allows authors, editors, and moderators to create and approve pages from a Web browser. The MSCMS 2001 Web Author is a Web application that uses server-side and client-side scripting to generate an editable version of an existing or new posting.