Building Web Sites With Mscms 2002 And Vs

EBZ308: Building Web Sites With MSCMS 2002 And VS.NET Scott Farquharson Program Manager Content Management Server Microsoft Corporation

Agenda 

CMS Development Model   

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Demo – Templates and Postings Template Changes Object and Data Model

CMS VS.NET Integration   

Wizard, Dialogs and Toolbars Demo – Show Integration Demo – Build a Template

Microsoft Content Management Server      

Enterprise content management system Enables dynamic, data driven Web sites Template based publishing for non technical business users Integrated with Web development tools for rapid deployment High performance and scalability meet the requirements of the most demanding Web sites Part of the .NET Enterprise Server product family

CMS 

CMS 2001 

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Quickly and efficiently build, deploy and maintain Internet, Intranet and Extranet web sites.

CMS 2002 

… and leverage the power of VS.NET to build integrated, scaleable e-business solutions based on Web Services

CMS 2001 - Templates 

Template ASP file stored in database  

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Two pass template update process 

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Must be based on ASP (vbscript) Ancillary template files (.inc etc) stored on file system Importing Template File produces Placeholder Definitions but now they need to be configured.

One Placeholder Server Control

CMS 2002 - Templates 

All template code assets move to the file system  

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Template gallery items reference the T file on the file system 

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Based on ASP.NET or ASP One-pass template creation

Templates have schema information and can be “connected”

Redefinition of “Navigation” Templates

demo Basic CMS Constructs

CMS 2002 Definitions 

Template Gallery Item / Objects (in CMS)  

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Template File (.NET ASPX File)  

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Talk to Placeholder Objects to render / author content

Placeholder Objects (in CMS)  

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Contain CMS Placeholder Server Controls Code to interact with CMS Publishing API, navigation, backend system, etc.

Placeholder Server Controls (.NET Server Controls) 

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Selected by Authors as the containers for content Connects Template Files and Placeholder Definitions

Holds on to the content Nice object model to interact with at run time

Placeholder Definitions (in CMS)  

Defines the content schema (XML, HTML, etc) Properties (validation or not, bolding, etc)

CMS 2002 Data Model Request File System Template File (aspx file)

HTML Placeholder Server Control

CMS Server

ISAPI Filter

IIS: Template File + Posting

Template Gallery Item Template File

On Start Page: Auth Module, CMS Context (this.***) Navigation, CMS PAPI, ASPX Code …

(Run Time)

Custom Properties Ref to Placeholder Definition Collection

CMS Context Placeholder Object

Placeholder Definition

Placeholder Object

Placeholder Definition

Custom Placeholder Server Control

Content

Schema

CMS Database

CMS 2002 Data Model

(Design Time)

CMS Server

File System

Template Gallery Item

Template File (aspx file)

Template File On Start Page: Auth Module, CMS Context (this.***) Navigation, CMS PAPI, ASPX Code … HTML Placeholder Server Control

Custom Properties Ref to Placeholder Definition Collection

CMS Context Placeholder Definition Placeholder Definition

Custom Placeholder Server Control

Schema

CMS Database

CMS 2002 Object Model

Channel Custom Prop Defs

.NET Web Applications: CMS PAPI Entry Point CmsHttpContext

.NET/COM Win 32 Applications: PAPI Entry Point CMSApplicationContext

.ASP Web Applications: CMS API Entry Point Autosession

Posting Placeholder Object Custom Prop Values Template Gallery Template Custom Prop Defs Placeholder Defs Resource Gallery Resource Searches User Error (asp) Exceptions (.NET)

VS.NET Integration 

CMS Enhancements in VS.NET   

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CMS VS.NET Projects Placeholder Definitions and Binding Custom Properties

Leverage Native Functionality include  

VB, C# ASPX (Template) Development VS.NET Debugging

CMS VS.NET Projects 

.NET Project 

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C#, VB.NET Web Apps and Web Services Project Existing Projects: “Enabled as CMS”

.ASP Projects 

Empty Web Projects

Template Development 

Template Gallery Explorer    

Create, Rename, Update, Delete, Connected Templates Check In/Out Template “Wiring”

Custom Properties  

Programmatic “Hints” for Code Name/Value Pairs (Text or Selection)   

Text or List Define Type in the Template Define Value in the Posting

Placeholder Definitions 

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Each Template contain a set of Placeholder Definitions Each Definition is a data field in a posting Content Types: HTML, Image, XML, etc

Placeholder Server Ctrls  

Drag and Drop Server Controls Bind Presentation to Content (Placeholder Definitions)

demo CMS VS.NET Integration

demo Building Templates

Template Recap 

Create Template Gallery Item 

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Create Placeholder Definitions (to hold the content)

Create Template ASPX File    

Connect to Template Gallery Item Add Placeholders Server Controls (to display content) Connect Placeholders Server Controls to Placeholder Definitions Add Code

Other Sessions  

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EBZ309 Building Personalized Web Sites, April 11, 4:45, Rm 217-219 EBZ307 Building Multilingual Web Sites with MSCMS 2002, April 12, 9:00, Rm R06 CLB310 Integrating MSCMS and SPS, April 12, 10:45, Rm La Louisiane C EBZ401 Building Web Services for MSCMS 2002, April 12 3:15, Rm R06

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