Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows

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Managing Web content

You use IBM^® Workplace Web Content Management™ to develop, manage and deliver Web content in the form of Web pages and portlets.

Web Content Management technology is included with WebSphere Portal Express by default, including support for syndication and rendering portlets. However, before you can use the authoring capability of Web Content Management to create content, perform the configuration described in Installing the Authoring portlet.

You should also download the Web Content Management Best Practices Guide. This article covers a wide variety of topics that product experts have found critical to a successful implementation and useful environment. For example, you learn about such topics as migration considerations, content creation, search, taxonomies, syndication, access control, globalization, custom authoring interfaces, and performance tuning of various components.

• Take a test drive of the JumpStart sites
  This tutorial provides information to help you start working with the JumpStart Intranet and Internet sites that are included out of the box.

• Before creating Web content
  Before using IBM Workplace Web Content Management, you should become familiar with the terminology used in Web Content Management and the basic Web content development process.

• Preparing for Web content creation
  Before you can begin creating Web content, first create site frameworks, taxonomies, workflows and authoring templates. You must also determine the most appropriate access control, workflow control and profiling strategies for your Web content.

• Creating Web content
  To create Web pages using IBM Workplace Web Content Management, you will need to create a set of elements to store or generate different types of Web content.

• Displaying Web content
  You use IBM Workplace Web Content Management tags and placeholders within presentation templates and element designs to display elements and metadata on a Web page.

• Managing items
  You can use features, such as version control and workflows, to manage the items used to develop Web content.

• Working with other applications
  You can use IBM Workplace Web Content Management with other applications such as Document Manager , Portal Personalization and Portal Search.

• Extending Web Content Management
  You can extend the standard features of IBM Workplace Web Content Management using the Web Content Management API and JSP files.

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