This course introduces the concepts and skills necessary to build a website by using IBM Web Content Manager 8.5. It includes building an authoring system, creating and managing web content items, creating a change management framework, and delivering web content.

Hands-on exercises on the Windows operating system are provided throughout the course, giving you practical experience with building, designing, and managing a website.

OBJECTIVE

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Build a website by using IBM Web Content Manager
• Create components for reuse and ease of maintenance
• Create a content authoring system and authoring templates
• Create and manage web content items
• Create a content library and manage access to the library
• Add navigational components to a website
• Add personalization components to a website
• Use inline editing functions
• Create and work with draft items and publish the draft
• Provide secure user access to a website
• Implement change management practices
• Reference Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files in presentation templates and components
• Describe and identify the components in the Content Template Catalog (CTC)
• Use IBM Site Builder to build various websites
• Use the IBM Mobile Preview for Digital Experience Software
• Install IBM Script Portlet
• Build applications by using the Script Portlet Editor

AUDIENCE

This course is designed for users who need to build a website and authoring system by using IBM Web Content Manager .

TOPICS

IBM Web Content Manager

Unit 1. Overview of Web Content Manager
Exercise 1. Overview of Web Content Manager
Unit 2. Templates, components, items, and WCM search
Exercise 2. Templates, components, items, and WCM search
Unit 3. WCM Content Tags
Unit 4. Pages, portlets, and page templates
Exercise 4. Pages, portlets, and page templates
Unit 5. Content acquisition
Unit 6. Adding navigational components to your website
Exercise 6. Adding navigational components to your website
Unit 7. Adding rule-based content
Exercise 7. Adding rule-based content
Unit 8. Custom authoring features
Exercise 8. Custom authoring features
Unit 9. Working with drafts, workflows, and projects
Exercise 9. Working with drafts, workflows, and projects
Unit 10. Item management
Exercise 10. Item management
Unit 11. User access and security
Exercise 11. User access and security
Unit 12. Content Template Catalog (CTC)
Exercise 12. Content Template Catalog (CTC)

Administering IBM Web Content Manager

Unit 1: Overview of WebSphere Portal and IBM Web Content Manager
Introduction to Web Content Manager terminology and concepts
Architecture: Overview of the stack
Architecture: How WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager work together
Explanation of WebSphere Portal capability as compared to Web Content Manager
Unit 2: Overview of IBM Web Content Manager server environments
Review of various network environments (testing, staging, and production/delivery)
High availability considerations
Unit 3: Authoring environment
What is the authoring environment?
An overview of the “home pages” that are ready for immediate use.
Site area templates that allow administrators to control the type of items that can be added.
Using the out-of-the box authoring portlet
Customizing the authoring environment to improve the author experience
Comparison of out-of-the box RTE and the Ephox RTE
Access control and users and groups
Unit 4: Delivery environment
What is the delivery environment
Review of considerations for delivery in a clustered topology
Access control and users and groups
Unit 5: Syndication
What is syndication?
Manual and automatic syndication
What is not handled via syndication?
Cloning compared to syndication
Unit 6:Cache
What is cache?
Cache options for Web Content Manager
Limitations of options
Cache best practices
Unit 7: Performance
Performance considerations
Hardware, network, disk space, and so on
Tuning steps
Database tuning
Unit 8: Maintenance
Review available tools, when to use them and potential impacts. Tools include:
MemberFixer
Workflow update tool
IBM Support Assistant
Clear versions (Auditing impact)
Clear history (Auditing impact)
Check database disk space to ensure there is enough space
Logs
Note errors and act upon them
Where to find updates: Fix Central
Where to look for help: Support Portal
Library export
Unit 9: Backup and Recovery
Backup and recovery
Required third party applications (LDAP, Analytics, and so on)
Unit 10: Migration
Overview of the process – what does the Web Content Manager Administrator need to plan for?
What is migrated in the base portal migration
Additional steps for migrating Web Content Manager