This book has the most in depth-coverage of important MCMS development topics found anywhere. Each author of the book is a renowned expert in the area

• Learn directly from recognized community experts
• Extensive coverage of the Publishing API (PAPI)
• Get Sharepoint and MCMS working together
• InfoPath, RSS and hot topics covered

In Detail

Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 is a dynamic web publishing system with which you can build websites quickly and cost-efficiently. MCMS provides the administration, authoring, and data management functionality, and you provide the website interface, logic, and workflow. Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) also features in the book. SPS 2003 enables enterprises to deploy an intelligent portal that seamlessly connects users, teams, and knowledge so that people can take advantage of relevant information across business processes to help them work more efficiently.

You’ve mastered the basics of MCMS, and setup your own MCMS installation. You’ve only scratched the surface. This book is your gateway to squeezing every penny from your investment in MCMS and SPS, and making these two applications work together to provide an outstanding richness of content delivery and easy maintainability.

As a developer, the Publishing API (PAPI) is at the heart of your work with MCMS, and this book starts by taking you on the most detailed tour of the PAPI you will find anywhere. As a live example, a component that reveals the structure of your MCMS site is created, taking you through how to manage the common elements of MCMS programmatically.

Getting SharePoint and MCMS to work together is the next stop in the book. You will see how to use SharePoint’s search engine to search MCMS content, publish content between the two systems, and create SharePoint Web Parts to draw content from MCMS.

To ease your everyday work with MCMS, there are chapters on placeholder validation, and some useful custom placeholders for common MCMS tasks, such as a date-time picker, a placeholder for multiple attachments, and a DataGrid placeholder among others.

There are a number of ways to consume MCMS content from the outside world, and we look at two exciting ways here; RSS and InfoPath/Web Services. The InfoPath solution provides another interface to MCMS content that allows content authors to concentrate on content and not the presentation.

What you will learn from this book?

• Extensive coverage of the Publishing API (PAPI)
• Managing Channels and Postings with the PAPI
• Managing Templates, Template Galleries, Resources, and Users with the PAPI
• Getting Sharepoint and MCMS to work together
• Publishing content between MCMS and SharePoint
• Preparing postings for search indexing
• Creating Sharepoint Web Parts to display MCMS data
• Creating powerful custom Placeholder Controls
• Adding validation to Placeholder Controls
• Combining InfoPath, Web Services and MCMS’s robust content repository
• Using RSS to syndicate content from your site, and display content from other sites
• Staging static versions of your pages
• A further 60 pages of invaluable MCMS tips and tricks

Who this book is written for?

This book is written for developers who want to the skills to fully exploit the power of MCMS and SPS. The book presumes a working knowledge of MCMS, the .NET Framework and familiarity with the C# language. All the code examples are in C#.

Following on from “Building Websites with Microsoft Content Management Server”, this book takes MCMS development to a higher level of both power and integration. Like its predecessor, this book is packed with code examples and never-before seen secrets of MCMS. Years of active participation in MCMS newsgroups and mailing lists mean that the authors hard-won experience puts them in the ideal position to tell you what you really need to know as you build more advanced MCMS applications.

Finally… Here’s The Ultimate Opportunity For YOU To Publish Your Very Own Electronic Newsletter Online At Low Cost For Maximum Profits!

Inside this crash course guide, you will quickly discover:

The single most important asset you need to jump start your E-zine Publishing business! No complicated technical or programming knowledge required.

How to quickly search and determine a hot niche or hot topic that will attract droves of visitors to become your subscribers and then ultimately, paying customers!

How to get your E-zine content chalked out quickly! (Hint: You can use this trick even if you DON’T have the fingers to write a word!)

How to quickly and easily set up your online newsletter in less than 24 hours and dress for success – and your startup cost can be less than a dinner for two!

Eight (8) lead-sucking strategies you can tap into to bring in droves and droves of subscribers into your E-zine!

How to motivate your existing subscribers to willingly promote your E-zine to their contacts! (This is very vital if you don’t want to be stuck at the marketing wheel forever but want it to continue even without your presence!)

How to “legally” get subscribers from other competing E-zines who are in the same niche!

How to squeeze the most benefits from using a very controversial marketing method in building your list of red hot opt-in subscribers!

The places on the web you can convert into lead-sucking gateways for maximum exposure and opt-in!

How to quickly and easily publish your E-zine in a friendly and professional manner. It doesn’t matter even if this is your first time doing it (yes, it can be intimidating to some) – I’ll show you how!

How to get your subscribers involved in every e-mail or e-zine issue you send!

How to deal with nasty and unwanted subscribers! (Hint: this is something you don’t find written in many books on the same subject – but it’ll be responsible for saving you energy and time when it comes to dealing with bad company!)

The three (3) profit-pulling powerhouses you can build into your E-zine!

How to “bribe” your visitors into joining your E-zine (no, it’s not just about giving away freebies or Resell Rights products!),

And so much more!