IBM Web Content Manager - The IBM Learner Portal is currently ...
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1: Getting started<br />
During th<strong>is</strong> section of the course you will be introduced to <strong>IBM</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Content</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> and <strong>Web</strong>Sphere<br />
<strong>Portal</strong>. You will also create a library and configure your authoring portlet.<br />
Time required<br />
It should take approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete these lessons.<br />
Lesson 1.1: An overview of <strong>IBM</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Content</strong> <strong>Manager</strong><br />
<strong>IBM</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Content</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> <strong>is</strong> a powerful and soph<strong>is</strong>ticated browser-based application designed to<br />
accelerate the creation, maintenance, and delivery of critical business content across intranet, extranet,<br />
Internet, and portal sites. With <strong>IBM</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Content</strong> <strong>Manager</strong>, the website creator can build content for all<br />
types of web d<strong>is</strong>tribution in a quick and timely manner. After the website and authoring system are built,<br />
nontechnical users can easily add or update content.<br />
Time needed<br />
It will take approximately 30 minutes to complete th<strong>is</strong> lesson.<br />
Why use <strong>Web</strong>Sphere <strong>Portal</strong> and <strong>IBM</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Content</strong> <strong>Manager</strong><br />
<strong>Web</strong>Sphere <strong>Portal</strong> <strong>is</strong> a content aggregation platform for websites. It uses portlets to render content and<br />
function from different back-end applications. Some of these applications are part of <strong>Web</strong>Sphere <strong>Portal</strong>,<br />
and others are third-party applications.<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Content</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> <strong>is</strong> a <strong>Web</strong>Sphere <strong>Portal</strong> application designed to accelerate the creation,<br />
maintenance, and delivery of critical business content across intranet, extranet, Internet, and portal sites.<br />
It <strong>is</strong> used to manage large websites that have a large amount of content being authored by large groups<br />
of users. It divides content from style, layout, and context so that changes can be made to the look and<br />
feel of your site without the need to edit individual web pages.<br />
Conceptual and functional div<strong>is</strong>ions of a website<br />
When building a website using <strong>IBM</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Content</strong> <strong>Manager</strong>, you break up your website into the following<br />
conceptual and functional div<strong>is</strong>ions.<br />
Table 2. Conceptual and functional div<strong>is</strong>ions<br />
<strong>Content</strong>:<br />
v <strong>Content</strong> items<br />
v Site areas<br />
v Components<br />
Context:<br />
v Site framework<br />
v Page hierarchy<br />
v Profiling<br />
v Current ® user<br />
v Personalization<br />
Accompanying guide for SPVC - not for d<strong>is</strong>tribution<br />
Layout:<br />
v Presentation templates<br />
v Component designs<br />
v Page layout and portlets<br />
v <strong>The</strong>mes<br />
Style:<br />
v CSS<br />
v <strong>The</strong>mes<br />
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