This document discusses how to build websites using SharePoint's web content management (WCM) features. It covers key components like master pages, page layouts, navigation, and content deployment. The document seeks to dispel myths that SharePoint is only for intranets, that branding is complex, and that it lacks content management features. It provides an overview of tools and techniques for customizing WCM components and extending SharePoint's out-of-the-box WCM capabilities.

1. SharePoint and WCMgetting it done right! CHAKKARADEEP CHANDRAN

2. Agenda WCM Components Master Pages Page Layouts Site Navigation Site Definitions Content Deployment Key Takeaways How to approach building WCM sites using SharePoint Extending different WCM components SharePoint and WCM – Better Together!

4. SharePoint WCM Myths SharePoint is for Intranet/Records Management portals Branding is complex, not possible really. SharePoint lacks content management features Building a standards compliance website is not possible Web 2.0/jQuery integration? - Forget about it

5. SharePoint and WCM SharePoint provides Web Content Management (WCM) functionality out of the box (Enterprise License) WCM features are provided primarily by the Publishing Site feature Several standard SharePoint components work together to provide WCM functionality Developers go further in extending and customizing this WCM platform

6. Key Development Components Custom Page Layouts Custom Field Controls Custom Navigation Custom Content Types Custom Site Definitions Custom Web Parts/User Controls Custom Search Custom Master Page Custom Site Columns Custom Lists

7. Where to Begin SharePoint 80/20 Rule “if you can earn 80% of your requirement with current SharePoint features and need to development for other features , SharePoint is your solution.” Site Structure/Site Collection HTML mock-ups Navigation Page Layouts (Home Page, Search Page etc.,) Static Content and Dynamic Content Search Strategy Users SharePoint Environment Development Testing UAT Production Authoring Live

8. Development Tools Visual Studio 2008 WSPBuilder SPVisualDev PowerShell/Batch Scripts

9. Site Columns and Content Types Everything is stored in Lists List Columns – Site Columns Type of information, metadata – Content Type

10. Content

11. Site Columns and Content Types

12. Summary Site Columns Content Types AC’s STSADM Commands

13. Master Pages and Page Layouts Master Page Content Placeholders Page Layout Field Controls Field Controls User Controls Web Parts

14. Master Page and Page Layout

15. HomePage Page Layout TopBanner Control ImageScroller Control InPagePod Controls

16. Master Pages and Page Layouts

17. Summary Master Page Page Layouts

18. User Controls Content stored in lists or document libraries No user interaction Can be loaded in Web Parts

20. Text

21. Choice Fields

22. Hyperlink or Picture

23. Publishing HTML

24. Field Type == Data Type

25. Create custom field types to satisfy requirements not met by out of the box field types

26. Field types also provide field rendering facilities

27. Field controls deliver or capture the content in a Publishing Page

29. Rule of thumb:

30. Use field controls for content and Web Parts for functionality

31. Since a field control is bound to a specific field of an item, it offers complete versioning/history

33. Custom Field Type Components

34. Custom Field Types and Field Controls

35. Summary User Controls Custom Field Types Web Parts Vs Field Types Loading user controls in page layouts Loading custom field controls in page layouts

36. Site Navigation Navigating sites, subsites Navigating pages Use PortalSiteMapProvider Fetches information from current context Increases performance However: First request takes longer time There can be some performance issues to fetch data that frequently changes Data invalidation can happen Use Site Collection Object Cache to improve caching mechanism

37. Navigation using PortalSiteMapProvider

38. Summary PortalSiteMapProvider Navigation Control

39. SPSiteDataQuery Represents a query that can be performed across multiple lists in multiple Web sites in the same Web site collection

40. SPSiteDataQuery

41. Search Can SharePoint find the content? Are search scopes set accordingly? How should results be handled? Search Center vs. Search Site Custom Search Page Layout Custom Search Controls Empty results handled? Best Bets Noise Words Useful tool - http://www.codeplex.com/SharePointSearchServ

42. KeywordQuery Example

43. Site Definitions Site definitions are not site templates Site definitions are used to build SharePoint applications with custom coding Custom Site Provisioning

44. Site Definition Process EMPLATESiteTemplatesamemlnet.xml Configuration ID=“0” EMPLATES033MLEBTEMP.Name.xml Default Publishing Modules Configuration ID=“0” Configuration ID=“1” Site Features Web Features Site Provisioning

45. Site Definitions

46. Content Deployment Authoring (read/write) Production (read only) ( Incremental or Full ) Export content from the source Transport content from the source to destination Import content into destination

47. Summary Key development components of WCM Master Pages and Page Layouts User Controls Custom Field Types and Field Controls Site Navigation Site Definitions Content Deployment

48. Thank You chaks@intergen.co.nz www.chakkaradeep.com http://twitter.com/chakkaradeep