This is the MCMS book for developers. It is an end-to-end guide to creating a Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2002 website. No prior knowledge of MCMS is required—this book takes you from the basics of MCMS, guiding you through everything you need to create a fully featured, content-rich website.

An example site is developed throughout the book, at every point providing clear and practical demonstrations of the relevant ideas. Once you have mastered the basics, the book leads you on to more advanced techniques, allowing you to get the most from this powerful system.

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 to master the system.

Containing answers to some of the most asked questions in developer newsgroups, this book is a treasure trove of tricks and tips for solving the problems that you will face as an MCMS developer.

What you will learn from this book:

* The basic concepts of MCMS

* Preparing, installing, and configuring MCMS and its supporting technologies

* Creating an MCMS website from scratch

* Creating and debugging templates files and channel-rendering scripts

* Working with dynamic navigation

* Establishing user roles and rights

* Authoring with MCMS and improving the authoring experience

* Understanding and customizing workflow

* Working with the Publishing API

* Site deployment techniques

* Enhancing your site's performance with caching

Who this book is written for:

This book is written for developers who are part of organizations that have decided to evaluate or deploy MCMS and require the skills to make it happen. The book presumes a working knowledge of the .NET Framework and familiarity with the C# language, but no prior knowledge of MCMS is required. To use this book, you will need access to Visual Studio .NET 2002 or 2003, SQL Server 2000, and an installation of MCMS 2002.

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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 to master the system.

An example site is developed throughout the book, at every point providing clear and practical demonstrations of the relevant ideas. Once you have mastered the basics, the book leads you onto more advanced and powerful techniques, allowing you to get the most from this awesome system.

This book is written for developers who are part of a dynamic organization that has decided to evaluate or deploy MCMS and require the skills to make it happen.The book presumes a working knowledge of the .NET Framework and familiarity with the C# language, but no prior knowledge of MCMS is required. To use this book, you will need access to Visual Studio. NET 2002 or 2003, SQL Server 2000, and an installation of MCMS 2002.

This book is not aimed at the specific information needs of administrators or users of MCMS.

I am an instructor at advanced multimedia classes at a Business School close to Copenhagen, Denmark. I've been around for a while and have been working with 3D, animation, database programing and webdesign and I have also read parts of this book with great excitement and can't wait to finish it. This is a book that has been a demand for on the Danish market for several years...and now it is here. Wonderful. I particularly like the very direct and bold way it describes how the future entrepreneurs should behave on the market in order to survive. Conclusion: the absolute BEST step-by-step book ever written on the topic and a must for anyone going into the media business.

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A timely guide for enterprise website developers and QA teams. Authors combine their experience analyzing and improving hundreds of websites and show how to conduct an effective performance analysis. Softcover.

With this book and Web Matrix, you'll be developing your own powerful ASP.NET websites in no time.

You'll start at the beginning, learning how to create graphical web pages in Web Matrix. Then you'll use Visual Basic .NET and databases to add the dynamic features usually seen in expensive commercial websites. You'll finish by looking at some of the expert ASP.NET features — writing our own controls and web services.

Even if you've never programmed before, this book will take you right into the world of professional web development. You'll be amazed at how easy it is and how much you can do.

What does this book cover?

With this book, you will learn how to

• Go further than just static HTML websites, by using a programming language. We will get you building real dynamic websites right from the beginning
• Change the content of your pages quickly and easily by using databases. With this book, you'll learn how databases work, and how to make the most of them.
• Add interactivity to your website by creating your very own guest book, and allow people to leave message with emoticons.
• Create content you can distribute to other websites, and learn how to automatically update it all over the Web in one go!

Who is this book for?

Users of any edition of Microsoft Windows XP, or 2000 — ideal for beginners — no HTML knowledge is required.