Part 2 covers the following topics:
2.1 Product architecture and key components
This section provides an overview of the IBM Web Content Manager (WCM) product architecture and introduces its key components including the WCM Server, content repository, authoring portlet, connect portlet, rendering portlet, and public API.
2.2 Architectural frameworks for content
The architectural frameworks for content in WCM consist of portal, traditional, internal facing, and external facing. This section describes the various architectural frameworks for content in WCM.
2.3 Information architecture and site design
This section describes defining, planning, designing information architecture and site interface.
2.4 Design and layout
This section discusses design and layout of a website. Specifically, it addresses content usability and accessibility as it pertains to a site interface.
2.5 Environment type
With WCM, a variety of environment types are supported to facilitate the building, staging, and finally delivering of websites. This section describes the various environment types, their usage, and how to move content between them using workflow and syndication.
2.6 Sample physical architecture of a website
This section describes various physical architectures you can use to build a WCM website infrastructure.
2.7 Use case sample site infrastructure: River Bend Tea and Coffee Company
This section combines all the concepts that are described in the “environment type” and “sample physical architecture of a website” sections and build an example infrastructure for the River Bend Coffee and Tea Company (River Bend).
DISCLAIMER: This guide outlines an example of building a basic website using a sample site, River Bend. This sample is not intended as a best practice for development, configuration, architecture, or any other aspect, such as scalability or performance. No warranty or support is implied for the example site or sample code used.