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Key Lotus Web Content Management Definitions - Overview of functions,
components and items
This section discusses the Lotus Web Content Management items that are used
to build a Web site as well as the functions that secure and maintain a Web
site from a Lotus Web Content Management perspective. This section summarizes
functions and items and then, in subsequent sections, includes an in depth
discussion on their functions.All examples are based on the River
Bend Tea and Coffee Company Web site.
Lotus Web Content Management defines components and items in its own
technical sense. All elements in the Authoring Portlet Item Navigator which are
defined within the Component Library are referred to as components .
All other elements -- from within Content Library, Presentation Templates,
Authoring Templates, Site Management, and Workflow Management -- are referred
to as items .
Lotus Web Content Management fields
Each item is created and managed using a form with common and item specific
fields. Common fields in all forms are:
- Identification-Fields:
- Name: Required field to enter the item's name that is used in the
authoring environment.
- Display Name: Appearing in the Authoring Portlet Navigator as well as
in references between items and components.
| Attention: Content items
in the River Bend example Web site use a Display Title field. This field is
shown on the Web site while the Name field is not. It is not required to have
identical values for Name and Display Title. However, doing so eases
administrative tasks. |
- Description: A comprehensive description. This is an optional
field.
- Authors: Additional authors for item. This field is not a security
feature. If you need security features, you should use security options. This
field is used to reference items with ID component tags.
- Owners: Additional owners for item. This field is the same as the
Authors field.
Item and component security
Every item and component is access protected. A five-level security model
(Live, Read, Edit, Workflow, and Delete) applies.
Lotus Web Content Management items
For a conceptual look towards items, a separation between
content-centric and architectural items makes sense. The
content-centric items are used for content creation and management. The
architectural items define the hierarchical structure of the Web site and its
design.
Content-centric items
Creating, managing, and using content-centric items is related to the
content constituency which is performed by subject matter authors and content
owners. Content-centric items include the following:
The authoring template is used by a content creator to create
content by entering text, predefined resources (such as images, files, and so
forth), and components in fields.
- Categories and taxonomies
Categories are predefined terms that are grouped into
taxonomies that are similar to keywords, while keywords -- which are
used in an authoring template field -- are not predefined but are text-free.
Because every content item has to pass a workflow in order to be
published, workflows are essential elements. However, their purpose is related
strictly to life cycle. By default Workflow is enabled for content items but
can be configured for all items and components by inserting the appropriate
values in the aptrixjpe.properties file.
Content items are any kind of information intended to be
published to a Web site and are created using authoring templates.
Architectural items and components
Creating, managing, and using architectural items is related to the
technical and layout constituency and is performed by Lotus Web Content
Management administrators and developers
Architectural items include the following:
Libraries act as a container for the components and contents.
They are used in order to separate items, whether to separate between the
contents and components, or separate based on projects or for any other design
purposes.
- Site Framework: site and site areas
The Site Framework defines the hierarchical site structure which
is the case for the main Web site navigation.
A number of design components are available for a customized
design of a Web site, such as the Navigator, Menu, and HTML components, Image
and File resources, and so forth. These design components are stored under the
Components section in the authoring portlet.
In the presentation templates , everything comes together and the
Web site can be viewed as a whole.
Design components are referenced within the presentation template form the
look of a Web page (such as the header or stylesheets), and content item fields
are referenced to display text on the Web page.