Content Management Guide

Introduction

Introducing Content Management

Storing Content

Viewing the Virtual Content Repository

Using BEA Content Repositories

Adding Content

Delivering Content Within Your Portal

Securing Content

Content Management in the Portal Life Cycle

Architecture

Development

Staging

Production

Part I Architecture

Using Content Repositories

Connecting Repositories to the Virtual Content Repository

Storing Content in a BEA Default Repository

Storing Content in a BEA Filesystem Repository

Storing Content in a Third-Party Repository

Organizing Your Repository

Securing your Repository

Configuring BEA Repositories

Working with BEA Repositories

Working with a Default BEA Repository

Enabling Library Services for a BEA Repository

Modifying a BEA Repository

Adding Custom Properties

Editing Advanced Repository Properties

Disconnecting a Repository

Working with a BEA Filesystem Repository

BEA Filesystem Repository Considerations

Configuring a Filesystem Repository

Before You Begin

Creating a Connection to the New Filesystem Repository

Configuring Additional BEA Repositories

Considerations for Additional BEA Repositories

Creating Database Objects for the New Repository

Connecting the New Repository to the Server

Connecting the New BEA Repository to the Virtual Content Repository

Associating the New Data Source with the New Repository

Using Content Folders in Your BEA Repository

Creating a Folder

Moving a Folder

Deleting a Folder

Renaming a Folder

Changing the Content Workflow for a Folder

Using Content Workflows in Your BEA Repository

Using the Default Content Workflow

Creating Content Workflows

Creating or Modifying a Content Workflow Document

Guidelines for Creating or Modifying a Content Workflow Document

How Content Workflows Are Inherited

Changing the Workflow to use Visitor Entitlements

Changing the Display Names of the Content Workflow States

Removing a Status

Changing the Default Transitions

Assigning Different Capabilities for Different Statuses

How to Write an Workflow Action

Using the Default Workflow Document to Create a New Workflow

Adding the Content Workflow Document to the Repository

Assigning Content Workflows to Folders, Content Types, and Content

Assigning a Content Workflow to a Folder

Assigning a Content Workflow to a Content Type

Assigning a Content Workflow to a Content Item

Using Content Types in Your BEA Repository

Content Types Overview

Using Content Type Inheritance

Using Abstract Content Types

Using Content Workflows with Content Types

Working with Content Types

Creating a Content Type

Marking a Content Type as Abstract

Deleting a Content Type

Understanding Content Type Properties

Supported Data Types

Using Nested Content Type Properties

Property Options

Using Primary Properties

Primary Properties with Nested Content Types or Content Type Inheritance

Setting Property Choice Lists and Default Property Values

Using Link Properties

Defining Content Properties for Interaction Management

Define the Properties of a Content Type

Out-of-the-Box Content Types

Using WebDAV with Your BEA Repository

WebDAV Overview

WebDAV Guidelines

Supported Versions of Microsoft Office

Enabling WebDAV for Your BEA Repository

Using Content Types with WebDAV

How WebDAV Determines Which Content Type to Use

Enabling WebDAV for Your Repository

Disabling WebDAV

Using WebDAV with Your BEA Repository

Enabling WebDAV for an Environment

Adding a Microsoft Word Document to a BEA Repository

Using Windows Explorer Add a File to the BEA Repository

Connecting to a Third-Party Repository

Working with Third-Party Repositories

Creating an SPI Implementation

Repository Connection Interfaces

Service Interfaces

Example of a Simple SPI Implementation

Connecting to a Third-Party Repository

Working with a JSR 170-Compatible Repository

Searching within a JSR 170 Repository

Connecting to a JSR 170 Repository

Part II Development

Delivering Content Within Your Portal

Working with JSP Tags

Retrieving Content with JSP Tags

Retrieving Content Using a Repository Path

Using Queries to Retrieve Content

Content Display JSP Tags

Displaying Content with Display Templates

Creating Views to Use with your Display Template

Creating a wlp-template-config.xml File

Using the <dt:displaycmtemplate> Within a JSP

<dt:displaycmtemplate> Example

<dt:displaycmtemplate> Example Using Type Inheritance

Using the <dt:displaytemplate> Tag Within a JSP

Adding Content to a BEA Repository

Viewing the Virtual Content Repository

Working with BEA Repository Content When Using Library Services

Overview of BEA's Library Services

Adding Content

Creating HTML Content

Modifying Content

Updating Binary Content

Deleting Content

Moving Content

Linking Content

Renaming Content

Copying Content

Previewing Content

Searching for Content within Your Repository

Searching for Content By Name

Searching for Content By Property Value

Searching the Full Text of Content

Using Expressions to Search for Content

Using Versioning

Checking Out Content

Checking In Content

Retiring Content

Viewing Version History

Searching Content Versions

Publishing a Different Version of Content

Using Content Workflows

Changing the Workflow of Content

Part III Staging

Part IV Production

Managing Content Workflows in Your BEA Repository

Understanding Assigned Items

Viewing Assigned Content Types

Viewing Assigned Content

Modifying a Content Workflow

Deleting a Content Workflow

Caching Content

Managing Content Security

Using Delegated Administration for Content

Setting Visitor Entitlements for Content