Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 About Site Studio for External Applications

• 1.1 Understanding the Site Studio Project Structure
• 1.2 Understanding Site Studio Site Files
• 1.3 Understanding the Site URL Format
• 1.4 Understanding Site Studio JSP/JSPX Templates
• 1.5 Understanding Security and Contributor Authentication
• 1.6 Understanding Content Caching
• 1.7 Understanding Service Caching with the Site Studio Tag Library

2 Understanding Site Studio Web Sites

• 2.1 Separation of Site Presentation and Content
• 2.2 Site Asset Storage
• 2.3 Site Roles
• 2.4 Presentation Model
• 2.5 Contribution Model
• 2.6 Site Object Hierarchy
• 2.7 Reusing Site Assets
• 2.8 Elements and Element Definitions
• 2.9 Region Templates and Region Definitions
• 2.10 Placeholders and Placeholder Definitions
• 2.11 Subtemplates
• 2.12 Page Templates
• 2.13 Contributor Data Files and Native Documents
• 2.14 Primary and Secondary Pages

3 Planning Your Web Site

• 3.1 Why is Planning Important?
• 3.2 Planning Your Site Hierarchy
• 3.3 Planning Your Contribution Model
• 3.4 Planning and Naming Your Site Assets
• 3.5 Creating Your Site Assets
  • 3.5.1 Step One: Create Your Element Definitions
  • 3.5.2 Step Two: Create Your Region Definitions
  • 3.5.3 Step Three: Create Your Region Templates
  • 3.5.4 Step Four: Create Your Subtemplates
  • 3.5.5 Step Five: Create Your Placeholder Definitions
  • 3.5.6 Step Six: Create Your Page Templates

4 Building a Site Studio Web Site Tutorial

• 4.1 Creating a Site Studio Project and Connection
  • 4.1.1 Step 1: Creating a New Application and Project
  • 4.1.2 Step 2: Creating a Content Server Connection
  • 4.1.3 Step 3: Adding the Connection to the Project
• 4.2 Creating a Sample Web Site
  • 4.2.1 Step 1: Creating a New Web Site in the Content Server
  • 4.2.2 Step 2: Specifying User Credentials for Contribution Mode
  • 4.2.3 Step 3: Editing the Web Application Deployment Descriptor
  • 4.2.4 Step 4: Creating the Home Page
  • 4.2.5 Step 5: Associating the Page Template with the Site
  • 4.2.6 Step 6: Running the Site and Viewing the Home Page
  • 4.2.7 Step 7: Creating Site Fragments
  • 4.2.8 Step 8: Creating the Element Definitions
  • 4.2.9 Step 9: Creating a Region Definition
  • 4.2.10 Step 10: Creating a Region Template
  • 4.2.11 Step 11: Creating a Placeholder Definition
  • 4.2.12 Step 12: Adding a Placeholder to the Home Page
  • 4.2.13 Step 13: Assigning Content to the Placeholder
• 4.3 Creating Sidebar Links
  • 4.3.1 Step 1: Creating a Static List Element Definition
  • 4.3.2 Step 2: Creating a Sidebar Region Definition
  • 4.3.3 Step 3: Creating Static List Data File
  • 4.3.4 Step 4: Creating a Region Template
  • 4.3.5 Step 5: Updating the Sidebar Fragment
  • 4.3.6 Step 6: Creating a Sidebar Content Region Definition
  • 4.3.7 Step 7: Creating a Sidebar Content Region Template
  • 4.3.8 Step 8: Creating a Sidebar Content Placeholder Definition
  • 4.3.9 Step 9: Adding a Sidebar Placeholder Mapping to the Site
  • 4.3.10 Step 10: Assigning Content to the Sidebar
• 4.4 Creating A Dynamic Conversion Page
  • 4.4.1 Step 1: Creating a Conversions Definition
  • 4.4.2 Step 2: Creating a Page Template for the Native Document
  • 4.4.3 Step 3: Creating a New Section for the Native Document
  • 4.4.4 Step 4: Creating a Region Definition for the Native Document
  • 4.4.5 Step 5: Creating a Region Template for the Native Document
  • 4.4.6 Step 6: Creating a Placeholder Definition for the Native Document
  • 4.4.7 Step 7: Adding the Placeholder to the Native Document Page
  • 4.4.8 Step 8: Assigning Content to the Placeholder on the Native Document Page

5 Site Studio Application Components and Technology

• 5.1 Site Studio Application Components
• 5.2 Site Studio Technologies
  • 5.2.1 Site Studio Servlets
  • 5.2.2 Site Studio Filters
• 5.3 Using Site Studio Technologies in Your Integration

6 Site Studio Tag Library and Helper Methods

• 6.1 Site Studio Tag Library
  • 6.1.1 Site Studio Tag Descriptions
  • 6.1.2 Site Studio <wcm:context> Tag
  • 6.1.3 Site Studio <wcm:dataFile> Tag
  • 6.1.4 Site Studio <wcm:dynamicConversion> Tag
  • 6.1.5 Site Studio <wcm:dynamicList> Tag
  • 6.1.6 Site Studio <wcm:idcParameter> Tag
  • 6.1.7 Site Studio <wcm:idcService> Tag
  • 6.1.8 Site Studio <wcm:metadata> Tag
  • 6.1.9 Site Studio <wcm:placeholder> Tag
  • 6.1.10 Site Studio <wcm:staticPlaceholder> Tag
  • 6.1.11 Site Studio <wcm:url> Tag
• 6.2 Site Studio Helper Methods
  • 6.2.1 Site Studio <filterSections> Method
  • 6.2.2 Site Studio <listSectionsForRows> Method
  • 6.2.3 Site Studio <isNodeInNavigationPath> Method
  • 6.2.4 Site Studio <lookupSection> Method

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