Welcome to the documentation notes for Content Server 7.5. These notes describe the product guides and major changes to their content since the last release. Check the FatWire e-docs web site regularly for latest updates to the notes and product guides.

Documentation History

Date Description
June 15, 2011 The following guides were updated:
  • Installing Content Server with WebLogic Application Server:
    • Added procedures for installing Apache Web Server 2.2.x, integrating Apache Web Server 2.2.x with WebLogic Application Server, deploying applications using the Administration Console, installing Content Server silently, and installing Content Server as a portal application.
    • Updated paths, commands, and configuration code used during the installation process.
  • Installing Content Server with JBoss Application Server and JBoss Portal,
    Installing Content Server with Tomcat Application Server:
    • Added procedures for installing Apache Web Server 2.2.x, integrating Apache Web Server 2.2.x with the application server, installing Content Server silently, and loading balancing with mod_proxy_ajp.
    • Updated paths, commands, and configuration code used during the installation process.
  • Installing Content Server with IBM WebSphere Application Server:
    • Added procedures for configuring WebSphere Application Server and installing Content Server silently.
    • Updated paths, commands, and configuration code used during the installation process.

Table of Contents

Released with Content Server 7.5

Highlights

For Installation Engineers

For Architects and Developers

For System Administrators

For Content Providers

Released with Content Server 7.5

The following documentation set was released with Content Server 7.5:

Upgrade, Installation, Configuration Guides

Developer’s Documentation

Administrator’s Documentation

User Guides

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Highlights

For Installation Engineers

For Architects and Developers

For System Administrators

For Content Providers

For Installation Engineers
Configuring Third-Party Software Provides instructions for installing and configuring Content Server's supporting software (listed in the Supported Platform Document).
    New sections in this release:
  • Installing IBM HTTP Server 6.1
  • Installing Internet Information Services 7.0 on Windows
  • Installing Active Directory Server 2008
  • Setting Up IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.x
  • Creating and Configuring a XEN Virtual Machine
  • Creating a Zone in Solaris 10
  • Installing and Configuring VMWare ESX 3.5
Installing Satellite Server Provides instructions for installing and configuring Satellite Server, both co-resident and remote. Applies to web and portal installations.
Integrating Content Server with LDAP Explains how to integrate Content Server with flat-schema LDAP servers (using the CS-LDAP integrator provided with Content Server) and with hierarchical-schema LDAP servers.
Internationalization Reference Provides instructions for configuring your environment to support the UTF-8 character encoding used by Content Server.
Backup and Recovery Guide Provides guidelines and instructions for backing up and recovering:
  • Content Server Installation Directory
  • Shared Directory
  • CS Web Application
  • CS Portal Application
  • Content Server Database
  • LDAP
Includes instructions for running recovered applications.
Property Files Reference Contains information about properties used to specify operating parameters for Content Server and its applications.
    New in this release:
  • Added CS 7.5 properties (for customizing the Dash interface, controlling the behavior of Site Preview functionality, and more):
    • In futuretense.ini:
      - bs.invalidheadernames
      - cs.sitepreview
    • In uiadmin.properties:
      - cascadedmaxitems
      - cs.batchtimeout
      - popupsearchtablerowcount
      - searchresultscount
      - searchtableattrcols
      - searchtablerowcount
      - sitestablerowcount
    • In futuretense_xcel.ini:
      - xcelerate.approval.dependency.chunksize
      - xcelerate.searchResultCols
      - xcelerate.systemid
  • Added index of deprecated properties
  • Added index of new properties

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For Architects and Developers
CS Developer's Guide Provides conceptual and procedural information about data modeling, page design, page caching, security, web services, and much more.
    New in this release:
  • Chapter 25: Best Practices for Creating Site Preview Templates and Assets
    Covers usage of the asset:filterassetsbydate tag
  • Chapter 28: Developing with the Lucene Search Engine
  • Appendix D: Public Site Search
    Introduces search framework and discusses usage of the Search API in building public site searches
  • Appendix E: Asset and Publish Events in Content Server
    Tutorial for creating asset event listeners
  • Addition of write operations to Asset API (appendix D)
  • Updates to web services chapters (in part 6)
Customizing the Dash Interface New.
    Presents methodologies for:
  • Changing the general “look and feel” of the Dash interface:
    • Changing the style of ADF components
    • Customizing the site selection page
    • Customizing settings for search results lists, and more
  • Regulating access to tabs and attributes on Create/Edit/Inspect screens
  • Customizing the rendering of attributes on Create/Edit/Inspect screens
  • Creating filters to refine searches and regulate access to FatWire Content Server’s tree
  • Displaying Advanced UI screens in the Dash interface
  • Validating assets
  • Redefining users’ privileges to functions such as inspect, edit, and delete
Note: This guide is provided in a zip file that also contains sample code (.jsp and .java files) to support examples of custom attribute renderers.
CS Developer's Tag Reference Contains reference pages for Content Server public XML and JSP tags, CS Web Services, and Java API.
Javadoc Contains details on Content Server's public Java API.
Delivery Portlet Developer’s Guide Guides portal developers through the process of writing their own portlets using Content Server’s asset model.

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For System Administrators
CS Administrator's Guide Provides conceptual and procedural information about user and system management, workflow planning and configuration, revision tracking, publishing, and database maintenance.
    New in this release:
  • RealTime publishing (in part 4). Includes:
    • Introduction to RealTime publishing process, modes, and options
    • Instructions for configuring RealTime publishing
    • Guidelines and instructions for using complete, delayed, and On-Demand publishing
  • Updates to Mirror and Export publishing reflect changes to the interface (e.g., inclusion of publishing arguments)
Property Files Reference Listed under "Installation Engineers"

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For Content Providers
Dash Interface User's Guide Shows content providers how to work with Content Server's Dash interface, which provides quick, intuitive access to the tools for creating and managing content. The user-friendly design simplifies content management tasks, facilitates access to information, provides full-text search, incorporates Web 2.0 features (such as tagging), and supports different locales and languages.
    New in this release:
  • Site Preview: Chapters 7 and 8 cover use of start/end dates and their effect on previews, approval, and publishing
  • Updates to search functionality: To reflect the newly added Site Preview feature (and other product development)

Note: Chapter 1 contains a features list comparing Dash and Advanced interfaces.
Advanced Interface User's Guide Guides content providers through the process of creating, managing, and publishing content, collaborating in workflows, and using recommendation assets to support marketing campaigns.
    New in this release:
  • Site Preview: Chapters 5 and 6 cover use of start/end dates and their effect on previews, approval, and publishing
  • Updates to search functionality: To reflect the newly added Site Preview feature (and other product development)

Note: Chapter 1 contains a features list comparing Advanced and Dash interfaces.

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