Strategies Guide

 

Welcome to BEA WebLogic Portal Strategies for Developing E-Business Web Sites! This document outlines the process of creating an e-business Web site that uses the services of WebLogic Portal. It also introduces the WebLogic Portal documentation set.

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Developing an E-Business Web Site

Milestone 1: Analyze Business Needs and Design a Prototype

Develop a Storyboard

Review WebLogic Portal Services and Constraints

Determine Extension Requirements

Design a Prototype

Milestone 2: Create a Base Configuration

Create a Rudimentary Web Application

Set Up Infrastructure and Tools to Support Your Web Application

Set Up the Database Repository and Load Sample Data

Set Up Developer Security

Verify the Configuration

Milestone 3: Place Files Under Source Control

Files for the Domain and Server

Files for the Enterprise Application and Web Application

Data from the E-Business Control Center

Other Files and Directories

For More Information

Milestone 4: Set Up a Development Site

Setting Up the Development Site (Example)

Concurrent Development (Example)

Milestone 5: Set Up Basic Services

Design the Presentation for Your Site

Design the Data Flow for Your Site

Set Up Customer Profiles

Developing Profiles and Property Sets

Adding Customers and Customer Profile Data

Develop Customer Segments

Set Up the Product Catalog

Set Up a Content Management System

Milestone 6: Set Up Personalization, Commerce, and Campaign Services

Add JSP Tags for Retrieving Personalized Content

Set Up the Payment, Order, and Shipping Services

Set Up Campaigns

Milestone 7: Deploy in a Test Environment

Milestone 8: Tune Performance for a Production Environment

Set Up a Clustered Environment

Milestone 9: Deploy in a Production Environment

 

Documentation Roadmap for WebLogic Portal

Documents for Development Milestones

Development Roles

Web or User Interface Designer (WD)

Business Analyst (BA)

Business Engineer (BE)

Developer

Visitor, Customer, and User Roles

Visitor

Customer

User