Accelerating Content Management Server solutions with MCMS'RAPID

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Accelerating Content Management Server solutions
with MCMS.RAPID

• 15th February 2005

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Agenda

• RAPID overview
• Site tools
• Compliance
• Solution sites
• Announcements

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MCMS 2002Core Functionality

• Separates content from layout
• Templates
• Content objects
• Pages
• Resources
• External (CSS, Images, databases)
• Multi platform (PDA, DigiTV, Kiosk etc)
• Workflow capability
• Based upon role group membership
• Basic Out of the box capability
• Page publishing interface
• Web based console
• Page editing control
• Publishing mode control
• Integration
• API integration
• Web service
• Database access

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Artemis MCMS.RAPIDBackground

• Microsoft CMS 2002 is strategic choice
• MCMS.RAPID provides core functionality-
• Kick start for MCMS 2002 implementation
• Fully developed and tested code
• Meets 80 of core requirements
• Easily integrated 3rd party options
• Built for Public and Private Sector
• Faster deployment
• Quicker ROI
• Completely extensible open source solution
• FREE!!

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Artemis MCMS.RAPIDAdditional Options

• 3rd party options to provide additional
  functionality
• Search
• Mondosofts MondoSearch, Microsoft SharePoint
  Portal Server 2003
• Advanced Editing
• Telerik RAD Editor
• E-forms
• Business Web Software - AchieveForms
• Others
• Nine other partners (SI and ISV)
• Easily integrated to provide core solution

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MCMS.RAPIDKey Features

• Flexible Rendering Framework
• Navigation
• Metadata Compliance
• Accessibility Compliance
• News, Event and Alerts Feature
• Jobs/Careers Feature
• A-Z of Services Feature
• Sitemap
• Very simple web forms feature
• Floating WBC
• Email Notification
• Extensive site management tools and features

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DemonstrationMCMS.RAPID Installation
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Authoring Experience

• Updated Web Based Console
• Extensible Page Properties Metadata Popup
• Additional Out of the Box standard Metadata
• Integration with Telerik editor

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DemonstrationMCMS.RAPID Authoring experience
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MCMS.RAPIDSite management tools and features

• Accessed from extended Web Based Console
• Including Access to Standard Reports
• Site Settings
• Change E-mail Address for Authoring Contact
• Access to site definer tool
• Soft Delete Function
• Auditable Workflow Events
• Decline, Expiry and Review e-mail Notification
• Taxonomy Importer
• RAPID Registry Editor

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DemonstrationMCMS.RAPID Site Tools
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MCMS.RAPIDCompliance - Accessibility

• Out of the Box XHTML output filter
• Access keys
• WAI AA Level out of the box
• ltno scriptgt blocks around .Net code
• Mandatory image alt tags auto generated if not
  entered by author
• HTML code fragments in page framework (CDATA Tag
  support)
• Table summary added automatically
• Separate HTML page title

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MCMS.RAPIDCompliance - Metadata Flexibility

• Out of the Box Compliance with practically any
  Metadata standards
• Simple Customisation for any Required Taxonomy
• Database Extension for Metadata
• Customisable, Simple, Extensible Metadata
• Page Properties surfaced through Authoring
  Dialogue

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DemonstrationMCMS.RAPID Metadata Compliance
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Deployment

• Fully scalable
• Load Balance aware
• Deployment far simpler than normal MCMS
  Deployments
• More performant than a Standard MCMS website
• Same Codebase for the many sites scenario
• 1.8mb memory overhead per virtual server (on top
  of MCMS)

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New Features Post Beta 2

• Numerous new Site Settings - such as the ability
  to block page properties appearing at submit or
  approve stage of workflow
• Taxonomy Search - when setting a page taxonomy in
  the publishing process you can search - much
  faster than browsing in complex taxonomies
• A new Script RAPID control - provides the ability
  to add client-side JavaScript to the page
• CDATA aware - this provides more flexibility
  particularly around using other HTML tags
  interspersed with content controls
• .NET user controls - we now support the
  parameters of the underlying control so existing
  controls can be easily re-used
• DBadmin tool - a UI to access some of the data
  such as page categories
• Site Creator - this is a site unpacking tool thus
  allowing us and the community to ship new
  solution sites in the future independent from the
  framework
• Web service integration with Events

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Announcements

• RAPID stand alone site definer
• RAPID multilingual/device out of the box with
  locations (covered in Developer session)

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QA

• Thank You