Getting Started With Lotus Web Content Management – Part-1: Adding Content to Server

 

Environment

  • Server: IBM Portal 615 and Lotus WCM 615 (Web Content Management)
  • Factory: Web Experience Factory (WebSphere Portlet Factory 7.0.1)
  • Builder: Lotus Web Content Management Access

Steps to Follow

Getting Started

  • Login to server (<node:port>/wps/myportal)
  • Click on ‘Applications’, in top most menu
  • Hover on ‘Content’ tab, a menu will pop-up. Click on ‘Web Content Management’
  • In ‘Web Content Management’ portlet click on ‘Configure’ link at right
  • In ‘Library Selection’ remove any existing libraries and add just ‘Web Content’ Library
  • Click OK.

IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.5 and Lotus Web Content Management 6.1.5

Getting Started with Lotus Web Content Management 6.1.5

 

Adding Items

  1. Add new ‘Site’
    • Give it a name test_site and title Test Site
  2. Add new ‘Site Area’ as First Child of Test Site
    • Give it a name test_sitearea and title Test Site Area
  3. Add new ‘Workflow Actions > Publish Action’
    • Give it a name test_action and title Test Publish Action
  4. Add new ‘Workflow Stage’
    • Give it a name test_workflow_stage and title Test Workflow Stage
    • Click on ‘Select Actions’ under properties and select Test Publish Action
  5. Add new ‘Workflow’
    • Give it a name test_workflow and title Test Workflow
    • Click on ‘Select Workflow Stages’ under properties and select Test Workflow Stage
  6. Add new ‘Authoring Template’
    • Give it a name test_authoring_template and title Test Authoring Template
    • Click on ‘Manage Elements’ button
    • Select ‘Text’ from drop down, type down name test_text_element and title Test Text Element
    • Click Add and then OK
  7. Add new ‘Content’ and select Test Authoring Template
    • Give it a name first_test_content and title First Test Content
    • In ‘Test Text Element’ field, under content section, type down: first test content
    • Click on ‘Select Workflow’, under workflow section, select Test Workflow
  8. Add another ‘Content’ and select Test Authoring Template
    • Give it a name second_test_content and title Second Test Content
    • In ‘Test Text Element’ field, under content section, type down: second test content
    • Click on ‘Select Workflow’, under workflow section, select Test Workflow
    Note: Above two contents will be published as soon as saved, because Test Workflow contains the only stage with publish action.
  9. Add new ‘Presentation Template’
    • Give it a name test_presentation_template and title Test Presentation Template
    • In ‘Presentation Template’ add following content
      <b>Test Presentation Template</b>
      <br />
       
      <Element context="selected" name="web content/test_site/test_sitearea/first_test_content" type="content" key="test_text_element"/>
      <br />
       
      <Element context="selected" name="web content/test_site/test_sitearea/second_test_content" type="content" key="test_text_element"/>
      <br />
      <br />
       
      <b>Current Content</b>

      <br />

      <Element context="current" type="content" key="test_text_element"/>
    • Check ‘Process Connect Tags’
    • Note: It will retrieve data from ‘test_text_element’ field. Details of these tags will be elaborated in next section.
  10. Add new ‘Component > HTML’
    • Give it a name test_html and title Test Html
    • In ‘HTML Element’ add following
      <div>Test HTML Component</div>

 

CONTINUE TO PART-2


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