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WPL47G: Developing Websites using IBM

Web Content Manager 8.5


             Recommended Duration: 5 Days
Skill Level: Intermediate
Cost: $5,500 (b/GST)

This course introduces the concepts and skills necessary to build a website by using IBM Web Content Manager 8.5. It includes building an authoring system, creating and managing web content items, creating a change management framework, and delivering web content.

Hands-on exercises on the Windows operating system are provided throughout the course, giving you practical experience with building, designing, and managing a website.

This course provides lab exercises running on IBM Web Content Manager 8.5 Cumulative Fix 06. Also included are the Content Template Catalog (CTC) 4.3 and IBM Script Portlet 1.3.

The lab environment for this course uses the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 platform.


Audience


This course is designed for users who need to build a website and authoring system by using IBM Web Content Manager 8.5.


Prerequisites


Before taking this course, students should have:

  • Experience with using HTML and CSS
  • Experience in website development and maintenance
  • Experience in existing workflow and security practices

Course Agenda


Build a website by using IBM Web Content Manager
Create components for reuse and ease of maintenance
Create a content authoring system and authoring templates
Create and manage web content items
Create a content library and manage access to the library
Add navigational components to a website
Add personalization components to a website
Use inline editing functions
Create and work with draft items and publish the draft Work with Business Space
Provide secure user access to a website
Implement change management practices
Reference Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files in presentation templates and components
Describe and identify the components in the Content Template Catalog (CTC)
Use IBM Site Builder to build various websites
Use the IBM Mobile Preview for Digital Experience Software
Install IBM Script Portlet
Build applications by using the Script Portlet Editor


Course Overview


Day 1

  • Welcome
  • Overview of IBM Web Content Manager
  • Exercise: Overview of IBM Web Content Manager
  • Templates, components, items, and search
  • Exercise: Creating templates, components, and items
  • Pages, portlets, and page templates

Day 2

  • Exercise: Pages, portlets, and page templates
  • Adding navigational components to your website
  • Exercise: Adding navigational components and search queries to a website
  • Item management
  • Exercise: Item management
  • Personalization and categories

Day 3

  • Exercise: Personalization and categories
  • Custom authoring features
  • Exercise: Custom authoring features
  • Working with drafts, workflows, and projects
  • Exercise: Working with drafts, workflows, and projects
  • User access and security

Day 4

  • Exercise: User access and security
  • IBM Web Content Manager content tags
  • Content acquisitions
  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in IBM Web Content Manager
  • Exercise: Adding CSS to your website
  • Content Template Catalog (CTC) and Site Builder

Day 5

  • Exercise: Working with Content Template Catalog (CTC) and Site Builder
  • Exercise: Working with the IBM Mobile Preview
  • Introduction to the IBM Script Portlet
  • Exercise: Using the IBM Script Portlet
  • Course summary