Did you ever have the problem that you needed to quickly update a MCMS template definition on a production server or on a staging server where Visual Studio .NET was not installed? Or are you creating ASP based sites using MCMS 2002 and don’t like the idea to have a need to install VS.NET just […]
An often requested feature for MCMS is to have the ability to use a custom autheticaton provider like Passport, AD/AM, LDAP or just a table in a SQL database. Although MCMS requires to have NT/AD accounts to be used for authorization it is indeed possible to use any 3rd party authentication provider you like for […]
As an author for an MCMS web site you might have experienced the problem that you first have to save a posting before you get the chance to update it’s properties. Means first fill in the content into the placeholders, then save it and finally modify the properties (e.g. start date, expiration date) and custom […]
I want to let you know that Mei Ying, Angus Logan, Andrew Connell, Joel Ward and myself are currently writing on a second MCMS book. It will focus on more advanced topics which didn’t make it into the first book. Here is a short overview of the topics that will be covered in the new […]
If you have worked with MCMS for a while your database will fill up with template, postings, resources, channels, template galleries and resource galleries. When trying to create a new posting you will notice that it is not easy to locate the template gallery in the tree view control. And when opening the template gallery you […]
Ever thought about implementing an RSS feed for your MCMS web site? Here is an article outlining how to implement this: http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2004/04/04/107235.aspx
Today I started my MCMS tip of the day series. Every day – or at least every day I have time – I will show a tip for MCMS for various categories. Some of them will be new, some of them will just point to an existing article and will be a little bit like […]
Since today Andrew Connell is a new MVP for Microsoft Content Management Server. He really deserves it as he has provided help to many customers in the public newsgroup for MCMS. I assume he will shortly be listed on the official site for MCMS MVP to join Mei Ying, Spencer, Joel and Angus! Andrew: congratulation […]
Get first-hand deployment experience through the Virtual Lab series. The Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 hands-on labs will teach you how to set up the portal, organize content on the portal, manage user permissions, create Web Parts for custom tasks, and much more. As part of the TechNet Virtual Lab, you will have full […]
Today I played around with community server to adjust how it places the different elements. Community Server on Technet has a couple of really nice skins but non of the addressed completly how I wanted to see my blog. The green Marvin3 skin was the one the fit my requirements most. But I wanted to […]
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[Via Artemis] We have just published what we think is quite an important step in the documentation process – the developer reference. This is the CHM-style NDoc-generated class reference doc that we know you all love to get your hands on. It’s draft in that we have not provided enhanced commentary – it is from the base […]
