SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide

Chapter 29. Web Content Management

Introduction

Web Content Management (WCM) is a set of features integrated into SharePoint 2007 that allows users to create and manage content-centric web sites, providing the ability to author, review, and publish content over the Web. These features were part of Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 (MCMS), which has been incorporated into Office SharePoint Server 2007. Combined with other built-in capabilities such as workflow and enterprise search, Office SharePoint 2007 offers a rich set of features for web-based content management.

Web Content Management in Office SharePoint 2007 integrates tightly with Microsoft Office 2007 products, such as Word 2007 and InfoPath 2007. Content can be authored using these Microsoft Office products, and the resulting documents can then be converted on the server side to pages using the document converters built into SharePoint (discussed in the "Smart Client Authoring" section, later in this chapter). Custom document converter components can also be created for file types that are not built into SharePoint.

WCM in Office SharePoint Server 2007 could be the subject of an entire book. This chapter provides an overview of working with publishing features, such as configuring, customizing, and using the WCM features. The chapter is divided into five main sections:

• Architecture

• Configuring the publishing features

• Customizing a publishing site

• Content management

• Smart client authoring