Wednesday, January 25, 2006

MCMS vNext - new terminology


As part of MCMS vNext becoming a component within O12 Server, there has been a need to change the name of some of the core entities to be consistent with the SharePoint technologies.

Here are the new names to learn :
  • Posting -> Page (see below)
  • Channel -> Site (see below)
  • Template -> Page Layout + MasterPage
  • Template Definition -> Content Type
  • Placeholder -> Field Control
  • Placeholder Definition -> Column Templates
  • Channel Structure / Top Level Channel -> Site Collection
  • Template Gallery -> Master Page Gallery
  • Resource Gallery -> Image Library ; Document Library
  • Resources -> Images in the Image Library; Documents in the Document Library
  • Site Manager -> Site Manager Tool (now web based !)

With MCMS / SharePoint today we have three types of containers - MCMS Channels / SPS Areas / WSS workspaces. vNext will introduce a single new container (a Site) that provides a superset of all existing functionality.

An MCMS web page (previously a posting) will be stored as a WSS list item (in a list called Pages). The MCMS placeholder content will be stored in the columns in the WSS list item. By storing the MCMS content within a WSS List, we can have same consistent workflow / metadata / versioning / checkin-out that SharePoint utilises.




6 Comments:

  • Blogger xian said…

      So every navigation grouping is called a "site"? That's strange....   

  • Anonymous Anonymous said…

      Is Site Manager really going to be Web based or is this just talk?   

  • Blogger Mark said…

      All admin will be web-based.   

  • Blogger Siraj said…

      Hi Mark

    Is there a web based GUI / third party tool for managing users on the site manager?

    Plz let me now
    siraj   

  • Anonymous Anonymous said…

      MCMS2002 = no
    MOSS2007 = yes   

  • Blogger Mark said…

      Yes - MOSS provides user management pages.   

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