CMS and Portal Integration

Need a Portal?

Choose the appropriate solution for each Portal

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JSR-168

JSR-168Standardized Portlets

for any Portal

The Portlet Architecture:One to One Relationship of Portlet to

Data Source or Application.

Presentation Layer Standard

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JSR-170

JSR-170Standardized Interface to Content (Data) Sources

Content (Data) Layer Standard

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Classical „Portal+CMS“

Structure Integration

The HiFi- „Content Portal“

Many Apps... ...More Content

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Portal & CMS: scenarios

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Overlap!?

Status Quo: CMS – Portal ?

Portal CMSContent Managementa

Application/Portlet Mgmt c

Structure ManagmentbDevelopment Support d

User Managemente

Presentationf

Performanceg

CachinghPersonalization i

Traditional Venn-Diagram

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CMS & Portal Scenario: #1

Suggested Portal Type for:✴ Portal consists 90+% of

Applications✴ Highest Level Personalization (not

just groups)✴ Creation of „Portal Pages“ is Portal

Administration Work

1Classical “Portal+CMS Play”

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1Classical “Portal + CMS Play”

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1Portal

Highly Personalized Application Driven

Classical “Portal + CMS Play”

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ContentIndividual pieces of

Content are referenced as

Portlets

PortalHighly Personalized

Application Driven

Classical “Portal + CMS Play”

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Out-of-the box portlets:

Inbox

Content

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Portal Integration

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Application Driven

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Application Driven

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Application Driven

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ContentPortal Structure is (partially) managed as Content in CMS



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33The “Content Portal”

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ContentContent Managed,

Access driven, cached JSR-168 aware Content


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PortletsJSR-168 compliant

Portlets, placed and managed through

CMS


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Suggested Portal Type for:

✴ Portal consists 80+% of Content

✴ Group Based Access Control, Low Personalization

✴ „Portal Pages“ are created and managed in CMS

✴ Portlets can be placed by Author

✴ Content makes up highest portion of Portal

✴ Application Portlets are treated like content Blocks

✴ OOTB Content Based Caching


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The “Content Portal”

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Any Portlet

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3 „Portlet aware Content Management“✴ Communiqué features a JSR-168 compliant portlet

container.

✴ Allows authors to place and manage portlets just like content using all the benefits of a full-fledged CMS (Approval Workflows, Staging, Authorization Management)

✴ Access Controls & Personalizes actual Information (not just Presentation (Portlets))

✴ Supports the entire caching chain of a classical CMS

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Who Staging PublishingWorkflow

Deploy &Replication

Versioning of Page

Structure

Portal Admin ? ? ? ?

Any CMS Authorwith sufficient rights CMS Staging

FacilitiesCommuniqué Workflows

Deployment & ReplicationFacilities

Repository VersioningFacilties





Process Comparison

Create a new Portal Page

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Who Staging PublishingWorkflow

Deploy &Replication

Versioning of Page







Process Comparison

Place an Application Portlet on Portal Page

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