Advanced
IBM WebSphere Portal and WCM 8.5 Fundamentals
By Sal Pece
This course introduces new and experienced users to the powerful technologies and underlying advancements in the most popular enterprise portal product in the industry.
Course info
Rating
Level
Beginner
Updated
May 5, 2015
Duration
4h 25m
Table of contents
Why Use WebSphere Portal and Web Content Management?
Introductions and Website Design Best Practices
3m
Motivations
2m
Web Portals and the Key Aspects
3m
Enterprise Web Portals and the Portal Gartner Report
3m
Web Content Integration and Negative Portal Aspects
3m
Understanding Web Portal Limitations and Types of Portals
3m
Roles and Responsibilities and Portal with Ajax
4m
Portal Environments and Enterprise Search
3m
Summary and Next Steps
1m
WebSphere Portal 8.5 Fundamentals
Web and Application Servers
3m
WebSphere Administrative Architecture and Limitations
2m
WebSphere Portal Services and Portal Architecture
3m
LDAP and Architecture Choices and Best Practices
3m
Portal Clustering and the Personalization Engine
3m
WebSphere Portal Pages and Branding
4m
Content Management System Integration
4m
Personalization Engine, Integration, and Summary
4m
WebSphere Portal Development Frameworks
Introductions and Development Platform
3m
Defining Portlet and Portlet Management
3m
Portlet Life-cycle and Common Practices
4m
Differences Between Servlets, Portlets, and Specifications
4m
Inter-portlet Communication and Spring Portlet Development
4m
Spring Portlet Runtime and Outbound HTTP Connections
4m
IBM Script Portlet and Web Experience Factory
3m
IBM Forms Experience Builder and Theme Development
3m
Mobile Development Challenges and Mobile Browser Simulator
3m
Digital Data Connectors and Summary
2m
Lab - Part 1 - RAD and Portlet Development
9m
Lab - Part 2 - Mobile Browser Simulator Demonstration
4m
WebSphere Web Content Management 8.5 Fundamentals
Introductions and Content Management Services
2m
Web Content Management and Its Integrated Roles
2m
WCM Terminology
2m
Web Content Viewer, WCM Libraries, and Syndication
3m
Syndication Relationship, Site Areas, and Authoring Templates
2m
Presentation Templates
1m
Demo - Part 1
8m
Demo - Part 2 & Workflow and Authoring Tool Components
8m
Managed Pages & Blogs and Wikis
2m
Integrated Social Collaboration Tools and Summary
2m
Installing WebSphere Portal and WCM 8.5 and Administration Basics
Introduction and Software Prerequisites
3m
Supported Operating Systems and Post Installation Software
3m
Standalone, Clustered, and Advanced Installation Roadmaps
4m
Installation Checklist, Software, and Installation Manager
3m
Configuring Repository Binaries and Installation Considerations
3m
Portal Directories and Administrative Domain Structure
3m
Portal Configuration Hierarchy and Command Line Tools
2m
Discovering Ports, Public vs. Private Pages, and ICS
3m
Uninstalling Portal, Backup and Disaster Recovery, and Summary
4m
Lab - WebSphere Portal Installation
8m
Lab - Installation Verification
4m
WebSphere Portal 8.5 Management Foundations
Introduction and WebSphere Portal GUI and Critical Tips
3m
WebSphere Portal Toolbar Introduction and Demo
6m
WebSphere Portal Administration Console and Sections
3m
Portal Page Hierarchy and Virtual Portals
4m
Creating Virtual Portals and Hidden Treasures
3m
Demo - Creating the Training Virtual Portal
5m
Page Templates and Management and Definitions
2m
Creating Custom Page Templates and Articles Template
2m
Page Layout and Installing Portlets
2m
Installation Lifecycle and Portlet Preferences
3m
Managing Portlets and Login Portlet and XMLAccess
4m
Portlet Wires and Managing Themes and Skins
2m
Portal Resources and Applying Page and Portlet Security
2m
Portal Security Page Roles and Applying Security
4m
Virtual Groups, Hidden Security Assignment, and Summary
3m
Lab - Part 1 - Creating Pages and XMLAccess
7m
Lab - Part 2 - Applying Security
7m
Web Content Management Foundations
Introduction and WCM Management Tasks
2m
Library Scope and Creating Libraries
2m
Creating the WCM Library and Editing Options
2m
Demo - Creating the Training WCM Library
2m
Web Content Authoring Portlet and Authoring Pages
2m
Authoring Portlet Configuration, WCM Roles, and Permissions
4m
Demo - Configuring a Custom Authoring Page
3m
WCM Authors and Workflow Approvers
3m
WCM Rendering Portlet and Syndication Players
2m
Syndication Pairs and Credential Vaults
1m
Creating Syndication Pairs and Selecting Syndication Type
1m
Synchronizing Requirements
1m
Synchronizing Recommendations and Managing Failed Items
2m
Common Syndication Issues and Unlocking Libraries
2m
Restoring Items from a Library and Summary
2m
Lab - Configuring Credential Vaults and Syndication and Options
6m
Description
Course info
Rating
Level
Beginner
Updated
May 5, 2015
Duration
4h 25m
Description
This course introduces students to the foundations of WebSphere Portal and Web Content Management 8.5. It covers the fundamental development frameworks and features, and walks through a full Development environment installation. By understanding the features, benefits, and workarounds, students gain a complete understanding and learn how to grow from a novice to an Enterprise Portal and WCM architect.
About the author
About the author
Sal Pece is a Lead WebSphere Portal Architect and Developer with over 13 years of total IT experience in analysis, design, development, deployment, testing, documentation, implementation/maintenance of enterprise software.