Transcript SharePoint 2010: Building an enterprise public website

SharePoint 2010: Building an
enterprise public website
Vinod Unny
Enterprise InfoTech
Microsoft Regional Director
Agenda
• Understanding Public Site Requirements
• Setting up a SharePoint Internet Site
• Customizing the Site
UNDERSTANDING
REQUIREMENTS
Public Facing SharePoint Sites
• SharePoint can be used for Internet facing
sites
• Provides CMS capabilities OOB
– Workflows
– Anonymous Access
– FBA
– and more…
SharePoint 2010 Requirements
• SharePoint requires a full 64-bit stack
– Windows Server 2008/R2
– SQL Server 2008/R2
• POP Quiz
– What’s the difference between 32-bit and 64bit?
Requirements for Public Sites
• SharePoint on the Internet requires
– SharePoint 2010 Standard or Enterprise …
– … but in a special edition
• SharePoint for Internet Sites – Standard or Enterprise
– No technical difference between comparable editions
– Licensing Difference only
• Standard Edition can host only a single domain +
subdomains
– Valid: www.xyz.com; extranet.xyz.com; pictures.xyz.com
– Invalid: www.xyz.com; www.abc.com; www.mno.com
• Enterprise can host multiple domains or FAST search
– Not both on a single license
SETTING UP A INTERNET SITE
SharePoint Features
• Claims-based Authentication Overview
• Web Application Creation
• Configuring the Authentication Store
Authentication Store
• To use FBA, you need to use CBA
• Simplest: ASP.NET Membership Store
• You can roll your own as well:
– Say OpenID or any other provider
• Binding required for:
– Central Admin
– Secure Store Web Service
– Your Public Web App
Steps
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Setup an ASPNET DB store
Configure Connection String to store
Configure .NET Users and .NET Roles
Add at least 1 FBA admin user
Repeat 2-4 for each binding
Set Membership and Role provider for
site
DEMO
Configuring an Internet site for FBA and
Anonymous Access
CUSTOMIZING A PUBLIC SITE
Content Management
• Different types of content
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Articles
Blogs
Jobs
Products
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• Workflows for content publishing
• Managing the content
• Displaying different views of the content
SharePoint Features for WCM
• Publishing Templates
– With and Without Workflows
• Anonymous Access
– To Pages
– Not to Lists and Libraries
• Authentication
– Forms Based (as in ASP.NET)
– Windows Based
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Master Pages
Site Columns
Content Types
Page Layouts
DEMO
A walkthrough of the default publishing
template
Site Columns
• Think of them as “fields” in an RDBMS
• SharePoint defines a number of site
columns
• Define your own columns for getting or
showing some data
• Used in Content Types
Content Types
• Think of them as “Tables” in an RDBMS
• Contains a number of site columns that
make up the data/page content
• In case of a Publishing site, you need to
start from a base content type of Page or
Article Page
• Add your own site columns as you wish
Page Layouts
• This defines how your Content Type is
presented to the visitor
• You can have multiple page layouts for
each content type
• SharePoint allows you to switch page
layouts on the fly
• Combines with a master page and data in
the content type to display a page
Master Page
Page Layout
Site Column 2
Site Column 1
Site Column 3
Web Parts
DEMO
Adding Site Columns
Setting up a new Content Type
Creating a new Page Layout
Adding Content
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Page is an “instance” of a Page Layout
Can dynamically switch layouts
Add content directly on the page
View/Edit Properties in a Form
Or use the EditModePanel
Save & Publish
– Might start a workflow
DEMO
Adding Content
Note: Workflows are turned off for brevity
Display Content
• The Content Query Web Part is your friend
• Use CQWP with site columns for
enhanced views of data
• You can customize the default templates
with XSL
DEMO
Rolling up content using CQWP
Master Pages
• Publishing sites have master pages
• Master pages have special
ContentPlaceHolders
• Custom Master pages must have all the
placeholders even if you’re not using them
DEMO
Changing the Master Page
Things not covered
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Globalization & Localization
Variations
Routing using Content Organizer
Web Analytics
Some Outstanding Case Studies
Questions?
My Contact Information:
Vinod Unny
Enterprise InfoTech
www.vinodunny.com/blog
@vinodunny
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