Copyright © Open Text Corporation. All rights reserved. Slide 1 What You Need to Know Upgrading to Web Site Management version 10 Emily Stange March 29,

Copyright © Open Text Corporation. All rights reserved.

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What You Need to Know

Upgrading to Web Site Management version 10

Emily StangeMarch 29, 2011

Open Text Web Site Management version 10.x

Open Text Web Site Management version 10 was the 2009 major release of our leading Web Content Management offering. Version 10.1 was released in August 2010 and the first service pack in January 2011.

This release has been designed with usability aspects in mind to deliver a better experience to the site visitor, empower business users and power editors, allow agile and innovative content creation, and let organizations control their content processes.

This presentation will briefly cover some of the new features available in WSM10.x and user interface (UI) design changes. It will also include some information regarding: What to prepare for when upgrading? What are some of the upgrade paths, options, and help available to you to succeed?


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Support for latest Microsoft environments

Supported Browsers Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 (all components) Mozilla Firefox 3.5, 3.6 (for editors) Safari 4.x (for editors)

Supported Operating Systems Windows Server (or Advanced Server) 2003 and 2008

Supported Database Systems MS SQL Server 2000, 2005, and 2008 Oracle (Version: 9i, 10g, 11g)

Significant Performance Improvements

New PageBuilder Based on Microsoft .NET Technology Provides Multi-Processor and Multi-Threading Support Utilizes Optimized Memory Management

What this means to the end user Up to 70 % better performance in different variations of project types

• e.g. Bilingual News archive: 285 pages in two languages and two projects

• e.g. Website in four languages: 7200 published pages, 5200 media files, total 500 MB

Configurable Process Management

Configurable Process Manager

A new configurable Process Manager hasbeen implemented which allows the assigningof priorities, and the assigning of processes (e.g. publication, Validation) to queues.

This allows administrators to define where they want their CMS performance to be focused, for example you may assign priority for faster publishing, or assign priority to processes which increase the responsiveness of CMS to content editors.


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Greatly Enhanced Usability

Highlights

Integrated navigation on left panel for easy access to SmartEdit view of a page using project structure

New panels for Clipboard, Templates, and Searches

Quick switch of Language and Project Variants

Quick switch between SmartEdit, Redlining, Form, and Preview

Drag & Drop page linking and creation

Right click Context Menu

Improved Search Management

Highlights

Search available on every page

Customizable screen

Recent System and Saved searches

Additional ID search

Drag & Drop of column heads to group

Complete SmartEdit editing area for directly editing pages displayed in the list

Mass operations via Context Menu

Enhanced Task Management

Highlights

All tasks in one list

Customizable screen

Complete SmartEdit editing area for directly editing pages displayed in the list

Mass operations via Context Menu

iGoogle-like Homepage

Highlights

Individual Homepage

Drag & Drop widgets

Predefined widgets for Tasks, Page Preview, Page Search, Saved Search and Web Page

Panel to add new widgets, edit layout and edit settings

Right click Context Menu available to quickly edit tasks or pages


New Online Help

New Online Help in Management Server and Delivery Server

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Highlights

Based on Standard Open Text Online Help

Offers Search Functionality

Clear Navigation Structure

BenefitEnhances the usability for an userInformation can be found more quickly and easily


New Redlining Component

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Highlights Fast .NET component

(also available for older MS version 7.5 and higher )

Highlights added, deleted, and changed content and html also with Tooltip

Left “Change Bar” shows all changes

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Change bar

Deleted text

Added text

HTML change

BenefitQuicker and easier editorial assessment of page content reviews


Drag & Drop

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Highlights Define Drag&Drop

Areas in Templates Drag&Drop allowed

content classes to these areas

Change order of content in lists and containers via Drag&Drop

Disconnect pages via Drag&Drop

Drop Area Currently dragging a page

BenefitAccelerated editorial work and visualize the result immediately


New Asset Manager Panel with Drag&Drop

Capabilities

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Highlights Add images via

Drag&Drop to content in SmartEdit

Different list types with filter and search functionality

List View

More details

Thumbnail View

Search Capabilities

BenefitEnhances editor’s usability and speed up the work with digital assets


New Asset Manager Editor to modify assets

New Asset Manager Editor in SmartEdit to modify assets

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Highlights Manipulate assets

directly from SmartEdit including preview

ResizeRotateFlipConvertEdit attributes

Save as different versions

Edit menu

Versions

BenefitEnhances editor’s usability and gives an quick access on the action menu


What does this mean

For your installation

Usability Enhancements for editors and administrators

Helps to accelerate the daily editorial work Improved support for a non-technical editor creating and editing content Enhancements for admins developing and tracking web site projects

reduces the costs for training, internal support and IT

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New Graphical User Interface for Delivery Server

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Highlights Better usability

through shorter click ways e.g. easy switch between projects

Clear separation of areas like Project, Users, Collaboration, Connectors, Server Manager, Monitoring

BenefitEnhances the usability for an administratorQuick access on important action menus


Access to OT Social Communities Objects

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Highlights Configuration of a

OT Social Communities (Collaboration Server)

Create and maintain wikis, blogs and forums.

Based on existing VCA 8.0 portlets

BenefitEasy creation and administration of Social Media components


New HTTP Connector

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HighlightsPre-define REST API

method calls without any programming skills

Use Placeholders for dynamic method calls to integrate session-, user-, and content attributes

BenefitAny type of Social Media component can be added and administered

Extended Search Engine Connector with Open Text Common Search

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Highlights

Administration of Verity, OT7 HTTP, OT Common Search search engine connectors

Parallel usage of different search engines

Test functionality to ensure a correct configuration

BenefitSupports the preferred and standardized Open Text Search Engine now


Integration with Open Text MM 7.0

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Highlights Integration of

Management Server into the menus of the new Flex User Interface

BenefitSupports the actual version of Media Management (former Artesia)


What does this mean

For your installation

Updating and adding new integrations

Fully support of Social Communities (former Vignette Social Media) Enhances the 3rd Party application integration Integrated with the actual ECM Suite releases like Media Management 7.0

Web Site Management highly integrated with the Open Text ECM Suite, as part of the ECM story at the customer’s side

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Additional Features (more details in Release notes)

New SAP Portal Manager New Search API Web 2.0 Enhancements Enhanced Installation Wizard Enhanced Usage of Transport Package New Support Information Tool New Migration Tool Improved Logging Improved Locking Extended User Administration


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Upgrade Preparation

The following items should be identified prior to upgrade and tested in each project after the upgrade is complete.

Unique page types Navigation menus Pre-execution code Plug-ins User-defined jobs Search Personalization Application integration


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Upgrade Paths

Management Server

If your current RedDot CMS version is 6.0 or later, you can update directly to version 10.x.

If your installation has a build number earlier than 5.0.0.49, you will have to update to Version 5.0 first.

Delivery Server

The Delivery Server 10.x installation will install a completely new Delivery Server system.

If you want to migrate data from an earlier version of Delivery Server or RedDot LiveServer to Delivery Server 10.x, you can do this using the Delivery Server Migration Tool.


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Open Text Upgrade Package

Open Text consulting services offers a thorough upgrade package to assist its customers to make smooth transition into WS10.x

Available for customers running older versions of RedDot CMS/LiveServer or Open Text Management Server/Delivery Server

Align projects with current Open Text standards and best practices Upgrade with minimal disruption to operations Open Text and customer work in conjunction for best results

Upgrade Package

Step 1: Workshop

One-on-one session with an Open Text Project Manager Identify how your projects can best benefit from the new features available in

WS10.x

Step 2: Project Audit

Follow standardized checklist for audit Analyze project structure and navigation Create “spring cleaning” checklist to align projects with current Open Text

standards and best practices

Step 3: Documented Upgrade

Record of software upgrade steps Update projects to align with new WS10.x framework and to address areas

identified for improvement during Workshop Record of project upgrades Unit test projects to confirm functionality


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Thank You

Emily StangeSenior Solutions ConsultantWeb Site [email protected]


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