BEA Portal 8.1 and Stellent Content Management

Does anyone have experience using Portal (any 8.1 version) with Stellent, using the IDCServerBean API. We are having serious performance issues with Stellent and its bundled Verity indexer - and trying to isolate whether it is a stellent issue, communication between stellent and portal, or a portal issue?
Thanks
Regards,
Kunal
Kunal Mittal

Kunal Mittal a ?crit :
Does anyone have experience using Portal (any 8.1 version) with Stellent, using the IDCServerBean API. We are having serious performance issues with Stellent and its bundled Verity indexer - and trying to isolate whether it is a stellent issue, communication between stellent and portal, or a portal issue?
Thanks
Regards,
Kunal
Kunal MittalWe are using Portal 8.1 SP4 with Stellent but using the CIS. I don't
know if it's the same thing than IDCServerBean API.
We didn't notice real performance issues. We are using Verity indexer too.
Can you give more details about your architecture ?
Thomas

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nagerImpl.java:962)
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sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39
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sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl
.java:25)
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com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.control.EJBControlImpl.invoke(EJBControlImpl.jcs:60
4)
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com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.dispatcher.DispMethod.invoke(DispMethod.java:373)
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com.bea.p13n.controls.userInfoQuery.UserInfoControlImpl.getGroupNamesForUser
(UserInfoControlImpl.jcs:152)
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sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39
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sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl
.java:25)
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com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.dispatcher.DispMethod.invoke(DispMethod.java:367)
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com.bea.netuix.servlets.controls.content.PageflowContent.preRender(PageflowC
ontent.java:379)
at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlLifecycle$6.visit(ControlLifecycle.java:388)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:619)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at
com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursivePreRender(ControlTreeWalker
.java:630)
at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walk(ControlTreeWalker.java:137)
at com.bea.netuix.nf.Lifecycle.runOutbound(Lifecycle.java:220)
at com.bea.netuix.nf.Lifecycle.run(Lifecycle.java:158)
at
com.bea.netuix.servlets.manager.UIServlet.runLifecycle(UIServlet.java:357)
at com.bea.netuix.servlets.manager.UIServlet.service(UIServlet.java:198)
at
com.bea.netuix.servlets.manager.PortalServlet.service(PortalServlet.java:559
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at
weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl$ServletInvocationAction.run(Servle
tStubImpl.java:971)
at
weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java
:402)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:28)
at
weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at
com.bea.p13n.servlets.PortalServletFilter.doFilter(PortalServletFilter.java:
313)
at
weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at
weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(W
ebAppServletContext.java:6356)
at
weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubjec
t.java:317)
atweblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:118)
at
weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServletCo
ntext.java:3635)
at
weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl.java
:2585)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:197)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:170)
; nested exception is:
java.lang.NullPointerException
6. But when i go to search tab and come back to browse tab , every thing
seems to be normal and I can see the repository hierarchy
Karthi.

BOE integration in SAP NW Portal via repository manager and km content

Hi BO XI experts,
we try to synchronize a BO folder of BO InfoView through the KM Content in SAP Portal. Following the instructions of the book "Integrating SAP Business Objects XI 3.1 Tools with SAP NetWeaver", we
- installed the system under System Administration --> System Configuration --> System Landscape
- checked settings in the web.xml file
- integrated a Crystal Report through upload and apply of the par-file com.BusinessObjects.pct.masteriview.par
--> the iView for a specific report contained in the InfoView works fine
- integrated the par-file BusinessObjectsKM.par
- created a new Business Object Repository Manager through System Configuration --> Content Management --> Repository Managers --> Business Objects Repository with a new prefix
- went to Content Admin --> KM Content and tried to open the new repository with this prefix
Before upgrading our systems with EP 1 for NW 7 (and EP 4 for SAP ERP 6) this repository worked fine.
After this, we encounter the following error and cannot open InfoView content anymore:
System Error
An exception occurred during the program execution.
Exception Message: Your operation cannot be fulfilled due to a network problem, please try again.
Go back and try again
The SSO connection seems to work fine as the a single Crystal Report can still be opened through the iView.
Does anybody have an idea how to solve this problem?
Thank you very much in advance.
Best regards,
Carolin

Hello Ingo,
thank you very much for responding so quickly. Yes, I tried it with a new BO repository but without any changes. I also repeated the upload of BusinessObjectsKM.par - file.
I'm wondering about the result of my system connection test of the BOE system.
There I get the message:
Retrieval of default alias successful
Connection failed. Make sure that Single Sign-On is configured correctly
As the Crystal Report iView works correctly and therefore SSO is supposed to be installed properly, I do not understand why we receive this message. Could the problem, in spite of the crystal report working fine, lay in a uncorrect system configuration?
Before, when the repository worked properly, I did not verify the connection test.
The enhancement packages should not have had any impact on our BO installation.
Thank you for your help.
Carolin

Integrate with BEA Portal and Lotus Domino R5.0.12

Deal all:
I got a problem when I integrate with BEA Portal and Lotus Domino R5.0.12.
my environment is below:
- Domain Server :
Lotus Domino Server R5.0.12
BEA Personal Messaging API 4.3
(test successful on local host)
- Application Server:
BEA Weblogic 8.15
BEA Groupware portlets 2.5
I got connection successful message when I using "Domino Service Connection"
but I got "CZ: VERSION CONFLICT" error message when I add a new account by
Compoze_Groupware-Edit Account user interface.
Have anybody met the error message before... and know how to sovle the problem..
I appreciated any suggest or comment~~~
detail error message is below:
portlets.compoze.groupware.exception.ConnectionException: CZ: VERSION CONFLICT at portlets.compoze.groupware.controls.provider.SessionControlImpl.createSession(SessionControlImpl.jcs:142) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.dispatcher.DispMethod.invoke(DispMethod.java:371) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:433) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:406) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.jcs.container.JcsProxy.invoke(JcsProxy.java:381) at $Proxy19.createSession(Unknown Source) at portlets.compoze.groupware.controls.provider.GroupwareProviderControlImpl.updateAccount(GroupwareProviderControlImpl.jcs:4825) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.dispatcher.DispMethod.invoke(DispMethod.java:371) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:433) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:406) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:249) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.jcs.container.JcsContainer.invoke(JcsContainer.java:85) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.bean.BaseContainerBean.invokeBase(BaseContainerBean.java:224) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.bean.SLSBContainerBean.invoke(SLSBContainerBean.java:109) at com.bea.wlwgen.StatelessContainer_ly05hg_ELOImpl.invoke(StatelessContainer_ly05hg_ELOImpl.java:207) at com.bea.wlwgen.GenericStatelessSLSBContAdpt.invokeOnBean(GenericStatelessSLSBContAdpt.java:62) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.bean.BaseDispatcherBean.runAsInvoke(BaseDispatcherBean.java:153) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.bean.BaseDispatcherBean.invoke(BaseDispatcherBean.java:54) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.bean.SyncDispatcherBean.invoke(SyncDispatcherBean.java:168) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.bean.SyncDispatcher_k1mrl8_EOImpl.invoke(SyncDispatcher_k1mrl8_EOImpl.java:46) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.dispatcher.Dispatcher.remoteDispatch(Dispatcher.java:161) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.dispatcher.ServiceHandleImpl.invoke(ServiceHandleImpl.java:436) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.dispatcher.WlwProxyImpl._invoke(WlwProxyImpl.java:326) at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.dispatcher.WlwProxyImpl.invoke(WlwProxyImpl.java:315) at $Proxy11.updateAccount(Unknown Source) at portlets.compoze.content.options.accounts.editAccount.editAccountController.saveChangesAccountAction(editAccountController.jpf:534) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at com.bea.wlw.netui.pageflow.FlowController.invokeActionMethod(FlowController.java:1512) at com.bea.wlw.netui.pageflow.FlowController.getActionMethodForward(FlowController.java:1447) at com.bea.wlw.netui.pageflow.FlowController.internalExecute(FlowController.java:778) at com.bea.wlw.netui.pageflow.PageFlowController.internalExecute(PageFlowController.java:211) at com.bea.wlw.netui.pageflow.FlowController.execute(FlowController.java:608) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:484) at com.bea.wlw.netui.pageflow.PageFlowRequestProcessor.processActionPerform(PageFlowRequestProcessor.java:1504) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:274) at com.bea.wlw.netui.pageflow.PageFlowRequestProcessor.process(PageFlowRequestProcessor.java:674) at com.bea.wlw.netui.pageflow.AutoRegisterActionServlet.process(AutoRegisterActionServlet.java:527) at com.bea.wlw.netui.pageflow.PageFlowActionServlet.process(PageFlowActionServlet.java:152) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:507) at com.bea.wlw.netui.pageflow.PageFlowUtils.strutsLookup(PageFlowUtils.java:1734) at com.bea.wlw.netui.pageflow.PageFlowUtils.strutsLookup(PageFlowUtils.java:1754) at com.bea.portlet.adapter.scopedcontent.ScopedContentCommonSupport.executeAction(ScopedContentCommonSupport.java:561) at com.bea.portlet.adapter.scopedcontent.ScopedContentCommonSupport.processActionInternal(ScopedContentCommonSupport.java:121) at com.bea.portlet.adapter.scopedcontent.PageFlowStubImpl.processAction(PageFlowStubImpl.java:98) at com.bea.netuix.servlets.controls.content.NetuiContent.raiseScopedAction(NetuiContent.java:150) at com.bea.netuix.servlets.controls.content.NetuiContent.raiseScopedAction(NetuiContent.java:109) at com.bea.netuix.servlets.controls.content.NetuiContent.handlePostbackData(NetuiContent.java:224) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlLifecycle$3.visit(ControlLifecycle.java:171) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:355) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walkRecursive(ControlTreeWalker.java:365) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walk(ControlTreeWalker.java:126) at com.bea.netuix.nf.ControlTreeWalker.walk(ControlTreeWalker.java:105) at com.bea.netuix.nf.Lifecycle.runInbound(Lifecycle.java:173) at com.bea.netuix.nf.Lifecycle.run(Lifecycle.java:137) at com.bea.netuix.servlets.manager.UIServlet.runLifecycle(UIServlet.java:333) at com.bea.netuix.servlets.manager.UIServlet.doPost(UIServlet.java:196) at com.bea.netuix.servlets.manager.PortalServlet.doPost(PortalServlet.java:772) at com.bea.netuix.servlets.manager.UIServlet.service(UIServlet.java:150) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl$ServletInvocationAction.run(ServletStubImpl.java:1072) at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:465) at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:28) at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27) at com.bea.p13n.servlets.PortalServletFilter.doFilter(PortalServletFilter.java:293) at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:6987) at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321) at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:121) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:3892) at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl.java:2766) at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:224) at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:183)

Hi,
The reason why you are seeing this exception is because there is a mismatch between the version of the WLPM API used by the portlets, with the version of the service that you have installed on you Domino server.
To explain a little, there are two sides to the API that is used to communicate with Lotus Domino:
1) the Java API side (used by the portlets that you have installed in the portal)
2) the Domino Service side (installed as a DSAPI filter in the HTTP task of a Domino Server)
Each Java API jar and Domino Service Executable are branded with a version number, which in your case does not match because the portlets came with one version of the Java API, and you have installed a non-matching version of the service on the Domino Service side (you probably extracted the executable for the service installation from the "BEA Personal Messaging API 4.3" bundle or installer).
The solution for this is to:
1) uninstall the Domino Service that you have plugged into the domino service
2) extract the Domino Service installer which was included with the portlet bundle. This is located in the "Program Files\compoze\groupware_portlets_bea-2.5\8.1\service\domino" directory if you ran the portlet installer, or in the "groupware_portlets_bea81-noinstall-25\groupware_portlets_bea-2.5\8.1\service\domino" directory if you used the "no-install" zip file.
As a tip, to quickly check whether the versions of the service and Java APIâ€™s that you are using are matching, perform the following steps:
1) hit the domino server with the following URL and notice the "service version": http://domino_service_url:http_port/compoze.czdo. This should be something like "Service Version: 3.6.102"
2)in your portal application (or in the portlet install bundle), open the harmony_portlets.jar file with winzip, then find the "compoze_products_information.properties" file. In this file, notice the "product.domino" version (e.g. product.domino = 3.6.102)
3) the two versions you have inspected must match in order for the connection between the portlet and service to succeed.
If you have verified that the "service" version and "java API" version (located in %portal_app_dir%/APP-INF/lib/harmony_portlets.jar, and you are still getting the exception, it is likely that there is a "harmony_portlets.jar" that included an old version of the Java API located somewhere in the portal server classpath. In this case, make sure that the only harmony_portlets.jar in the classpath is the one that was included with the portlet bundle that you have installed.
Regards,
Lev

Deploying BEA Portal App in Managed Server problems....

Hello,
I have a BEA portal application (exploded EAR) that I want to deploy in a managed server. I first created a regular portal domain (8.1 SP4). I then created a managed server via the console. When I went to deploy my portal application (in the console), I received an error indicating that the application was a Split Development Directory and that I would have to run the wlpackage Ant task against the application first. I ran the wlpackage ant task and it seemingly worked.
I then used the wldeploy Ant task to deploy it in the managed server but got an error indicating that it could not find a JNDI name from one of the data sources. I went back to the console and targeted/deployed all of the default Connection Pools & Data Sources to the managed server thinking that was the reason the deploy failed.
When I ran the wldeploy again I got the following error:
Module: content.jar Error: Exception activating module: EJBModule(content.jar, status=PREPARED)
Unable to deploy EJB: ValueBean from content.jar
java.sql.SQLException: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: While trying to lookup 'portalFrameworkPool; contentDataSource;weblogic.jdbc.jts.commercialPool' didn't find subcontext 'portalFrameworkPool;contentDataSource;weblogic' Resolved ; remaining name 'portalFrameworkPool;contentDataSource;weblogic/jdbc/jts/commercialPool'
Has anyone run into this? Am I not suppose to deploy a portal application in a managed server?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks - Peter Len

Problem solved.......
After targeting all the data sources and poolers to the managed server, I restarted the main domain but did not restart the managed server. After restarting the managed server all was well.
Thanks - Peter

Pulling Data in Portal Content Management DB from Documentum

Is there a way to get data in the portal content management database directly from documentum? We have documentum as one of multiple content management source in our environment.
What we want to do is that whenever anything is published in documentum, the weblogic portal content management database gets that same data through a pull or push service.
Can this be configured in portal content management or do we need to write our own java based service which polls documentum on a regular basis, gets the data from it and enters it in BEA content management database.
The data migration from documentum to weblogic portal db has to be transparent to the user and no user interaction should be required to accomplish it.
Thanks
Michelle

Hi,
To my knowledge there is no tool to propagate content from DCTM to BEA. What it is available is the CM SPI integration which links the DCTM system to the Virtual Content Repository in the Portal. It works with the DCTM Content Server as well as the Caching server. The integration works very well and we have several joint customers using it.
If you feel like exploring options you may want to see if there is a way to export the data from DCTM. If so you might be able to use the Bulkloader to get data into the portal.
Regards,
--alex

Portal Content Management

hi all,
I have asked this many times... nothing so far.
I need to create a portal site that, for now, will just have web content (menus, breadcrumbs, etc).
I have tried using the VCR with library services but: documentation is terribly bad, and it lacks basic features like multilingual support.
Can anyone guide me in this task?
Can I go by without buying third party plugins??
(Documentum, etc...)
I was told that a Portal Content Management system is bundled somewhere in SP4.
What/Where is it??
...any recommended docs??
thanks,

hi all,
I have asked this many times... nothing so far.
I need to create a portal site that, for now, will
just have web content (menus, breadcrumbs, etc).
I have tried using the VCR with library services but:
documentation is terribly bad, and it lacks basic
features like multilingual support.
Can anyone guide me in this task?
Can I go by without buying third party plugins??
(Documentum, etc...)
I was told that a Portal Content Management system is
bundled somewhere in SP4.
What/Where is it??
CM has been part of portal since way back when.
what specifically is your question?
here is the link to CM documentation
http://e-docs.bea.com/wlp/docs81/cm/
...any recommended docs??
thanks,

How does your portal's content management work? Are you happy with it?

It would be great if there was some sharing of how people have configured their content and document management through the portal, and how happy they are. I'm assuming almost everyone is on Publisher and Collab, but do you use them in a special way? Anything customized?
I'm currently looking for ways to make our system more flexible and easier to create new content areas. Also, uploading documents is a huge pain.
Html Content: Publisher
Customizations:
We include edit pencils at the top of each content item visible for people with edit access to the community.
FCKeditor instead of default rich text editor, with image upload
links to KD cards and community pages are transformed into adaptive tags on save
Issues
There is clear separation between what a 'content editor' and a 'community manager' is able to create. Any creation of new portlets or changing of anything falls on the community manager. Content editor feels very restricted as they only have control over what is inside the boxes, and can't create new 'pages'. This leads to stale content.
Documents: Collaboration
We use collab for documents because we want to be able to publish different versions of the same doc to the KD, without breaking any links that we have created to that existing document. We use snapshot queries sometimes to display documents, but more ofthen than not we just use a KD picker to display a single document, and this means we need to be able to update the card without breaking the link.
Issues
Training users to go to collab to upload documents is not easy, and then publishing is difficult as well. There is no multi-document publish. Publishing sometimes fails and times out, and the document can be deleted from collab and still exist in the KD. Also, custom properties that we add to cards in the KD seem to vanish, but hopefully upgrading to the latest versions will help.
I'd like to investigate creating helper functions to make the job of uploading documents to the correct folder in collab easier. The tool would upload to the right folder, and then publish to the KD if necessary.

Very good thread!
We are using publisher for web content as well as documents.
The documents are crawled into the KD using the publisher crawler, and we use a "link to document" custom button that build automatically the PT:Tag link to the KD card that represents the crawled document.
So really all the links to documents stay valid only if the KD card are not deleted and recreated...(otherwise, the links are broken...and i did not find a better way to handle this better yet)
We also use the "Edit/Create" buttons for all our publisher content in order to allow content editors easy access to the publisher content to edit/add.
The main pain points we have is that the preview is not very useful...previewing only the content of your portlet does not give you a feel of what the complete portal page will look with your new content. If there was a way to view the portal page (with all the publisher portlets on it) in preview mode, THAT would be useful.
And because of this, content managers are not very comfortable to create/edit the content in PROD directly (because they really want to see the end product of their editing process...i.e. the final portal page) and i don't blame them...
Which leads to another huge pain point: When creating content in Staging for example, it is hard to push it to PROD when ready. And even if you use the import/export feature (which is not great either because you can only export folder instead of being able to pick and chose the content you want to export), you need to have someone (infrastructure person who have access to servers) move the publisher export zip file...which makes the whole process more cumbersome than it should be, really.
Publisher should be multi-environment aware...What i mean is that it would be great if a single publisher instance would allow to push the content to different environments (i.e. STG first, and then when it looks good PROD) as the content mature towards production state. (products like Documentum -I know it is not the same planet compared to publisher but still...- do this flawlessly)
Last the free text editor is not awesome and i don't like that when you add a link to another item or image, it automatically puts the absolute path in there...that makes it harder to migrate.
I have not tried to replace the free text editor...What is your experience with FCKEditor??
Edited by: Fabien Sanglier on May 15, 2009 11:28 AM

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