N00b question about UCM/Stellant

Question

Hi,
I'm a total UCM/Stellant n00b so please forgive me if these questions seem very basic.
I've successfully installed Oracle Content Server 10gR3 (10.1.3.3.3). I was able to create a new content item which is just an image. However, I am having trouble publishing it to a file system. A Google search indicated that I may need the Content Publisher module to do any publishing. I searched Oracle’s content management download site and can’t find anything on Content Publisher.
Do I need this "Content Publisher" thing to publish to a file system or am I missing something more obvious?
Thanks,
Chris Bucchere
http://www.thebdgway.com

Answer 1

Well, other CMSs that I've used tend to work like this:
1) You build a form
2) You build a presentation template
3) You fill out the form with data
4) You associate the form with the appropriate presentation template
5) You hit "publish" (or something to that effect)
When the "publish" occurs, the CMS grabs the data you entered in the form, formats it using the presentation template and generates a resulting piece of static content, be that an HTML page, a Word document, or whatever.
When I say "publish to the file system" I essentially mean that in Stellent I've accomplished steps 1-4 and I can't figure out how to do step 5 without going back and installing additional products like "Content Publisher," whatever that is. I just want to be able to see the resulting static HTML from a "publish" action on my file system somewhere. That's all.
Again, forgive me if I'm being ignorant. I've worked with Hablador (Plumtree Publisher), Radiant CMS and a few others (including a homegrown CMS that I built in Ruby on Rails), but I've never used Stellent before.