topic Re: Some overall questions in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/some-overall-questions/m-p/176051#M129181 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">1) Static sites with dynamic elements and search<BR /><EM>[snip]</EM><BR />This is what the WCM is for? This is not very clear to me. Does WCM come with the 3.0 Alfresco Labs, or is it an add on module?<BR />How would this work in general?</BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN>Yes this is what WCM is for, and yes it's been available in all releases of Alfresco (both Labs and Enterprise) since v2.0.&nbsp; For a general overview of the kind of WCM system Alfresco is, you might find </SPAN><A href="http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/pmonks/2008/11/05/web-cmss-dissected/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/pmonks/2008/11/05/web-cmss-dissected/</A><SPAN> useful.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">2) Friendly user content editors<BR /><EM>[snip]</EM><BR />Is there any way to add simple relationships among the data? For example, being able to add pickers (or dropdowns) to forms that are backed by other content?</BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN>Yes - this can be done via Web Form dynamic includes (see </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Forms_Authoring_Guide#Using_dynamic_types_in_schemas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Forms_Authoring_Guide#Using_dynamic_types_in_schemas</A><SPAN>).&nbsp; Effectively what happens is that part of the XSD that defines the XForm is dynamically generated, and it could use basically any available state to calculate that part of the XSD (including other content items in the system).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">3) Portal integration via JSR-170<BR /><EM>[snip]</EM><BR />It's my impression that this would be a remote application (i.e. we deploy the portal on one server, and it communicates back to Alfresco), is that typically how this is deployed? Or are folks bundling Alfresco in to the same JVMs/Web containers as their portals? What's the current common/best practice for this kind of integration?</BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN>Alfresco WCM does not support access via JSR-170.&nbsp; Instead we recommend the use of REST for accessing the repository; ie. Web Scripts (</SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Web_Scripts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Web_Scripts</A><SPAN>).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cheers,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Peter</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:37:12 GMT pmonks 2009-02-26T23:37:12Z Some overall questions https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/some-overall-questions/m-p/176050#M129180 We're evaluating Alfresco for a client, and so I've been crawling through the documentation trying to understand how Alfresco may fit their requirements.I do have a couple of minor technical questions that I'd love some answers to.There are 3 primary requirements that we're looking to address (there Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:31:11 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/some-overall-questions/m-p/176050#M129180 whartung 2009-02-21T00:31:11Z Re: Some overall questions https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/some-overall-questions/m-p/176051#M129181 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">1) Static sites with dynamic elements and search<BR /><EM>[snip]</EM><BR />This is what the WCM is for? This is not very clear to me. Does WCM come with the 3.0 Alfresco Labs, or is it an add on module?<BR />How would this work in general?</BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN>Yes this is what WCM is for, and yes it's been available in all releases of Alfresco (both Labs and Enterprise) since v2.0.&nbsp; For a general overview of the kind of WCM system Alfresco is, you might find </SPAN><A href="http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/pmonks/2008/11/05/web-cmss-dissected/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/pmonks/2008/11/05/web-cmss-dissected/</A><SPAN> useful.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">2) Friendly user content editors<BR /><EM>[snip]</EM><BR />Is there any way to add simple relationships among the data? For example, being able to add pickers (or dropdowns) to forms that are backed by other content?</BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN>Yes - this can be done via Web Form dynamic includes (see </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Forms_Authoring_Guide#Using_dynamic_types_in_schemas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Forms_Authoring_Guide#Using_dynamic_types_in_schemas</A><SPAN>).&nbsp; Effectively what happens is that part of the XSD that defines the XForm is dynamically generated, and it could use basically any available state to calculate that part of the XSD (including other content items in the system).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">3) Portal integration via JSR-170<BR /><EM>[snip]</EM><BR />It's my impression that this would be a remote application (i.e. we deploy the portal on one server, and it communicates back to Alfresco), is that typically how this is deployed? Or are folks bundling Alfresco in to the same JVMs/Web containers as their portals? What's the current common/best practice for this kind of integration?</BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN>Alfresco WCM does not support access via JSR-170.&nbsp; Instead we recommend the use of REST for accessing the repository; ie. Web Scripts (</SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Web_Scripts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Web_Scripts</A><SPAN>).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cheers,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Peter</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:37:12 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/some-overall-questions/m-p/176051#M129181 pmonks 2009-02-26T23:37:12Z