There is a wealth of different resources available for Alfresco WCM including the Alfresco Wiki, the Content Community, forums, pre-recorded webinars to name but a few. The following is a moving list of various resources for Alfresco WCM. Please add a comment with your suggestions if you have found a valuable resource. I aim to keep this list short, hence resources will be removed as they become out of date or are replaced.
Note: These resources do not cover installation and setup. For further information on installation see http://www.alfresco.com/products/ecm/enttrial/
Getting Started
- Web CMS’s Dissected – where does Alfresco WCM fit in compared to other products? – Essential reading from Peter Monks for anyone who is new to Alfresco WCM, or starting to investigate the product. http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/pmonks/2008/11/05/web-cmss-dissected/
- Getting Started with Web Content Management (WCM) 3.1 Enterprise – A PDF document stepping through the basics of the product including installing the sample website and configuring web forms. THE place to start for basic product usage – http://www.alfresco.com/products/ecm/enttrial/files/getting_started_with_wcm_for_enterprise3_1.pdf
- Really Simple WCM – A recorded webinar stepping through several features of the product including web forms, file system projection (CIFS, FTP), user roles, basic workflow, sandboxes, virtualisation server (preview), basic deployment (FSR and ASR) and snapshots. http://webinars.alfresco.com/forms/simplewcm/
- Alfresco Wiki – The source for reading up on all topics. Browse by category – http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Category:WCM
Web Forms
- WCM Forms Quick Tutorial – Alfresco Wiki – This document provides a quick tutorial on how to register and use WCM Forms – http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/WCM_Forms_Quick_Tutorial
- Learning Alfresco Web Forms by Examples – The definitive guide to WCM Xforms. Dr Q runs through a series of hands on tutorials from the basics to advanced web form creation and usage. http://drquyong.com/myblog/?p=65
Deployment
- File System Receiver (FSR) – Alfresco Wiki – http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/FSR
- Alfresco System Receiver (ASR) – Alfresco Wiki – http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/ASR
Preview
- WCM Preview – Alfresco Wiki document detailing the various preview options available including their specific use cases – http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/WCM_Preview
Content Modeling
- WCM Content Modeling webinar – A very detailed webinar from Peter Monks stepping through how to take a web site or mock-up (wireframes etc), and break it down into a set of discrete assets that can be efficiently managed with Alfresco WCM. http://www.alfresco.com/about/events/2009/06/wcm-content-modeling/
SURF
- SURF Platform – What is SURF? – Alfresco Wiki – This provides a good first step for getting started with the Surf Platform – http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Surf_Platform
- SURF Deployment configurations – Alfresco Wiki – A detailed page on the various ways in which SURF can be configured based on the use case – http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Surf_Platform_-_Deployment_Configurations
- Getting Started with SURF – Three hands on tutorials covering building a basic web site from scratch using SURF. Concludes with Alfresco WCM integration example - http://www.benh.co.uk/alfresco/surf-part-1-getting-started/
- Surf Platform – Guided Examples – A community contributed collection of guided examples on building Surf applications and extending the Surf platform – http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Surf_Platform_-_Guided_Examples
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Hi Ben,
Another way to navigate the wiki documents is through hierarchical categories – http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Category:WCM. It allows navigating through the various wiki documents through categories that the pages are tagged with.
Thanks Jean, yes thats a great way to browse the wiki. I have added it to the list.
Regards, Ben.
Useful links, thanks