Getting Started with Ektron

Ektron manages the life cycle of content, from creation to approval and publication. It helps your organization set up a process for overseeing changes to a website, indicate the status of content within that life cycle, and inform the next approver that it is their turn to review the content.

Business users, such as marketing or public relations professionals, can author, manage and publish Web content, build and deploy Web forms, and collect and leverage visitor information. The editor supports the industry’s best in-context editing environment, ensuring user adoption and project success.

People interact with your Ektron website in different ways. Some people operate in different roles, and sometimes different roles overlap in activity. For example, a developer uses PageBuilder to create page structures and content authors use PageBuilder to build a page in those structures. Similarly, some administrators and developers may perform installation and set up actions.

The major roles for people interacting with your website are as follows:

• CMS User (Content Author)—creates content for your website and may edit the content in context on the Web page, or modify content in the Workarea. Content authors can have specialized roles and permissions, such as a discussion board administrator.
  CMS User (content author) information

  • Editing in Ektron
  • Creating New PageBuilder Pages
  • Editing Content on a PageBuilder Page
  • Managing Content
  • Working with Ektron Content
  • Working with Assets in the Document Management System
  • Working with Files in the Library
  • Working with Collections
  • Setting up a Multivariate Experiment
  • Assigning and Managing Tasks
  • Managing User Communities
  • Working with Discussion Boards
  • Working with Forums
  • Working with Blogs
  • Working with Calendars
  • Assigning and Managing Tasks
• Administrator—manages the website including access to all content, taxonomies, users, rules, and settings.
  Administrator information

  • Setting Up Your CMS Folder Structure
  • Managing Content
  • Working with Ektron Content
  • Creating and Using Widgets
  • Creating Menus for Your Website
  • Organizing Content with Taxonomies
  • Navigating a Website with Breadcrumbs
  • Personalizing a Web Page
  • Creating User-Friendly URLs with Aliasing
  • Analyzing Websites
  • Working with Smart Forms
  • Organizing Content with Taxonomies
  • Creating User-Friendly URLs with Aliasing
  • Creating Business Rules for Your Website
  • Defining Roles
  • Accessing the Permissions Table
  • Managing Users and User Groups
  • Synchronizing Servers Using eSync
  • Sending Notifications to a Community
  • Sending Web Alert Emails to Subscribers
• Developer—writes APIApplication Programming Interface code, modifies ASPX pages, creates wireframethe architecture of a Web page containing columns, dropzones, and layout information. templates with PageBuilder, and create widgetWidgets are mini-applications that you place on a Web page using PageBuilder; a widget provides either specific functionality (calculators, search, social bars, etc.) or areas into which you can add content (content blocks, list summaries, collections, and so on).s to customize your website.
  Developer information

  • Installing Ektron
  • Upgrading to Ektron Version Ektron 9.00
  • Securing Ektron
  • Setting Up Ektron
  • Developing Wireframe Templates
  • Using Ektron in the Cloud
  • Creating a Mobile-Driven Web Experience
  • Setting Up Search for Your Website
  • Setting Up the Digital Experience Hub
  • Applying Adaptive Image Resizing
  • Using Responsive Frameworks with PageBuilder
  • Conducting eCommerce
  • Distributing Resources with 3-Tier Architecture
  • Creating and Using Widgets
  • Using LDAP with Ektron
  • Working with Multi-Language Content
  • Sending Notifications to a Community
  • Working with Ektron Server Controls
  • Extending CMS Behavior
  • Viewing Network Server Diagnostics
  • Targeting Content with GeoIP Information
  • Controlling Server Control Output with Ektron Markup Language

For information about developing a Web strategy, see Creating a Mobile-Driven Web Experience.