1. Adxstudio Portals Training
Adxstudio CMS Components

2. Adxstudio Portals Base CMS
Website
Site Map Content
Other Content
Settings and Templates
Website
Website Binding
Web Pages
Web Files
Shortcuts
Events, Forums, etc.
Web Link Sets
Content Snippets
Web Forms
Ads and Polls
Page Templates
Site Settings
Site Markers
Publishing States
Redirects

3. Adxstudio Portals Base CMS
CRM Navigation
In CRM 2013, click to open the main Navigation Dropdown at the top of the screen, then scroll to find Portals
Adxstudio Portals CMS entities are contained within the Portals Navigation Area. Further extensions can be found elsewhere.

4. Establishing a Connection
Connection String specified in web.config
This specifics the CRM org to use
Can be online or on-prem
Next is to specify what data to use

5. Website The core entity of an Adxstudio Portals application
IIS Hosts Web application (website CODE)
This code will look to the web.config or website bindings to determine the website record (website DATA) from which to draw its data from

6. Website
Bound using Either Website Bindings or set in the web.config

7. Website Entity Most functionality is defined by related entities
Can create parent, child sites (requires Partial URL)
Can set site header and footer (with Liquid Web Templates)

8. Website Bindings
If an applicable website binding is found in the CRM, it will be used, although a web.config setting will always take precedence

9. Website Structure and The Site Map
Many CMS entities make up the structure of the website
These entities are “site-mappable” and represent an exact URL in the portal
The most basic example is the web page
Also included are Web Files, Events, Forums, Blogs, Shortcuts
These elements can be added via front-side editing

10. The Site Map http://mysite.com/ Partial Url: / Home
Partial url: content-a
Content A
Partial url: news
News
Partial url: article01
Article 1
Partial url: article02
Article 2
Partial url: content-b
Content B

11. Entities that are part of the Site Map
Web Page
Shortcut
Event
Idea
Forum
Idea Forum
Forum Thread
Blog
Blog Post
Product
Web File
Parent, Partial URL
Several Out of the Box entities have URLs associated with them. They are part of the Site Map.

12. Web File Represents a file in an Adxstudio portal
Can be used as an image, or be downloadable
Can set CSS
File hosting
As Note Attachment
Windows Azure

13. Web File Key Attributes
Name
The Name of the Web file (not necessarily the file name)
Website
The related Website
Parent Page
The Parent Page of the Web File. This defines the URL of the file prior to its partial URL
Partial URL
Defines the final component of the URL of the file (does not need to be the file name, but often is) (i.e. <urlofparentpage>/<partialurl>)
Cloud Blob Address
The cloud blob address for a file if stored in Azure (rather than as a note attachment of the CRM record)
Content-Disposition
“inline” or “attachment”

14. Web Page Represents an exact URL in a Portal
Contains a Copy blob of HTML

15. Web Page Key Attributes
Name/Title
Name of the Web Page/Title of the Web Page
Name is mandatory; Title is optional
Website
The related Website
Parent Page
The Parent Page of the Web Page. This defines the URL of the page prior to its partial URL
Partial URL
Defines the final component of the URL of the page (i.e. <urlofparentpage>/<partialurl>)
Copy
The HTML blob that defines the unique content of this page
Page Template
The Template that defines the layout and custom functionality of the page

16. Defines the Layout of a Web Page
Page Template
Defines the Layout of a Web Page
Represents either an actual .aspx page within your web project, or a Liquid Web Template

17. Page Template Attributes
Name
The descriptive name of the Page Template
Website
The related Website
Type
The source of markup for the Page Template:
Rewrite: A physical .aspx page in a code base
Web Template: A Liquid Template stored in the CRM
Rewrite URL
Defines a physical path to an .aspx page, in the case that the type is Rewrite
Web Template
The Liquid Web Template that is used to define the template, in the case that the type is Web Template
Use Website Header and Footer
Should the default website Header and Footer be used by this template?
Entity Name
The name of the Entity for which the template is to be used

18. Entities that use Page Templates
Templatable Entities
Web Page
Event
Forum
Forum Thread
Blog
Blog Post
Several Out of the Box entities use templates to determine layout

19. Web Link Set
Contains a series of one or more web links

20. Web Link Key Attributes
Name
Name of the Web Link
Website
The related Website
Page
The Web Page that is linked to
External URL
The URL that is linked to (rather than a Web Page)
Parent Web Link
Allows for links to be nested underneath other web links, to show up as sub-menus

21. Shortcuts
Allows you to place child nodes on the portal sitemap that point to other sitemap nodes or external URLs

22. Site Markers Allows you to find a web page by using a consistent name
Attributes & Relationships
Name
Website
Page
Adxstudio Portal Framework Default Site Markers
Home
Access Denied
Login
Page Not Found
Many more specific to feature catalog

23. Content Snippets
Small chunks of editable content that can be placed on a page template

24. Site Settings
A configurable, named value that is utilized by the website code to modify the behavior or visual style of the portal.

25. Redirect Redirects one URL to another within the site
Attributes & Relationships
Name
Website
Inbound URL
Status Code
Redirect URL
Web Page
Site Marker

26. Publishing States
Allow for the definition of a content lifecycle in an Adxstudio Portals Website
Default values:
Draft
Published

27. Website Copy Utility
Used to Copy a website from one org to another, or to backup a website to XML format.
Can be used both with on-prem and online
Copies the Website record, and all related CMS Records
Does not copy Custom entities or Out of the Box CRM entities, only Adxstudio CMS entities