Fishbowl Solutions completed its second webinar in its Summer Seminar Series. On May 31st, we kicked things off with “Exploring Enterprise Search Options for Oracle WebCenter Content”, and last Thursday we discussed “Creating a Visually Rich and Personalized WebCenter-Based Intranet in 60 Days or Less”. We weren’t able to answer all the questions that were asked during the webinars, so I have included those below. I have also included links to the slide decks and audio, as well as white papers and other content associated to each topic.
We hope you have enjoyed the webinars thus far and that you will be able to join us for the remaining topics – ECM on the Go: A Quick Start iPad Application for Mobile Content Management (June 14) and Preview Fishbowl’s SharePoint Connector for Oracle WebCenter Version 2.0 – Beta Customers Wanted! (June 21) As always, your comments and feedback on this blog are appreciated.
Exploring Enterprise Search Options for Oracle WebCenter Content
Q & A
Q: What is the minimum version of GSA to be compatible with your connector?
A: Fishbowl’s GSA connector supports versions 6.8 to 6.14 of the Google Search Appliance.
Q: How is the connector licensed?
A: Per Oracle WebCenter Content Server instance.
Q: Does Fishbowl’s GSA Connector for WebCenter come packaged with the file share and SharePoint connectors?
A: No. Google provides database, network file share and SharePoint connectors directly. These connectors need to be configured on the GSA device itself – as does Fishbowl’s connector for Oracle WebCenter Content. Fishbowl’s consulting services group can help your organization with these configurations.
Q: During your demo, you showed conducting searches directly from and having results display in Content Server. Is using Content Server as the Front End for enterprise searches the only way your connector works?
A: No. That is just one example of how our search templates can be deployed. Similar templates can be deployed to, for example, the Front End of the GSA device itself. This is where you could incorporate your company’s style sheets and logo.
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Creating a Visually Rich and Personalized WebCenter-Based Intranet in 60 Days or Less
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Q: If you do not use folders in your WebCenter Content instance, can you use this to show content in WebCenter through internet in a box with the metadata elements only, therefore eliminating the need to use folders in WebCenter? At the moment without your tool, we have to use folders when using WebCenter Content and WebCenter Spaces?
A: Yes, between metadata, security and personalization you can easily accomplish this.
Q: Can you create unique menu structures for user groups or specific users? E.g., “hidden” menu options for executives vs. field personnel.
A: Yes you can. Between metadata and personalization with LDAP values that can be mapped to you can accomplish this.
Q: How can you pass the contentID through Content Presenter?
A: This solution uses JSR 286 portlets for content integration. Content Presenter ties a piece of content to a page portlet view during the portlet creation activity. A template will also need to be provided. You must make sure the content server is setup correctly in order to allow the portlet you use to query the content server to select the content for presentation.
Q: Is the Demo using PS5?
A: Yes. The version of WebCenter Portal used today and deployed to Fishbowl’s demonstration system (showMe) is PS5.
Q: Can the URLS be simplified? Particularly if used as an extranet.
A: If the deployment still resides in Spaces this becomes a little more problematic. The solution can be deployed to its own portal container (not Spaces) which will allow this to be handled more cleanly.
Q: Does your responsive design reformat for each device?
A: Yes, by its nature, that is what responsive design enables. At a high level, responsive web design utilizes cascading style sheets 3 (CSS3) so that a web site and its design can be seen correctly on large screens (monitors), small screens (tablets), and tiny screens (smart phones). With responsive design, a website’s page layout is “fluid” not fixed, and therefore adjusts with the various screen sizes it will be viewed on. Fishbowl simply utilizes its CSS3 development expertise to apply this technology to web sites, including Intranet sites.
Q: Isn’t WebCenter Sites replacing Spaces and Site Studio? Why should I implement Spaces when Oracle is phasing them out?
A: Sites is more of a replacement for Site Studio and recommended for large scale web experience management requirements. Spaces, although it may go through some refactoring as a results of Sites, will reside within the core portal application which expected to be there for some time. Even in the event of the major change to Spaces, Fishbowl’s Intranet in a box approach can be deployed as a standalone portal app in its own container. We would simply need to replicate some of the key features around replication and management of the assets as they are applied to the Spaces portal framework. This is not a difficult task for our team. The solution has been architected in such a way that supports an easy migration.
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I have been using the analogy that sometimes getting WebCenter projects started, progressed or completed is like climbing a mountain. Customers aren’t always sure where to begin, how to stay on path, or what obstacles may lie ahead. Most customers seem to want to evolve their WebCenter use cases, say from standard content management to an enterprise portal, but not knowing such things as the amount of effort required, technical complexities, and deployment options tends to keep such projects at the base of the proverbial WebCenter mountain.
