Web Content Management
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 completely integrates Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 functionality and provides significantly enhanced Web content management functionality.
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The following table describes the integrated and enhanced features.
| New or Enhanced Feature | Description |
|---|---|
Page and Site Customization (new) |
Customization enhancements for Office SharePoint Server 2007 pages and sites, including for the following:
|
Portal Content and Branding Customization (new) |
Organize and render content through many configurable components, and customize the following:
|
Variations and Multi-Language Sites (new) |
Uses the Variations feature, which is especially beneficial for global organizations that maintain Web presence sites in multiple languages. Configure landing redirect logic for a site that is using Variations and configure the Variations Label Menu control. |
Deploying Content Between Servers (new) |
Provides ability to use the object model to create a custom deployment job that deploys content across multiple servers, and to work with the content migration API when a direct connection between servers is not available. |
Page Publishing using Document Converters (new) |
Convert documents into Web pages that can be published to a specific location and updated as needed from the source document. Users can author documents in the client application of their choice, take advantage of the features that application offers, store those documents in Office SharePoint Server 2007, and then have Office SharePoint Server 2007 generate a publishing page from the document. |
Web Publishing and Deployment (enhanced) |
Support for environments where distinct authoring, staging, and production workflows are part of the formal Web publishing processes. |