CoreMedia provides extensive manuals and Javadoc as PDF files and as online documentation at the following URL:
http://documentation.coremedia.com/dxp8
The manuals have the following content and use cases:
| Manual | Audience | Content |
|---|---|---|
| CoreMedia Utilized Open-Source Software | Developers, architects, administrators | This manual lists the third-party software used by CoreMedia and lists, when required, the licence texts. |
| Supported Environments | Developers, architects, administrators | This document lists the third-party environments with which you can use the CoreMedia system, Java versions or operation systems for example. |
| Studio User Manual, English | Editors | This manual describes the usage of CoreMedia Studio for editorial and administrative work. It also describes the usage of the Adaptive Personalization and Elastic Social GUI that are integrated into Studio. |
| LiveContext for IBM WebSphere Manual | Developers, architects, administrators |
This manual gives an overview over the structure and features of CoreMedia LiveContext. It describes the integration with the IBM WebSphere Commerce system, the content type model, the Studio extensions, folder and user rights concept and many more details. It also describes administrative tasks for the features. It also describes the concepts and usage of the project workspace in which you develop your CoreMedia extensions. You will find a description of the Maven structure, the virtualization concept, learn how to perform a release and many more. |
| Operations Basics Manual | Developers, administrators | This manual describes some overall concepts such as the communication between the components, how to set up secure connections, how to start application or the usage of the watchdog component. |
| Adaptive Personalization Manual | Developers, architects, administrators | This manual describes the configuration of and development with Adaptive Personalization, the CoreMedia module for personalized websites. You will learn how to configure the GUI used in CoreMedia Studio, how to use predefined contexts and how to develop your own extensions. |
| Analytics Connectors Manual | Developers, architects, administrators | This manual describes how you can connect your CoreMedia website with external analytic services, such as Google Analytics. |
| Content Application Developer Manual | Developers, architects | This manual describes concepts and development of the Content Application Engine (CAE). You will learn how to write JSP or Freemarker templates that access the other CoreMedia modules and use the sophisticated caching mechanisms of the CAE. |
| Content Server Manual | Developers, architects, administrators | This manual describes the concepts and administration of the main CoreMedia component, the Content Server. You will learn about the content type model which lies at the heart of a CoreMedia system, about user and rights management, database configuration, and more. |
| Elastic Social Manual | Developers, architects, administrators | This manual describes the concepts and administration of the Elastic Social module and how you can integrate it into your websites. |
| Importer Manual | Developers, architects | This manual describes the structure of the internal CoreMedia XML format used for storing data, how you set up an Importer application and how you define the transformations that convert your content into CoreMedia content. |
| Search Manual | Developers, architects, administrators | This manual describes the configuration and customization of the CoreMedia Search Engine and the two feeder applications: the Content Feeder and the CAE Feeder. |
| Site Manager Developer Manual | Developers, architects, administrators | This manual describes the configuration and customization of Site Manager, the Java based stand-alone application for administrative tasks. You will learn how to configure the Site Manager with property files and XML files and how to develop your own extensions using the Site Manager API. |
| Studio Developer Manual | Developers, architects | This manual describes the concepts and extension of CoreMedia Studio. You will learn about the underlying concepts, how to use the development environment and how to customize Studio to your needs. |
| Unified API Developer Manual | Developers, architects | This manual describes the concepts and usage of the CoreMedia Unified API, which is the recommended API for most applications. This includes access to the content repository, the workflow repository and the user repository. |
| Workflow Manual | Developers, architects, administrators | This manual describes the Workflow Server. This includes the administration of the server, the development of workflows using the XML language and the development of extensions. |
Table 1.3. CoreMedia manuals
If you have comments or questions about CoreMedia's manuals, contact the Documentation department:
Email: documentation@coremedia.com
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