The CMS community gurus have written a new book on CMS: "Advanced Microsoft Content Management Server Development". This looks a must-have book for everybody doing some work in CMS. The table of contents looks certainly very appealing:

  • Extensive coverage of the Publishing API (PAPI)
  • Managing Channels and Postings with the PAPI
  • Managing Templates, Template Galleries, Resources, and Users with the PAPI
  • Getting Sharepoint and MCMS to work together
  • Publishing content between MCMS and SharePoint
  • Preparing postings for search indexing
  • Creating Sharepoint Web Parts to display MCMS data
  • Creating powerful custom Placeholder Controls
  • Adding validation to Placeholder Controls
  • Combining InfoPath, Web Services and MCMS's robust content repository
  • Using RSS to syndicate content from your site, and display content from other sites
  • Staging static versions of your pages
  • A further 60 pages of invaluable MCMS tips and tricks