Building Internet-facing on the SharePoint platform is different than building portal solutions. Although in both cases you’re working on the SharePoint platform, building Internet-facing websites introduces a number of challenges. In this presentation I want to show you what those challenges are and how you can deal with them.
3. Why this session Improved WCM capabilities in SharePoint 2010 Increasing demand for SharePoint WCM solutions WCM solutions are different than portals
4. 90% SharePoint Internet-facing websites suck* and it’s not because of SharePoint * 90% of Dutch Internet-facing websites built on SharePoint 2010
5. What’s in it for you Learn why WCM solutions are different and why you should care Learn what the common challenges are and what you can do about them Be able to focus on the cool stuff instead reinventing the wheel
30. Common assumptionsfor Internet-facing websites XML sitemap robots.txt hierarchical titles meta tags 404/error page short URLs resizing images web analytics SEO (X)HTML strict accessibility performance consistent authoring anonymous audiences
42. How to deal with it Try to understand why your customer want it Try to explain why it’s a bad idea Removing Pages and .aspx doesn’t change much Migration: URL redirection Purity vs. scalability
49. Summary Internet-facing SharePoint is not obvious but great results can be achieved Know what you are doing know the platform know your toolbox know the boundaries Don’t forget non-functional requirements!