Re: [Hypercontent-users] Hypercontent integration with uPortal 2.5.1

[Paul H. <pau...@cs...>]

On Aug 30, 2006, at 10:05 PM, tom tom wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We are new to Hypercontent ,
>
> We have a site running on uPortal 2.5.1.
>
> We want to integrate Hypercontent 2.0 as the CMS.
>
> Is there any guide for us to integrate with
> Hypercontent 2.0.

I'd be interested in this, too. We have a nascent uPortal project and  
are interested in integrating content management.

I have some CMS experience, but mainly in LAMP-based projects. The  
Java/XML approach is completely new to me, and I have no experience  
with portals at all, so I find myself with a lot of n00b questions  
that don't seem to be addressed in the existing documentation.

Questions like:

* How exactly do these two products work together?

* How much do I need to learn about uPortal in general and our  
installation of it in particular in order to grok Hypercontent?

* Is the idea to use the CMS to create/edit content that is intended  
to be served through a portal channel (e.g., news stories, etc.)?

* Could it also be used to create/edit mainly static content, but  
perhaps with a sidebar containing dynamic content generated by the  
portal (similar to the concept of "modules" in a CMS like Drupal)?

* How exactly would one go about accomplishing either of these  
scenarios?

* Is there some third way that I'm missing?

The XML/XSLT template design process is also something of a mystery  
to me. Is there a good tutorial somewhere for someone who already  
knows how to turn design comps into XHTML+CSS templates?

Finally, Hypercontent seems (to my eyes, anyway) to be similar in  
design and execution to some other (more mature?) products like  
OpenCMS and Apache's Lenya. Could someone explain to me what sets  
Hypercontent apart from these other products?

I've been trying to sort all this out on my own, but I think maybe  
it's time I enlisted some expert help.

TIA,

Paul Howard
Cal State University, Northridge