Mapping MCMS terminology to MOSS
Those that currently develop MCMS 2002 sites and want to move over to MOSS 2007, will need to understand the equivalent terminology in the new platform. The information below provides a list of MCMS terms and their equivalent term in MOSS 2007.
MCMS 2002 | MOSS 2007 |
Template definition | Content Type |
Template page (.ASPX) | Page Layout |
Content placeholder | List Column |
Placeholder controls | Web controls |
Posting | Page |
Channel | Site |
Resource gallery | Document library, picture library |
Basic built-in workflow | Windows Workflow Framework (WF) |
Other equivalences that you will need to become familiar with would be the namespace changes. A good article on the API differences is on the MSDN site.
Comments
- Anonymous
May 08, 2008
when we migrate MCMS site using content migration all the placeholders are not in the format how can we automate this?Throw some light on this