Allaire Spectra e-Business Construction Kit

Not only does this book provide overviews of technologies and ideas, with examples to demonstrate specific techniques, but it also contains practical applications of hard-earned experience, written by members of the team that helped create and test Allaire Spectra. From editing tools to object-oriented building blocks, from workflow management to sophisticated reporting analysis mechanisms, from distributed development tools to content syndication options, from process automation to roles-based security, this book covers the concepts, techniques, and implementation details that can't be found anywhere else.

Table of contents

I: Getting Started

1: Understanding Spectra ..... 9

2: Understanding ColdFusion ..... 21

3: Spectra Concepts and Terminology ..... 31

4: Installing and Configuring Spectra ..... 41

5: Navigating the Spectra Design Tools ..... 57

II: Building Spectra Applications

6: Introduction to Spectra Programming ..... 95

7: Planning Spectra Sites ..... 127

8: Building the Site Structure ..... 145

9: Building Display Components ..... 183

10: Creating and Managing Content ..... 213

III: Advanced Spectra

11: Working with Meta Data ..... 273

12: Using Process Logic Paths ..... 303

13: Working with Workflow ..... 333

14: Searching and Indexing ..... 375

15: Using Message Queuing ..... 401

IV: Spectra Administration

16: Using Spectra Security Options ..... 417

17: Site Reporting ..... 451

18: Implementing Personalization ..... 491

19: Rules-Based Publishing ..... 511

20: Syndication ..... 533

21: Creating e-Commerce Sites ..... 571

22: Extending Spectra ..... 593

23: Administering Spectra ..... 619

24: Deploying Spectra Applications ..... 645