This chapter has worked through the basic concepts behind MCMS 2002. We've seen that MCMS is made up of a content server, uses SQL Server 2000 as a content repository, and has modules that provide integration with Visual Studio .NET. For authors, it provides both a browser interface and integration with Word for a user-friendly authoring experience. In addition, it has website management capabilities.
Next, we discussed the main objects in MCMS: channels, postings, resource galleries, resources, template galleries, templates, rights groups, and users.
Throughout the course of the book, you will find that despite the large number of modules that make up the product, MCMS is really very easy to use. You will use the knowledge you gain from the book in virtually every MCMS project that you work on.
Now that we have covered the basic concepts, we are ready to move on and lay the foundations for the TropicalGreen website that we will build in the remaining chapters of the book.