Discovering Sitespring

A Practical Guide to Web Site Project Management

Monique Daley, Anthony Amidei, Ben Oldham

436 pages, parution le 12/02/2002

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Résumé

Sitespring is a new product from Macromedia designed to facilitate communication between the entire Web development team—designers, developers, editors, project managers, and, most critically, the client. Aimed at all members of the team, this lucid guide shows how to use Sitespring to streamline workflow, save time, and minimize misunderstandings, from establishing a project site and scheduling e-mail reminders to incorporating client feedback.

Contents

Foreward

Preface

Part I - Using Sitespring

Chapter 1 - An Overview of Sitespring

Benefits and Features of Sitespring An Overview of the Navigational Structure: The Sitespring toolbar
The module navigation system
Summary

Chapter 2 - Setting Up Team Members and Preferences

User Accounts and Permissions Creating Sitespring Accounts for Team Members Updating Your Profile Changing Your Password E-mail Notification Preferences Summary

Chapter 3 - Creating a New Project

Choosing a Project Name Selecting a Project Priority Writing a Project Description Selecting a Project Owner Associating a Client with the Project Selecting a Project Status Saving the Project Settings Summary

Chapter 4 - Setting Up Client Organizations and Users

Adding Client Organizations Adding Client Users to the Client Organization User Name and Password Schemes Editing Existing Client Organizations Updating Client User Information and Passwords Summary

Chapter 5 - Working with Existing Projects

Adding Team Members to a Project Editing Project Details: Effects of editing the project's priority
Reassigning the Project Owner
Choosing a different client organization
Effects of updating the status of a project
Cloning a Project Exporting a Project Importing a Project Deleting a Project Creating Client Project Sites Summary

Chapter 6 - Managing Project Tasks

Creating Tasks Viewing and Editing Tasks Editing Multiple Tasks Linking Content to a Task Assignment History Receiving E-mail Notifications Regarding Tasks Cloning Tasks Completing and Deleting Tasks Exporting Tasks Adding and Removing Tasks from the Project Site Summary

Chapter 7 - Participating in Project Discussions

Creating a New Discussion Viewing Information about a Discussion Adding and Removing a Discussion from the Project Site Replying to a Discussion Closing a Discussion Deleting a Discussion Summary

Chapter 8 -Managing Project Files

Mastering the Various Methods of Accessing Files: Accessing files by using Windows networking
Accessing files by using the Macintosh Network Browser
Accessing files by using an FTP program
Uploading files via the project site
Viewing your Files in Sitespring: Opening your files
Viewing information about a file
Viewing file versions
Reverting to an Earlier File Version Linking Folders to Projects Linking Files to Tasks Linking Files to Discussions Summary

Chapter 9 - Making Backups of Your Projects

Selecting Folders for Backups Creating and Saving Snapshots of a Project Retrieving Your Backups Summary

Chapter 10 - Running Reports

Creating Reports Saving Reports Viewing Your Reports and Exporting or Editing the Results Deleting Reports Examples of Useful Reports Summary

Chapter 11 - Searching in Sitespring

Understanding the Search Options: Search For
Find Results With
Search Topics
Search Properties
Date Restrictions
Case Sensitive
Viewing and Exporting your Search Results Search Tips Summary

Chapter 12 - Administering Sitespring

Project Management Administration: Managing accounts for team members
Managing contractor accounts effectively
Project and Task Settings: Status Values
Due Date Settings
Document Categories
License Management: Adding user licenses
Removing user licenses
Updating the System Configuration: Server Configuration
Project Site Settings
Notification Configuration
Logging Configuration
Viewing the Logs
System Information Shared Folder Management: Choosing whether or not to perform file versioning
Turning file versioning on and off
But how can you actually use file versioning?
Recovering an old version of a file
Free Space Notification Options Cleaning Up Old Revisions: Options and strategies for removing old revisions
File Revision Management: Excluding a file extension from file versioning
Removing an excluded file extension
Last thoughts regarding file versioning
Summary

Part II - Customizing and Using Client Project Sites

Chapter 13 - Creating a Client Project Site

Overview of the Sitespring Templates: The Cypress Template
The Katmai Template
The Lassen Template
The Olympic Template
The Pinnacle Template
The Presidio Template
The Teton Template
The Yukon Template
Selecting a Template that Complements Your Workflow: Using appropriate terminology
Selecting the appropriate template for the project
Reselecting a Template: Reselecting a template manually
Reselecting a template through the Sitespring interface
Reselecting a template by deleting and recreating the project site
Planning How to Organize Project Folders and Files: Organize by client and project
Organize by project only
Organize by project site and files
Assigning and Changing a Project Site Root Folder Understanding and Simplifying the Project Path Creating New Template Choices Based on Existing Project Sites Manually Adding, Editing, and Removing Listed Templates: Listing new templates
Editing files that are part of a listed template
Editing the name of a listed template
Removing listed templates
Summary

Chapter 14 - Giving Clients Access to Their Project Site

Giving Site Access to Clients Displaying Client Contact Information Summary

Chapter 15 - Posting Files to a Project Site

Finding and Publishing Files: Publishing files from the Folders and Files page
Publishing files from the Folders module on the Project page
Publishing files linked to a task
Posting an HTML page containing multiple linked files
Choosing Where and How to List Your Files Editing How Your File Appears on the Document List Page Summary

Chapter 16 - Interacting with Clients Through the Project Site

Making Contact Information Readily Accessible Effectively Utilizing Team and Client Tasks: Displaying team and client tasks
Assigning a task for uploading a file
Using tasks as a calendaring system
Uploading Files Getting Approval for Documents and Prototypes Getting Feedback via Discussions Summary

Chapter 17 - Customizing a Project Site

An Overview of the Standard Template Features Displaying Modules that Best Complement your Workflow: Determining which features clients and team members use most
Choosing the content for the Home page
Selecting through Sitespring which modules appear on the project site
Customizing your template to selectively display modules
Rearranging and grouping modules
Creating New Interface Elements What You Can Accomplish by Changing the CSS Getting Exactly What You Want by Editing the JSP Tags: JSP tag basics
Displaying project information through the Project Status module
Options for displaying contact information
Contact details
The Client Tasks module
Client Task Details
Client Task Update module
Team Tasks
Team Task Details
Organizing documents
Upload File customizations
Making changes to the Discussions page
Other Project Site and Sitespring Customizations: Adding custom fields in Sitespring
Displaying custom fields on project sites
Inserting static pages
Customizing a site with logos
Changing or removing the project site Log In page
Tips, Tricks, and Creative Ideas for Specific Projects: Making text boxes and text areas look the same on Netscape and Internet Explorer
Changing the Preview Template Designs link
Including other files in your template pages
Summary

Appendix A: Getting Ready to Host Sitespring

Appendix B: Installation, Configuration, and Uninstallation of Sitespring Server

Appendix C: Sitespring Helper

Appendix D: Advanced Server Configuration

Index

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	IDG
Auteur(s)	Monique Daley, Anthony Amidei, Ben Oldham
Parution	12/02/2002
Nb. de pages	436
Format	18,4 x 23,6
Couverture	Broché
Poids	668g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780764549113