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Configure Web Content Manager

HCL DX has many features for configuring how the content management system works for all users. This includes configuring how the authoring environment works, how delivery operates and administering the service.

What is it For?

Configuring the content management system enables you to tailor it to your needs and to your specific usage.

Who Should Use It?

This information is primarily aimed at system administrators.

  • Web content administration tools
    HCL Web Content Manager (WCM) includes tasks and tools to help maintain your content management system such as the member fixer task and the workflow checker and updater tools.
  • Configure authoring environment
    Set up the authoring environment by installing the authoring portlet and enabling other features that are required to support the authoring environment.
  • Configure web content delivery environment
    Set up your delivery environment by installing web content viewers and enabling other required features.
  • Custom Caching
    With custom caching, you can overrule the default caching parameters of a site by using the cache and expire parameters in URLs and HCL WCM tags.
  • Web Content Manager configuration
    Configuration services for HCL WCM contain settings for the general operation of the web content system such as messaging, pre-rendering, and searching.
  • Cleaning up WCM items
    Clean up old Web Content Manager (WCM) items to improve system performance.

HCLSoftware U learning materials

For an introduction and a demo on security for DX and WCM, go to Security. To try it out yourself, refer to Part 4: Manage Access of a Web Content Library in the DX Security for Beginners Lab.

For an introduction and a demo on the development aspects of web content management, go to Web Content. To try it out yourself, refer to Web Content Developer Lab and corresponding Web Content Developer Lab Resources.

To learn more details on how to develop with HCL Digital Experience (DX) Web Content, go to the Web Content Development lesson in the HCL Digital Experience for Developers (Intermediate) course. You can try it out using the Web Content Development Lab and corresponding Web Content Development Lab Resources.