why (and how to) use cross site publishing in sharepoint 2013

WHY (AND HOW TO) USE CROSS SITE PUBLISHING

IN SHAREPOINT 2013

Michael McCabe

SharePoint Architect

Slalom Consultingmichael.mccabe@slalom.com

AGENDA

• What is Cross Site Publishing?

• Why do I need it?

• How do I set it up?

• Wrap up and Q&A

SCENARIOS

• Multiple Authoring Sites

• Multiple Published Sites sharing Content

• Many authoring sites to one publishing site

• Single authoring site publishing to multiple sites

Publishing Site

Publishing Site

Publishing Site

Authoring Site

Authoring Site

Authoring Site

Authoring Site

Publishing Site

KEY ASPECTS

• Search-driven

• Consumer-driven

• Pull from search

• Not distributed

MANAGED METADATA SERVICE

• Create a Managed Metadata Service in Central Administration

• Add Administrator

• Start service

• Create Term Set for navigation

• Create Group, Term Set & Terms

AUTHORING SITE

• Create Site Collection

AUTHORING SITE

• Create Site

• ActivateXSP Feature

AUTHORING SITE

• Product List

AUTHORING SITE

• Product List

• Product Catalog Page

CONSUMING SITE

• Create Site Collection

• Term Store

CONSUMING SITE

• Publishing Website

AUTHORING SITE

• Adding Content

KEY BENEFIT: OPTIMIZATION

• Consuming

• Search engines

• Experience

• Performance

• Content authoring

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REFERENCES

• SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook, John Chapman (Packt Publishing, 2014)

• Professional SharePoint 2013 Administration, Shane Young et al. (Wiley, 2013)

• An introduction to cross-site publishing - SharePoint IT Pro Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/tothesharepoint/archive/2013/02/19/an-introduction-to-cross-site-publishing.aspx

• Introduction to managed metadata – SharePoint

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-help/introduction-to-managed-metadata-HA102832521.aspx

REFERENCES – CONT’D

• Cross-site publishing alternatives in SharePoint Online/Office 365 – YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chwHhEmIERg