Site Server 3.0 Personalization and Membership

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 612 pages
• Published by: Wrox Press
• Edition: 1st Edition November 1, 1998
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1861001940
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1861001948
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.5 inches
• Weighs: 2.3 pounds

Product Review
Site Server 3.0 Personalization and Membership is a worthy guide to personalizing content on your Web site using the latest Microsoft technologies.

Early chapters detail the Lightweight Directory Services Protocol (LDAP), which is the real foundation of membership in Site Server. Active Server Pages (ASP)-based scripts--and even C++ programs--can make use of membership objects using the Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI). The author does a good job of explaining how to install Site Server and related tools, including the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins that allow administrators to add membership to Web sites.

Once a Web site can determine who a user is, the guide teaches you how to make use of Active User Objects (AUO) so that you can program ASP to tailor content to individual users. The latter half of this text presents examples for identifying users and personalizing start-up pages for users. Advanced topics include security issues and how to use AUO to simplify administration in Visual Basic and C++. Appendices include a sample working online investment Web site that makes heavy use of personalization, as well as a guide to the ADSI APIs for use in your own programming.

With its detailed technical presentation of Site Server technologies, Site Server 3.0 Personalization and Membership is a must for any Internet Information Server (IIS) administrator or Web developer considering the options for delivering personalized content using Microsoft technologies. --Richard Dragan

Book Description
This book focuses on the Personalization and Membership capabilities of Site Server 3.0, which enable you to do clever things like this: ISP - Use Personalization and Membership to personalize IIS administrative tool using the existing IIS web administration interface, to allow different members to have different administrative privileges; also, to implement user membership on various levels to provide simple display and access privileges as well as integrating with existing applications. Interactive Web Site - Use Personalization and Membership to control the display of the content on a site, thus giving end-users a richer browsing experience. This example theme demonstrates how to incorporate lightweight samples and ideas into their existing web site. Intranet - Use Personalization and Membership in an Intranet site to control access to items on the network. This would be a higher end example of the type of things that Personalization and Membership can do.

Reader Reviews
If you want to really understand what P&M is all about, this is the book. Robert cover all the key points including P&M With NT authentication or with Membership Authentication. He also offers several VERY GOOD sample codes that will make your life easier during the "getting used" phase. If you really want to start understanding the HUGE, sometimes not so easy but AMAZING world of Site Server and what it can do for you and your company. This Book is surely the foundation on the P&M side. Good JOB Robert ! P.S: Hope you have plans to make a new P&M advance Professional book soon.