What this book covers

This book will take you through the complete cycle of implementing, customizing, and administering your Enterprise Content Management installation. The topics that this book covers are as follows:

Chapter 1, Introduction to Alfresco, includes an overview of the architecture and the key features of this software.

Chapter 2, Installing Alfresco, provides tips to choose the right installation for you, and also throws light on installing the software and explains how to start using it.

Chapter 3, Getting Started with Alfresco, gives basic information about the Alfresco Explorer and also provides you with various ways of configuring Alfresco as per your business needs.

Chapter 4, Implementing Membership and Security, describes working with users, and setting up security, including LDAP and Active Directory integration.

Chapter 5, Implementing Document Management, describes how to use Alfresco as a smart document repository, providing automatic version tracking and control, and accessing the repository from the Web, shared network folders, or FTP.

Chapter 6, Implementing Business Rules, teaches you how to automate document management tasks with business rules and various content transformations.

Chapter 7, Extending Alfresco Content Model, explains how to design custom content types.

Chapter 8, Implementing Workflow, teaches you how to automate your business process by using the advanced workflow concepts of Alfresco.

Chapter 9, Integrating External Applications with Alfresco, describes how you can integrate Alfresco with other external applications, such as Liferay Portal, iPhone, Facebook, iGoogle, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Flex, and the Ffmpeg video transcoder.

Chapter 10, Alfresco Administration Operations Using Alfresco Share, explains how you can administer Alfresco using the Alfresco Share user interface.

Chapter 11, Customizing the User Interface, explains how to customize the user interface and create your own dashboard layouts, presenting content in custom ways that are relevant to your business.

Chapter 12, Search in Alfresco, explains how to make content easy to find using search, content categorization, and metadata. This chapter also includes a detailed description of Alfresco's Open Search features.

Chapter 13, Implementing Imaging and Forms Processing, describes how to collect paper documents and forms, transform them into accurate, retrievable information, and deliver the content into an organization's business application.

Chapter 14, Administering and Maintaining the System, explains effective administration and maintenance of the system for efficient performance and high availability.