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Adding a Content Delivery Output Format

To publish from Content Manager to Content Delivery, you must configure an output format. After it is created, it is available in Publication Manager to add as output for your publications. The name of this output format is Content Delivery.

Before you begin

You must have Administrator access to the Content Manager web client. In Content Delivery, you must create a user that belongs to a group that has the Manage Pubs permission. You do not need to have a publication nor a language version configured in Content Delivery; the publish process creates them for you. It is also recommended that you have your skin added to Content Delivery before you begin this procedure; if you do not, the default skin is the base skin.

Procedure

  1. Login to the Content Manager Web Client as an administrator user then:
    1. Click Settings > Output Formats.
    2. Click New.
  2. In the Output Format Properties window, note the following for the General section of the window:
    FieldNote
    Output formatEnter Content Delivery

    This is the name that users see in Publication Manager when they publish.

    ResolutionsSelect the resolution(s) of the graphics, in order of preference, that you want to appear in the Content Delivery publications.
    EDT of the outputSelect ZIP from the select list.
    Dita-OT transaction typeLeave this field empty .
    Style processorSelect Content Delivery from the select list.
    ActiveCheck this box; this indicates whether the item is visible in the lists in the properties screen (for future use).
  3. Note the following for the Content Delivery section of the window:
    FieldNote
    Server URLEnter the URL for the Content Delivery server, with a port number if you do not wish to use the standard port.
    http://contentdelivery.lc.example.com (where lc refers to an example related to Content Delivery, and contentdelivery specifies it further as a delivery server)
    User nameEnter the user name to use for publishing to Content Delivery.

    This user must belong to a group that has Manage Publication permission in Content Delivery.

    PasswordEnter the password for the Content Delivery user in the field above.
    Skin usedEnter the name of the Content Delivery skin with which the publication is to be styled.
  4. Do the following in the Advanced section at the bottom of the window; specify in the checkboxes (check to indicate, yes) if you want to:
    1. Clean up; after publishing Content Manager deletes temporary files from C:\InfoShare\DataDita\PublishingService\Data\DataExports
    2. Keep DTD System ID; change the DTD location in the System ID of the published file to the absolute server-side DTD location resolved by the catalog.
    3. Resolve Variables; it is recommended that you check this option.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Restart IIS on the Content Manager server.