Abstract
A multitude of files and components make up the pages of Microsoft's corporate Web site, http://www.microsoft.com/ - http://www.microsoft.com ,
authored by hundreds of people. Maintaining a Web site of this
magnitude is not simply a matter of writing HTML syntax: it is a
large-scale development, management and coordination task. The Visual
SourceSafe team has developed an approach based on the existing content
management capabilities in Visual SourceSafe to automate and securely
track the many changes that occur within the group's Web content.
Since the original publishing of this document in January 1996, other groups at Microsoft who submit content to http://www.microsoft.com/ - www.microsoft.com
have started using Visual SourceSafe to manage their Web content. The
Visual Basic®, Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript),
Visual FoxPro™, Internet Control Pack, and Visual SourceSafe™ Web
pages, among others, are all managed using Visual SourceSafe. This
paper outlines a process that utilizes Visual SourceSafe sharing,
keyword embedding, link checking, content publishing, site map
generating and shadow directory capabilities to provide a solution to
Web content management today.
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