by Brian McKeiver , Co-Owner at BizStream

Today’s Theme
• Using Integration can take you from…
Geek
…to

What is Integration
Like mixing data from multiple sources into one perfect song
Allows you to create that one
Killer App

Become a Rock Star
• Manual Entry Sucks but people think it’s the only way
• Integrate your Solutions and your customers will love you
• “ WOW – I didn’t even think that was possible”

Kentico CMS as a Platform for Integration
• Why it does integration so well
– Built on ASP.NET, SQL Server
• Framework / Foundation
– Leverage the Controls, API, Macros
– You DO NOT have to roll your own

The Instruments of Integration
• Kentico gives us many different options for
Integration
– Integration Bus
– REST Service
– Standard WebService (asmx)
– Include Built in Assemblies in external projects
– Code in App_Code / Bin
– Custom Scheduled Tasks
– Social Media Auto Publishing in 7.0

Integration Bus Overview
• It is a Heartbeat
• What you can Sync
– Documents
– Objects
Both Outgoing & Incoming Directions

Rock Star Tip #1
• When using the Integration Bus for
Documents under Workflow; use
TaskTypeEnum.PublishDocument

Integration Bus Detail
• Connectors
– .Net Class that Developer Implements (Inbound / Outbound)
• Subscriptions
– Determines the scope of tracked changes to be synchronized.
– Global / Objects / Documents
• Data Modes (Task Data Type)
– Simple: When you need to sync some of the object or document
• A handful of properties need updating
– SimpleSnaphot: When you need to sync entire object or document
• Preserves FKs,
– Snapshot: When you need to sync multiple objects
• Object and it’s children, Polls with Poll Answers

Integration Bus Demo
INT. Bus DEMO
• 5 mins of code walkthrough

REST Service
• What is REST
– Architecture Style
– URL Based Resource
– ASP.NET commonly uses Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
– Full object model of Kentico CMS made available

Rock Star Tip #2
• Observe REST operations at the lowest level
– Fiddler is your friend
• Web Debugging Proxy

REST Service Example
• 5 mins of example walkthrough

REST Service - CGH 1
Kentico CMS E-Commerce & Point of Sale integration http://www.CountrysideGreenhouse.com

REST Service - CGH 2
REST Service does the work
• Two way integration

REST Service - CGH 3
REST Service does the work
• Updates Status
– POST to /REST

Social Media Auto Publishing
• Developers, Content Editors, Business Owners, Support
Staff, Everyone is… LAZY
– Let Kentico CMS 7.0 do the work for you

Shameless Plug
• My Blog: Mcbeev.com
– For full Blog Post Series

Social Medial Auto Publishing Demo
• 5 mins of product walkthrough
Auto Publish DEMO

Rock Star Tip #3
• Document Type field ends in AutoPost
• Value of Long text specified as it’s attribute type

In Summary
• Kentico is a perfect platform for
Integration
• Rock out with your Instruments of
Integration
– Integration Bus
– REST Service
– Auto Publishing
• Deliver Integrated Solutions and graduate from geek to

Thank You
Questions ?
• Slides and demo code: http://mcbeev.com/denver2012

Contact
Email: bmckeiver@bizstream.com
Web: http://www.bizstream.com
Blog: http://www.mcbeev.com
Twitter:
@mcbeev
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmckeiver