CMS Testing Strategy & CQ5 CMS

April 23, 2012 Created by Rachana Khedekar 1

What is CMS?
 CMS is a web application you can run on web server to
help creating a website.
 It is flexible and help you to make a great site
 Provide tool to help the layman keep track of content
 Tools to make repetitive things less repetitive.

Purpose of CMS
 Allow for large number of contribute to and share
stored data
 Control access to data , based on user roles
 Easy storage and retrieval of data
 Reduce repetitive duplicate input

Types of CMS
 Enterprise CMS (ECMS)
 Web CMS (WCMS)
 Document Management System(DMS)
 Mobile Content Management System
 Component Content Management System
 Media Content Management System

Currently using CMS in LBi UK
Java base CMS
 CQ5
 Vignette
 Fatware
.Net base CMS
 Umbraco
 EpiServer
 SiteCore

Day creates content management infrastructure software in the Day
CRX product line and enterprise content management applications in
the Day Communiqué product line.
Its most important product is Day Communiqué WCM, a Web content
management system that is used for public-facing websites and
intranets of large corporations such as McDonald's and Daimler.
Day is engaged in the content repository API for Java standardization
process and contributes to open source software projects such
as Apache Jackrabbit and Apache Sling.
Day Software was acquired by Adobe Systems on 28th July, 2010 for
$240 Million USD

CQ Features
 Manage and deliver digital content with ease, across
channels
 Adobe® CQ is the foundation of the Adobe Web
Experience Management (WEM) solution. It provides
digital marketers with easy-to-use, web-based
applications for creating, managing, and delivering
personalized online experiences. Adobe CQ provides
out-of-the-box integration with products in the rest of
Adobe Digital Marketing Suite

CQ Components
 Web Content Management
An easy-to-use application that enables business users to author and publish content across channels,
while maintaining corporate standards.
 Social Communities
A fully integrated solution that enable marketers to create immersive social experiences as part of their
website to build brand loyalty and generate demand.
 Digital Asset Management
A unified asset management application that empowers marketing organizations to optimize operations,
connect with creative professionals, reuse existing assets, and maintain brand consistency regardless of
format or location.
 Marketing Campaign Management
A module for digital marketers to plan, design, launch, and optimize multichannel marketing campaigns
that drive demand and increase brand engagement across web, email, mobile, and social channels.
 Mobile site and applications
A mobile module that empowers digital marketers to design engaging experiences across mobile devices,
helping to increase customer loyalty and acquisition through a consistent and relevant experience.
 Integration with Adobe Digital Marketing Suite
An integrated solution for marketers that delivers personalized and tailored experiences that are
analyzed, measured, and optimized across various channels of delivery.

Before start a testing
 Testing comes to in picture after 6 steps are completed.

Testing Steps

Planning : Before You Start
 Before you start with the actual analysis and definition
of tests review the following information:
 CQ Architecture
 Documentation
 Basic Principles of Testing
 Assumptions to Avoid
 Commitment to Quality
 Become Involved
 Involve the Customer

Planning :Types of Tests
 There are various standard classifications of tests
which are appropriate for use when testing a CQ
project. You should be familiar with these to decide
which you will use:
 Units Tests
 Integration Tests
 Smoke Tests
 Functional Tests
 System Tests
 Performance Tests
 Stress Tests
 Regression Tests
 Acceptance Tests

Planning : Getting Started
 Before starting on your detailed Test Cases and Test
Plan you can:
 Define the goals
 Collect traffic statistics from the existing website
 Collect traffic statistics from external websites
 Confirm Target Metrics

Setting up : Which Test Environments
will be needed?
To define which configurations you will need / use for testing, you will
need to consider:
 Development : For Unit, and certain Integration tests.
 Testing : For the majority of the tests.
 Live : For final performance and stress tests. Also for acceptance tests
with the customer.
 Author : This instance allows authors to input, and publish, content.
 Publish : This instance presents the website in its published form for
access from visitors.
 Soft Launch : Reduced availability; which allows time for performance
tests, tuning and optimization under realistic conditions on the
production environment.
 Hard Launch : Full availability.

CQ5 Functional Aspects

Authoring Websites in CQ WCM

Website

Page Structure

EDIT MODE
In Edit Mode (or view), you can add, move and delete content,
activate and delete a page and much more. This next section will
discuss the options available

SIDEKICK

Components Part-I

Components Part-II

Page Property

ASSET MANAGER

Working with Digital Assets in CQ DAM

Add Meta Data

Activating a Page

Activating/ Deactivating/Delete a
Page

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