SharePoint Server 2010 ships with a rich set of functionality for developing Web Content Management solutions. SharePoint 2010 is being bundled with a lot of new features and capabilities. In a typical Web Content Management scenario, there will be Authoring-Production or Authoring-Staging-Production environment setup. Where in all the content that is visible on the production site is actually added in authoring environment. The content then goes through approval process. Once approved, it will be pushed to the Staging or Production environment (Site). As part of a sample application, I am going to demonstrate one cycle of content management. This can be regarded as a WCM Reference Implementation. This demonstration will include 4 categories. 1. Branding – Master Page & Custom Style Sheet 2. Metadata – Site Columns & Content Types 3. Page Layouts 4. Setting up deployment Paths & Jobs 1. Branding – Master Page & Custom Style Sheet Branding is an impor...