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Building Websites with OpenCms

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Building Websites with OpenCms

Overview of this book

This book takes you through the process of creating content-rich websites and applications using OpenCms. Although powerful and flexible, OpenCms can be daunting on first approach, but its advanced features reward the investment in learning. This book exists to ease Java developers into getting the most from OpenCms. OpenCms OpenCms is a professional-level, open source Website Content Management System, with which you can create and manage complex websites. Based on Java and XML technology, it fits into almost any modern IT environment. With hard-won experience of the practical difficulties faced by developers working with OpenCms, this book is the embodiment of the author's expertise, and the perfect way to master the system.

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Jul, 2004 | 276 pages
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Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Building Websites with OpenCms
Building Websites with OpenCms
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction
Introduction
Free Chapter
1
Introduction to OpenCms
Introduction to OpenCms
What Is a Content Management System?
What Is OpenCms?
The Purpose of This Book
Technical Overview
Summary
2
Installing OpenCms
Installing OpenCms
Prerequisites
Installing the OpenCms WAR File
Configuring the Client
Installation Troubleshooting
Summary
3
The OpenCms Workplace
The OpenCms Workplace
A Tour of the OpenCms Workplace
The Explorer View
Creating and Editing Content
Publishing Your Changes
Administration
Workflow
Modules
Summary
4
Customizing the Site
Customizing the Site
Overview of Creating a Site
Working with Templates and Tags
JSP Tag Libraries and Scriptlets
The FlexCache
Internationalization
Summary
5
The OpenCms System Architecture
The OpenCms System Architecture
Resource Types
Content Definitions
The Virtual File System
Class Structure
Summary
6
Creating an OpenCms Module
Creating an OpenCms Module
Using Modules
Creating a Module
Custom Classes and Libraries
Adding Content
Adding a Scheduled Task
Managing the Module
Exporting and Deploying the Module
Summary
7
Advanced Modules
Advanced Modules
Adding an Administration Point
Creating an Administration JSP
XML Templates
Creating a Custom Launcher
Master Modules
Summary
8
Deploying an OpenCms Solution
Deploying an OpenCms Solution
Serving Static versus Dynamic Content
Static Export
Web User Authentication and Management
Backup and Recovery
Performance Tuning
Other Resources
Summary

About the Author

Matt Butcher is the Principal Consultant for Aleph-Null, Inc., a systems integrator located in Colorado, USA. Specializing in open-source software, Matt has worked on a wide variety of projects, including embedding Linux in set-top boxes and developing advanced search engines based on artificial intelligence and medical informatics technologies. Matt is involved in several Open Source communities, including OpenCms, Gentoo Linux, and RT (Request Tracker). In addition to his software development, Matt has worked as a freelance journalist covering areas of interest to the Open Source community. When Matt is not working, he enjoys exploring Colorado with his wife and his two daughters.

When I first started working with Open Source developers, I thought it was all about the software. After years of work with some fantastic people from many nations and walks of life, I realize that the software is an added benefit, but it is really all about the people and the community.

Thanks to Olli Arro, Joachim Arrasz, Paul D. Bain, Alex Epshteyn, Harald Gottlicher, Stephan Hartmann, Niranjan Jahagirdar, Douglas Paterson, and Ernesto De Santis, each of whom contributed (directly or indirectly) more to this book than I could describe here. Thanks also to Rene van't Veen for the SQL Server query.properties patch and Geoff Winkless for his SQL Server stored procedures.

I'd also like to thank the members of the OpenCms developers' list who have proved an invaluable resource in all of my OpenCms projects, and especially in writing this book.

And, of course, Alexander Kandzior and the OpenCms developers for building a great product around which an even greater community has formed.

Thanks to JP and Jonathan Marsden from Global Resources for Computing for initially allowing me to contribute the OpenCms Lucene module, and for providing me flexible work during the writing of this book.

Also, thanks to Dr. Wes Munsil and Janet Siebert for lending technical expertise as well as their encouragement.

Special thanks to Angie, Annabelle, and Claire for their encouragement.

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