Building Web Sites with OpenCms

A practical guide to understanding and working with this proven Java/JSP based content management system

FEATURES AT A GLANCE

Understand how OpenCms handles and publishes content to the Web

Learn how to create your own, complex, OpenCms website

Develop the skills to implement, customize and maintain an OpenCms website

This book takes you through the process of creating content rich web sites 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.

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.

IN DETAIL

This book takes you through the process of creating content rich web sites and applications using OpenCms. Although powerful and flexible, OpenCms can be daunting on first approach, but it's advanced features reward the investment in learning. This book exists to ease Java developers into getting the most from 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.

What you will learn from this book

With this book you will master OpenCms, and learn the skills to implement, customize and maintain an OpenCms website.

This book covers

Installing OpenCms, and its basic concepts

Using the OpenCms Workplace

Exploring the core architecture and the virtual file system

Working with JSP templates

Creating OpenCms modules

Adding custom resource types

Exporting to static HTML

Deploying and managing an OpenCms Website

At the end of this book, you will:

Understand how OpenCms handles and publishes content to the Web

Be confident working in the OpenCms environment

Have the skills to extend the OpenCms system

Be able to create your own, complex, OpenCms website

Who this book is written for

If you are a web developer new to OpenCms, or are an experienced OpenCms developer who is looking to get the most from the system, then this is the book for you. A working knowledge of Java, JSP and XML is required to get the most from OpenCms, and from this book.