OpenCms
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| Developer(s) | Alkacon Software and the OpenCms community |
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| Stable release | 9.5.1
/ March 2, 2015 |
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| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Java, XML |
| Type | Content management system |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
| Website | www.opencms.org |
OpenCms is an open source content management system[1] written in Java.[2][3] It is distributed by Alkacon Software under the LGPL license.[4] OpenCms requires a JSP Servlet container such as Apache Tomcat.[4]
It is a CMS application with a browser-based work environment, asset management, user management, workflow management, a WYSIWYG editor, internationalization support, content versioning, and many more features including proxying of requests to another endpoint.[2]
OpenCms was launched in 1999,[4] based on its closed-source predecessor MhtCms. The first open source version was released in 2000.
OpenCms has been used by large organizations such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the LGT Bank of Lichtenstein, BP South Africa, and UNICEF Netherlands.[4]
Versions
OpenCms has been under continuous development as an open source project since the year 2000. A major version is released all 18 to 24 months, and bugfix releases are usually available every 3 to 4 months. The revision control of OpenCms the source code is done using Git on GitHub[5]. The following table provides an overview of all major OpenCms releases[6].
| Version | Release date | Important new features |
|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2 Feb 2000 | Online / offline workflow, WYSIWYG editor for web pages, explorer, user management |
| 5.0 | 5 May 2002 | Page templates in JSP with own <cms:> tag library, extended caching and static export of pages |
| 5.3 | 11 Dec 2003 | Full text search using Lucene, direct edit of web pages |
| 6.0 | 30 Jun 2005 | Updated user interface, storage of content in XML files based on XSD, management of multiple sites |
| 6.2 | 31 Mar 2006 | Integrated image scaling, visual comparison of document versions |
| 7.0 | 04 Jul 2007 | Support for WebDAV, automatic link management, category tags for all content files |
| 7.5 | 15 Jun 2009 | Content galleries, extended support for creating JSP using expression language |
| 8.0 | 08 May 2011 | Enhanced user interface allowing drag and drop of elements in the page and sitemap editor, support for mobile devices |
| 8.5 | 24 Sep 2012 | "Inline" editing of web pages, integration of Apache Solr, CMIS support, SEO features |
| 9.0 | 08 Nov 2013 | Preview for mobile devices, accessing the content repository using a network share, visual site management interface, demo template based on Bootstrap |
| 9.5 | 03 Nov 2014 | Nested containers allow template and layout creation with drag and drop, user generated content, PDF creation, extended editor roles, spell checking in the WYSIWYG editor, visual management of galleries, categories and templates |
Legend: Old version, not maintained Old version, still maintained Latest version Latest preview version Future version | ||
Further reading
- Liliedahl, Dan. Opencms 7 Development. Packt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84719-105-2.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Butcher, Matt. Managing and Customizing Opencms 6 Websites: Java/JSP XML Content Management. Packt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-904811-76-3.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Butcher, Matt. Building Websites with OpenCms. Packt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-904811-04-6.
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References
- ^ Rähm, Jan (2007-06-26). "OpenCMS 7 kurz vor Veröffentlichung" (in German). Retrieved 2009-01-23.
- ^ a b Asipenko, Slava (17 Sep 2006). "OpenCms 6.0: A Review". CMS Watch. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
- ^ "Quelloffenes Content-Management". 2002-04-26. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
- ^ a b c d McGrath, John (28 November 2002). "Open-source CMS: On the rise". ZD Net. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
- ^ News release about using GitHub for OpenCms
- ^ Overview of all OpenCms releases in the history.txt file on GitHub
External links
See also
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