Building Websites with OpenCms

Building Websites with OpenCms Matt Butcher   A practical guide to understanding and working with this proven Java/JSP-based content management system   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 In More Detail   Available Now Cover price   $44.99 Packt Special Offer   $40.49 save 10% Multi-buy Discount   $36.89 save 18% order two or more items Change Currency   UK £ US $ EU € what is this? Free shipping! US, UK, Europe & selected Asian countries Where else can I buy this book? Also available from: select a store

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Language English
Paperback 276 pages [210mm x 197mm]
Release date July 2004
ISBN 1904811043
ISBN 13 978-1-904811-04-6
Author(s) Matt Butcher
Topics and Technologies Content Management, Open Source, Java

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. 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.

This book was written for version 5.0 of OpenCms.

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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.

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

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.

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Matt Butcher

Matt Butcher is a senior programmer at Palantir.net, where he specializes in content management systems, web services, and browser scripting. He has been an active participant in Open Source technologies for over a decade. Matt has written five books for Packt, including Learning Drupal 6 Module Development, Mastering OpenLDAP, and Drupal 6 JavaScript and jQuery., all of which are published by Packt. Matt writes his technical blog at technosophos.com. When not pushing bits, Matt likes to explore Chicago with his wife and three daughters.