Managing and Customizing OpenCms 6 Websites Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction to OpenCms
• What is a Content Management System?
• What are Content Management Systems For?
• Target Medium
• Target Size
• Target Model
• Is OpenCms the Right CMS?
• An Overview of the OpenCms System
• Features of OpenCms
• OpenCms is Open-Source Software
• The History of OpenCms
• The OpenCms Community
• The Purpose of This Book
• Technical Overview
• The Web Server and Java Servlets
• The Database
• Pages, Templates, and Java Server Pages
• Bringing it Together
• A Few Closing Notes
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Installing OpenCms
• Prerequisites
• Configuring the MySQL Database
• MySQL on Linux
• MySQL on Windows
• Finishing the MySQL Setup
• Configuring the Tomcat Servlet Engine
• Linux Configuration
• Windows Configuration
• Check Your Configuration
• Tuning the JVM
• Installing the OpenCms WAR File
• Running the Install Wizard
• Finding your MAC Address on Linux
• Finding your MAC Address on Windows
• If You Don't Have a MAC Address...
• Continuing Installation
• Manually Configuring Settings
• Installation Troubleshooting
• Crashes During Module Installation
• Restarting Tomcat versus Reloading OpenCms
• MySQL User/Password Changes
• Finding More Installation Help
• Summary

• Chapter 3: The OpenCms Workplace
• What is the OpenCms Workplace?
• Logging In
• If your Display is Not Big Enough...
• The Toolbar
• The Preferences Panel
• The Workplace Tab
• The Startup Settings Section
• The General Options Section
• The Explorer Tab
• The General Options Section
• The Display Options Section
• The Dialogs Tab
• The Default Settings Section
• The Permission Dialog Section
• The Editors Tab
• The General Options Section
• The Preferred Editors Section
• The Workflow Tab
• The General Options Section
• The Defaults for New Tasks Section
• The User Data Tab
• The Explorer View
• The Button Bar
• The Virtual File System
• The File Detail Display
• Exploring the VFS
• The Root Folder
• The Channels Folder
• The Sites Folder
• The System Folder
• Creating and Editing Content
• Creating a File
• File Types
• Creating a Folder
• Setting the Folder's Properties
• Creating a Page
• Setting the Page's Properties
• Editing a File
• The WYSIWYG Editors
• Starting the Editor from a Page
• The Sourcecode Editor
• The Controlcode Editor
• Publishing Your Changes
• Which Method of Publishing Should be Used?
• Versioning
• Galleries
• Image and Download Galleries
• Uploading a Gallery
• Using a Gallery
• Summary

• Chapter 4: OpenCms Administration
• The Administration View
• Project Management
• Creating a New Project
• Project Settings
• Project History
• The Project List
• Accounts
• Users, Webusers, and Groups
• User Management
• Group Management
• Webuser Management
• Database Management
• Exporting from the Database
• Importing a File from the Server
• Importing a File with HTTP
• Extended HTML Imports
• Static Exports
• Modules
• Obtaining Official OpenCms Modules
• The First Edit Module Screen
• The Second Edit Module Screen
• The Module Resources Screen
• The Module Parameters Screen
• The Module Exportpoints Screen
• The Module Dependencies Screen
• The Export Module Screen
• Deleting a Module
• Creating a Module
• File History
• The History Settings
• Clearing the History
• Link Validation
• Internal Link Validation
• External Link Validation
• Managing Galleries
• Searches and Indexes
• Creating an Index
• Index Sources
• Managing Search Indexes
• Scheduled Jobs
• Flex Cache Administration
• Content Tools
• Changing Property Values
• Deleting Property Definitions
• Renaming Elements
• Merging Pages
• Workplace Tools
• Setting the Login Message
• Re-Initializing the Workplace
• Synchronization
• Notification Messages
• Sending Emails to All Users
• Sending Notification Messages to All Users
• The OpenCms Log File
• Summary

• Chapter 5: Workflow
• What is Workflow?
• How Workflow Works
• The Workflow View
• Creating a New Task
• Notification
• Viewing the Task
• Recycling
• Workflow Management Strategies
• Use Projects to Manage Content Areas
• Use Group Hierarchies for Inherited Permissions
• Tracking Workflow with Tasks
• Keeping a Trail
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Customizing the Site
• Templates
• JSP Tags
• JSP Scriptlets
• Working with Templates
• Template Module
• Creating a New Template
• The JSP Template
• Testing the New Template
• Using Resources in a Template
• Making a File Editable
• External Elements
• A Short Scriptlet
• Including the Scriptlet in the Template
• More on JSP Tags
• JSP Directives
• New XML Syntax for Core JSP Tags
• The OpenCms Tag Library
• Breaking a JSP Template into Sections
• Using Templates from a JSP Document
• The property Tag
• The link Tag
• The user Tag
• The info Tag
• The img Tag
• The decorate Tag
• Documentation and TemplateOne
• A Few Things to Watch Out For
• The File System
• Redirecting and Forwarding
• Dynamic Content and Publishing
• Structuring Code and Content
• Summary

• Appendix A: Cron Expressions
• What are Cron Expressions?
• Changes from OpenCms 5
• Cron Expressions in OpenCms 6
• Summary

• Appendix B: Upgrading OpenCms
• Getting the Upgrade Package
• Preparing for the Upgrade
• Moving Files
• Running the Upgrade Wizard
• Final Steps
• Summary

• Index