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  • Documentation
    • Introduction
      • About this documentation
      • Why OpenCms?
      • Getting OpenCms
      • New in OpenCms
        • New in OpenCms 9.5
    • Background
      • The virtual file system
      • The concept of content
      • Permissions in OpenCms
        • Permissions on VFS resources
        • Users, groups, roles and OUs
        • Permissions on types
    • Typical tasks
      • Editing properties
      • Writing JSPs
      • Publishing changes
    • Views in OpenCms
      • The ADE views
        • The page editor
        • The sitemap editor
        • Content editors
      • The traditional workplace
        • The explorer view
        • The administration view
    • Creating a website
      • Creating a template JSP
        • Advanced template features
      • Building a page navigation
        • Changing the navigational behavior
      • Creating template models
      • ADE configuration
        • Resource type configuration
      • Search engine optimization (SEO)
    • Content in OpenCms
      • Defining the schema of a content type
        • Defining the contents structure
        • Defining the contents behavior
      • Formatters and their configuration
        • Configuring inline editing
        • Nested containers
      • Lists of resources and detail pages
      • Special predefined content types
        • Element group
        • Inheritance group
        • Dynamic functions
      • User generated content (UGC)
    • Caching in OpenCms
      • The Flex Cache
    • Solr search integration
      • Solr: Frequently asked questions
    • Mounting the VFS
      • CMIS
      • Network share access
    • Administration
      • Module management
      • Setting permissions
      • User management
        • User preferences
      • Cache administration
      • Scheduled jobs
    • Demos
      • Advanced container usage
      • Element settings
      • Dynamic functions
      • Dynamic function detail pages
        • Calculation result
      • Pasting Scripts into contents
      • Flex cache settings
        • Navigation example II
      • Navigation level
        • I'm a navigation level
      • Inline editing
      • Head includes
      • Image scaling
      • Accessing container-page information
      • Dependent editor fields
      • Lists and detail pages
        • Article detail views
    • Server installation
      • Tested software versions
      • Apache webserver configuration
      • Tomcat configuration
      • Installing OpenCms
        • The setup script
      • Securing the installation
      • OpenCms shell
    • Development setups
      • Installing Eclipse and Gradle
    • Additional documentation
      • Information on the demo modules
    • Glossar
  • Release Notes
    • OpenCms 9.5.0
    • OpenCms 9.0.1
    • OpenCms 9.0.0
    • OpenCms 8.5.2
    • OpenCms 8.5.1
    • OpenCms 8.5.0
    • OpenCms 8.0.4
    • OpenCms 8.0.3
    • OpenCms 8.0.2
    • OpenCms 8.0.1
    • OpenCms 8.0.0
    • Installation
    • Mailing list

Introduction

  • Overview
  • Documentation
  • Introduction
  •  Introduction
    •  About this documentation
    •  Why OpenCms?
    •  Getting OpenCms
    •  New in OpenCms
      •  New in OpenCms 9.5
  •  Background
    •  The virtual file system
    •  The concept of content
    •  Permissions in OpenCms
      •  Permissions on VFS resources
      •  Users, groups, roles and OUs
        •  Roles in OpenCms
      •  Permissions on types
  •  Typical tasks
    •  Editing properties
    •  Writing JSPs
    •  Publishing changes
  •  Views in OpenCms
    •  The ADE views
      •  The page editor
      •  The sitemap editor
      •  Content editors
        •  The form-based editor
        •  The inline editor
    •  The traditional workplace
      •  The explorer view
      •  The administration view
  •  Creating a website
    •  Creating a template JSP
      •  Advanced template features
        •  Head includes
        •  Device dependent design
    •  Building a page navigation
      •  Changing the navigational behavior
    •  Creating template models
    •  ADE configuration
      •  Resource type configuration
        •  Configuration of element views
    •  Search engine optimization (SEO)
  •  Content in OpenCms
    •  Defining the schema of a content type
      •  Defining the contents structure
        •  The XSD choice element
      •  Defining the contents behavior
        •  Appearance in the content editor
          •  Widget configuration
          •  Hiding schema elements
          •  Tab configuration
          •  Dependent fields
          •  Language independent values
        •  Mappings and defaults with macros
    •  Formatters and their configuration
      •  Configuring inline editing
      •  Nested containers
    •  Lists of resources and detail pages
    •  Special predefined content types
      •  Element group
      •  Inheritance group
      •  Dynamic functions
        •  Function detail pages
    •  User generated content (UGC)
  •  Caching in OpenCms
    •  The Flex Cache
  •  Solr search integration
    •  Solr: Frequently asked questions
  •  Mounting the VFS
    •  CMIS
    •  Network share access
  •  Administration
    •  Module management
    •  Setting permissions
    •  User management
      •  User preferences
    •  Cache administration
    •  Scheduled jobs
  •  Demos
    •  Advanced container usage
    •  Element settings
    •  Dynamic functions
    •  Dynamic function detail pages
      •  Calculation result
    •  Pasting Scripts into contents
    •  Flex cache settings
      •  Navigation example II
    •  Navigation level
      •  I'm a navigation level
        •  subpage 2
        •  subpage 1
    •  Inline editing
    •  Head includes
    •  Image scaling
    •  Accessing container-page information
    •  Dependent editor fields
    •  Lists and detail pages
      •  Article detail views
  •  Server installation
    •  Tested software versions
    •  Apache webserver configuration
    •  Tomcat configuration
    •  Installing OpenCms
      •  The setup script
    •  Securing the installation
    •  OpenCms shell
  •  Development setups
    •  Installing Eclipse and Gradle
  •  Additional documentation
    •  Information on the demo modules
  •  Glossar

Welcome to the OpenCms documentation. Before you start exploring the documentation, here are some things that might be interesting in advance.

Get ready to use OpenCms

A first impression

First steps in OpenCms

The very basic tutorial included in the demo pages.

A lot of arguments

Why OpenCms?

OpenCms is a feature-rich, industrial-strength, open-source content management system. Let us convince you: It is your CMS!

A great start

Getting OpenCms

Try OpenCms! We show how to download and install OpenCms locally.

Step up to the latest version!

Overview on new and improved features

Get an overview on the new features and improvements in the latest OpenCms version.

About this documentation

About this documentation

Information about licence, purpose and structure of this documentation.

Additional sources of documentation

This documentation is not the only source of information on OpenCms. Find a list of other documentation sources.

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