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Welcome to the OpenCms Wiki OpenCms is a professional level Open Source Website Content Management System. You can find more information about OpenCms on the project homepage. The current version of OpenCms is 6.2.3. Read the release notes. If you are a newbie you should take a look at the OpenCms FAQ.

Getting OpenCms Up and Running Installation Hardware requirements Finding and installing the prerequisites Database Setup App server related topics Post-installation checkout Configuration Important Configuration Files Importing Existing Data Defining OpenCMS structured XML content Removing /opencms/opencms from site url MultiSite configuration instructions Securing the site - implementing your security policy Removing OpenCMS documents and non-essential components - What to keep Performance Tuning Load Balancing with Alkacon Clustering OCEE Static Export configuration Flex Cache tuning Clustering OpenCms Using / Maintaining an installation of OpenCms Backing up OpenCms Using the Workplace Explorer view FCKEditor Administration view Workflow Workflow in core OpenCms Workflow using third party workflow engines Admin Tools/Maintenance Tools Project Management Account Management Database Management Module Management File History Link Validation Gallery Overview Search Management Scheduled Jobs Management Flex Cache Administration Content Tools Workplace Tools User Management How to create a restricted area on your homepage Security Authentication per Page Https/SSL Help OpenCms Website Official Mailing List Archives Mailing List Archive at Nabble.com (Good search function and threaded display) Managing and Customizing OpenCMS 6 A book about OpenCms administration and usage Forums OpenCms Forum German OpenCms forum another forum on OpenCms Additional sites with OpenCms documentation: an older Wiki about OpenCms OpenCms documentation project at sourceforge German documentation for OpenCms Users Javadoc and browsable source code Alkacon Opencms Documentation Modules v6.2.2 Third Party Integration and Modules Integration HOWTOs Available Modules and Extensions

What Can OpenCms Do Overview OpenCms philosophy OpenCms terminology Introduction to the OpenCms application structure and tools Alternative site structures Planning and documenting your site Best Practices Other Overview Guides OpenCms Reference Sites Template Development basics and overview lessons learned common and frequent mistakes, NPEs oc-taglibrary specifics Building from Scratch Using existing Template One Other example templates Search Configuration Sample search results pages common mistakes writing only specific xml-element-data to the lucene index lucene related: writing custom analyzers, stemmers, documents Other Major Features XMLContent Localization Trouble Shooting HTTP 404 with OpenCms URLs Log Settings Writing JSP and developing in OpenCms Jsp Basics Basic Steps to writing JSPs Including your template elements within your JSPs Using Direct Edit with JSP OpenCms features available via taglibs OpenCms features javadoc OpenCms downloadable sample modules How Opencms Handles jsp - Advanced Development Process-Best Practices Transferring an existing website to a different server Development Environment Setup Synchronizing with Ant Debugging Development tips Eclipse integration Ftpd module Synchronization with external directories Extending OpenCms Module Development Development Lifecycle Action classes Advanced module config Advanced Customization Custom Login Page Custom File and Folder Types Custom Views Custom Widgets Admin Tools Adding Admin Tools Advanced development topics core stuff event handling Common HowTos RSS The future development of OpenCms Wishlist Development Roadmap