Overview

This book is a guide for developers interested in building websites using the
OpenCms content management system. The book is intended for developers
who are familiar with Java, JSP, and building web applications based on the
Java J2EE framework.

In this book, we will develop a website designed for a blog writer. In the course of
building our site, we will go over these topics:

• The site design
• Overview of OpenCms
• Setting up an OpenCms development environment
• Creating structured content types
• Creating templates
• Utilizing search
• Extending OpenCms
• Allowing online users to contribute site content

We will go over all the steps involved in building a blog website using OpenCms.
We will start by describing the features and requirements of our website and will
then provide an overview of OpenCms. Next, we will discuss how to create a
development environment. We then will go over the steps involved in creating
structured content types, to hold our site content. After that, we will cover creation
of templates and Java code, to display the content. The site also supports search and
user comments;, so we will cover the Lucene search engine as well to show how to
provide login support. As the site additionally supports RSS clients and feeds, we
will discuss how to add new features to OpenCms.

Before we get into the development details, we will first discuss some of the skills
required to develop sites with OpenCms. This will provide us with a basis
for understanding the environment and tools, which we will need to do our
development work.

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