Product DescriptionA practical guide to creating and managing your own website with this proven Java/JSP based content management system, 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. Based on customer feedback from the acclaimed first edition 'Building Websites with OpenCms', this book concentrates on the process of setting up an OpenCms 6 website, with particular attention to the new features of OpenCms 6. 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. Now at version 6, OpenCms has blossomed into a mature and proven content management system.Although powerful and flexible, OpenCms can be daunting on first approach, but its advanced features reward the investment in learning. 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 is for anyone who wants to get an OpenCMS website up and running as quickly as possible. You do not have to be a Java developer to benefit from this book, although a working knowledge of Java, JSP, and XML will help you to get the most from OpenCMS, and this book.
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Rating: - Don't waste your money on this book
This book adds absolutely nothing that you can't learn by devoting two or three hours to reading the online documentation. The simple stuff (which is all this book covers) is fairly intuitive and you don't need to this book to learn that, while the complicated stuff (structured content) and for which OpenCMS is best applied, doesn't even rate an index entry, much the large chapter it requires.
Total waste of time and money. I only gave this book one star because Amazon won't let me ... Read More
