Personalization

Integrated user and session management allows for complex personalized applications based on standard JSP technology

JSP integration

JSP integration allows easy and standards based creation of dynamic functionality, JSP templates allow separation of XML based content and a highly dynamic layout of your pages

Versioning of content

All content is fully versioned, the history function enables tracking of changes. All previous versions are archived and can be restored

Content Authoring and Publishing Capabilities.OpenCMS supports the import of almost all common file types. OpenCMS allows users to securely post content from an ordinary web browser interface such as Internet Explorer

Dynamic and static content publishing

OpenCMS is fully database driven, generating websites dynamically. An extensive caching mechanism is included for high performance. Selected resources may be statically exported or directly delivered by a web server. Links are kept intact between dynamic and static content

Project based publishing

All content is maintained in an integrated project mechanism that provides an offline "work" and online "live" work environment on the same server

WYSIWYG Editor

An editor with interface similar to popular office applications. No HTML knowledge is required to edit a page or create complex layouts, yet an integrated source code editor allows experts to exert full control over the HTML source

Template mechanism  

The Standard JSP template mechanisms use dynamic page rendering and allow a strict separation of XML based content and template dependent layout, making it easy to enforce a consistent corporate website design

Content Scheduling

Scheduling system OpenCMS features an integrated scheduling system. Custom actions, such as automatic publishing of pages, removing of expired content or more complex functionalities may be invoked periodically or after a specified time

Management of contents stored in databases, XML Repositories, and static files 

Import / export of content: Portions, or the complete contents of the content repository of OpenCMS can be exported. The exported resources are written to a database in depended XML based format and bundled in a common ZIP file. Additional Meta information like properties or access permissions are also exported

Synchronization mechanism

Files from the database can be synchronized to the server file system, speeding up the development cycle

XML Web Services Feature: Page contents are stored in XML files making data transfer to other applications easier than traditional ways

This data transfer can be ameliorated with the additional use of the XML-based SOAP communication protocol

Meta information

Various properties can be attached to every resource in the content repository to store individual Meta information. Values can be modified by authorized users

Secured Access / Permissions

Security restrictions can block out users from unwanted network areas.

Integrated user management and permission system

 Access to all content is optionally restricted by an elaborate user and access permission management system. Every resource has an owner, an associated user group and specific access permissions that can be assigned to the owner, the group and all others

Java API Module mechanism for Customized Deployment Scenarios 

OpenCMS is written entirely in Java and uses standard servlet technology. As such, its interface and back-end are easily customizable through the scripting of Java-API modules

Module mechanism for extensions

An integrated module mechanism allows convenient bundling of contents. The module API also allows one to plug in custom content definition items for "structured content", as extensions to the workplace

Workflow and Task Management Features