Presentation shown by Alexander Kandzior in his OpenCms Days 2014 keynote. The next major version 9.5 of OpenCms is ready and it’s easier to use than ever! OpenCms 9.5 finally allows content managers to handle all of their editing tasks directly in the website, without the need to access the “power user” workplace interface. New features in OpenCms 9.5 also include: - Nested Containers - User generated content - PDF generation - More options to reuse existing content - Improved localization of container pages - Several enhancements in the user interface - Much better documentation - An updated responsive demo based on Bootstrap … and more!

1. Alexander Kandzior, Alkacon Software
Conference Opening Keynote Step up to OpenCms 9.5
03.11.2014

2. OpenCms Days 2014 Sponsors
Thank you very much!

3. ●OpenCms 9.5 will be released today
●November 3rd 2014
●Available on the website around 13:00h
Step up to OpenCms 9.5

4. ●Question: Who has updated an existing OpenCms installation to version 9.0 within the last 12 months?
●Question: Who has started a NEW project using OpenCms within the last 12 months?
●Question: Who of you is using mostly…
●OpenCms 7.5 or earlier ?
●OpenCms 8.0 or later ?
Some Questions

5. ●Live Demo
Demo – 9.5 Grid Template
Demo
Demo
デモ
9.5 Grid Template

6. ●All new responsive, template based on Bootstrap 3
●Grid based layout
●Pages are layout examples, not “real” content
●Similar look as demo in version 9.0, but completely different “under the hood”
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The 9.5 Grid Template - Summary

7. ●Root administrator
●Workplace manager
●Database manager
●Administrator
●Project manager
●Account manager
●VFS resource manager
●Template developer
●Workplace user
Roles in OpenCms up to 9.0
Only role for regular content managers

8. New roles for content managers in 9.5
●Project manager
●Account manager
●VFS resource manager
●Template developer
●Workplace user
●Gallery editor
●Category editor
●Editor
●Element author
Roles in OpenCms in 9.5

9. ●Project manager
●Account manager
●VFS resource manager
●Template developer
●Workplace user
●Gallery editor
●Category editor
●Editor
●Element author
Roles in OpenCms in 9.5
Regular content manager roles in

10. ●Project manager
●Account manager
●VFS resource manager
●Template developer
●Workplace user
●Gallery editor
●Category editor
●Editor
●Element author
Roles in OpenCms in 9.5
Advanced content manager roles

11. ●Live Demo
Demo – OpenCms 9.5 roles
Demo
Demo
デモ
OpenCms 9.5 roles

12. ●Element Author is the least powerful of all roles
●Can edit (and create) content on existing pages
●Can not create new pages or remove pages
●No permission work with the Sitemap
●No workplace access
Element Author Role - Summary

13. ●Editor is the new “standard” role
●Is allowed to create pages in the sitemap editor
●Can be controlled further with permissions
●No workplace access
Editor Role - Summary

14. ●Gallery editors can create / modify galleries
●Image / Download / External links
●Category editors can create / modify categories
●Editing is done in special views in the sitemap
Gallery / Category Roles - Summary

15. ●PDF Generation from XML contents
●Generate thumbnail images from PDF
PDF Support in 9.5

16. ●Locale synchronization of content fields
●The content editor can synchronize field values in XML Contents between different languages
●Visibility handler for content fields
●Show or hide certain fields in the XML content editor
●Dynamic field handlers
●Field values can be dynamically updated based on changes in other fields
Inline / form editor improvements

17. ●Allows users to generate content in the OpenCms repository without logging in
User generated content

18. Nested containers
In 9.0, containers are defined on the JSP template
9.5 allows nested containers with drag & drop
Page Head
Container (From JSP)
Nested Container 1
Nested Container 2
Page Head
Container 2
(From JSP)
Container 1
(From JSP)

19. ●Live Demo
Demo – Nested containers
Demo
Demo
デモ
Nested containers

20. ●Docker image for 9.5.0 available by Nov. 15
●https://registry.hub.docker.com/repos/alkacon
Docker support

21. Extended 9.5 Documentation
OpenCms 9.0 Documentation
OpenCms 9.5 Documentation

22. ●Live Demo
Demo – 9.5 Documentation
Demo
Demo
デモ
Documentation

23. ●Enhanced and extended
●Size has almost tripled
●HTML based
●For better online searches
●Will be available from a dedicated website
●Website will be available end of Q4 2014
●We invite everyone to cooperate
9.5 Documentation - Summary

24. Modified role allows to create templates without coding
●Project manager
●Account manager
●VFS resource manager
●Template developer
●Workplace user
●Gallery editor
●Category editor
●Editor
●Element author
Roles in OpenCms in 9.5

25. ●Live Demo
Demo – Template Editing
Demo
Demo
デモ
Template editing

26. ●New “Template” view in the sitemap
●Accessible only with “Template developer” role
●Allows to create new templates without coding
●In the demo: Heavy use of nested containers
●Based on what is available in the JSP templates
●Powerful combination of grid based HTML, nested containers and element views
Template Editing - Summary

27. ●Updating from 8.x / 9.0 is a snap
●Update wizard is available
●Minor API changes
●For example in the content collector API
Updating from previous versions

28. ●OCEE Version 4.5 to be released until November 15
●Required for OpenCms 9.5
Alkacon OCEE

29. ●Maintenance releases for 9.5
●9.5.0 is very stable
●9.5.1 by 31.03.2015 (earlier if required)
●Target for OpenCms 10 is October 2015
●Possible areas of improvement
●Rewritten file explorer
●Enhanced content storage in the VFS repository
●Support for release management tools
OpenCms Roadmap for 2015

30. ●Conference Get-Together in the “Kandinsky” Bar / Restaurant
●Start: 19.30h, open end
●The first round of Kölsch (and soft drinks) will be on us!
This evening

31. Alexander Kandzior
Alkacon Software GmbH
http://www.alkacon.com
http://www.opencms.org
Thank you very much for your attention!