OpenCms 7.0.2 contains some new features and improvements compared to version 7.0.1. Moreover, a number of issues that persisted in the 7.0.1 release have been fixed.

OpenCms 7 is a major upgrade, and it vastly expands the features of OpenCms 6.

New features in OpenCms version 7:

• The link management has been greatly improved with the new "Content Relationship Engine" (CRE)
• Native support for WebDAV access to the OpenCms VFS
• Publishing of resources is now done using a queue, so a user can continue to work after publishing has started
• The concept of "Organization Units" (OUs) has been added to the internal user management
• System permissions are now based on a complete new set of "Roles"
• Many usability improvements for the OpenCms Workplace have been made
• JSP 2.0 and Servlet 2.4 are now used by default
• ... and much more

Who should use this OpenCms 7.0.2 distribution download?

Use this download to install the latest stable version of OpenCms from scratch. We recommend everyone who uses an earlier version of OpenCms to update to the 7.0.2 release. In case you are using one of the previous versions (OpenCms 7.0.x, 7 alpha, beta or release candidates), there have been a lot of issues fixed in the final release.

If you want to upgrade an existing OpenCms 6.x, 7.0.0 or 7.0.1 version, please use the OpenCms 7.0.2 upgrade Wizard download also available from this website. 

Please note: The *.jar files in this binary distribution have been compiled for Java 1.5. If you are using Java 1.4, you also need to download the OpenCms 7.0.2 Java 1.4 compatibility package.