JSP integration in OpenCms

Developing JSPs for OpenCms
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The JSP integration in OpenCms allows easy and standards based creation of dynamic functionality. With the provided <cms>-JSP-taglib it is possible to separate your template into containers that can then be used by the content managers for simple drag & drop. The main features of the OpenCms JSP integration are:

  • Creation of drag & drop enabled templates 
  • Accessing structured content elements
  • Using collectors to create lists of content elements e.g. news or event lists
  • Speed up the page through advanced configurable cache settings
  • JSP Taglib support for common OpenCms tasks
  • Create navigations without writing scriplet code
  • Easy content repository access
  • Providing online and offline versions of the same JSP
  • Optional static export of JSP

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Latest News

  • OpenCms 13 available

    Apr 13, 2022 - OpenCms 13 features a new plugin system as a more flexible replacement of the "headincludes" functionality. Geo search functionality has been added to find contents by geo coordinates. Extensions to the template variant mechanism allow setting overrides and renaming of formatter keys. There are also refinements for the "Mercury" default template as well as security improvements.

  • OpenCms 13 Release Notes

    Apr 13, 2022 - The OpenCms 13 release notes contain detailed information about the new features and fixes in this version.

  • Alkacon OCEE 13

    Apr 13, 2022 - Alkacon OCEE 13 is the latest OCEE release for OpenCms 13. This version fixes a number of issues that have been detected in Alkacon OCEE 12 and improves the licensing mechanism.

  • OpenCms 12 available

    Oct 12, 2021 - OpenCms 12 features a headless JSON API for REST content access, together with several JavaScript demo applications that show how to use it. The default "Mercury" template has been greatly improved. Template variants allow to completely switch the generated HTML of a website simply by configuration. The updated WebDAV implementation enables mounting the OpenCms virtual file system from any WebDAV client.