Navigation structures in OpenCms are currently based on properties set on files and folders. This concept is not ergonomic and easy to handle for OpenCms users with little experience of the OpenCms VFS mechanisms.
A new approach is to create navigations using XML content files located in folders of the OpenCms VFS. It is required that the legacy property mechanism is still working as fallback.
The XML content structure representing a single navigation entry of a folder has the following fields to set:
Changes in the OpenCms core have to be made to the classes org.opencms.jsp.CmsJspNavBuilder and eventually to org.opencms.jsp.CmsJspNavElement. A new object representing a navigation entry definition in the XML content has to be added to the org.opencms.jsp package named CmsJspNavXmlConfigElement.
For further enhancements like linking to files in other folders more API changes have to be performed.
For the proof of concept, a schema was developed together with a new resource type "navigation" derived from XML content. The file name of the configuration file has to be "_navigation.xml". The CmsJspNavBuilder has been enhanced and a new object has been developed. In addition, the new resource type definition has been added to the opencms-vfs.xml and the opencms-workplace.xml.
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Apr 25, 2023 - The OpenCms 15 release notes contain detailed information about the new features and fixes in this version.
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Oct 11, 2022 - This version features XML schema versioning with automatic content rewrite. Also new is support for two factor authentication (2FA) in the user login. A source code editor widget is available for multi-line text input fields. The Mercury template has been updated to use Bootstrap 5.2.
Do you want to take a quick test drive of OpenCms to get an impression of its great features? Try out the OpenCms Live Demo website available at http://demo.opencms.org
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