OpenCms 15 available

April 25, 2023

OpenCms 15.0 is now available for download.

OpenCms 15 provides role-based control to restrict who is allowed to update the sitemap configuration, including an editor for modifying selected sitemap attributes by any content manager. In the "Add content" dialog, content types that are not supported in the current page can now be hidden instead of shown disabled. The new launchpad app "Person data search" reveals personal user data stored in the VFS. WebDAV support for native MacOS has been improved. The Mercury template adds more than 1800 optional icons from the Bootstrap collection and numerous further enhancements.

We also have updated the OpenCms Docker image as well as the OpenCms documentation and the OpenCms demo site for this release.

Major new features of OpenCms 15

• Restrict write access to sitemap .config file to a configured role
• Added configurable sitemap attribute editor for all content managers
• In the "Add content" dialog, content types that are not supported in the current page can now be hidden instead of shown disabled
• Launchpad app "Person data search" reveals personal user data stored in the VFS
• Improved native WebDAV support for macOS
• Lists now allow to add new elements without existing elements
• Optimize gallery dialog now features a context menu that allows to rename, replace or delete images
• Results from the "Source search" app can now be exported to a CSV file

Please check out the release notes for further details regarding the changes in this release.

General OpenCms features

• The page editor allows WYSIWYG inline editing of web pages and arrangement of content by drag & drop.
• The form based editor allows editing of structured content in a well defined form mask.
• The sitemap editor allows to create new pages and re-arrange the navigation tree by drag & drop.
• Responsive "Mercury" default template based on Bootstrap 4 with many features.
• Headless API for accessing content as JSON from external applications.
• Content creation for mobile devices with preview and device specific content control.
• Structured contents can be defined using a simple XML schema.
• Easy to use "Online / Offline" workflow, changes must be approved before they become visible.
• Link management for all internal resources with broken link detection.
• Integrated image scaling and cropping.
• SEO features with automatic sitemap.xml generation and page alias support.
• Full featured user management that supports the concept of "Organizational Units" (OUs).
• Allows management of multiple websites within one installation.
• Contents can be served dynamically or exported to static HTML files.
• File access to the OpenCms content repository over a shared network / SMB drive.
• CMIS and WebDAV access to the OpenCms content repository.
• Integrates Apache SOLR for powerful content searching and noSQL like queries.
• Full text search for web pages as well as in office documents like PDF, MS Office and Open Office.
• Extensions can be added through a flexible module system.
• The "time warp" feature allows to view resources which are expired or not yet released.
• JSP integration for dynamic functionality in templates, dynamic forms etc.
• ... and many more

OpenCms 15.0 is backward compatible with all 14, 13, 12, 11, 10.5 and 10 versions. Templates and other OpenCms developed code from these versions should work mostly "out of the box" with version 15.

Notice for users of Alkacon OCEE Users of Alkacon OCEE require a new OCEE version for OpenCms 15. The update is free for Alkacon customers with a valid OCEE subscription. Please contact Alkacon to receive the new version.

About OpenCms

OpenCms is a market leading solution amongst Open Source CMS systems. The software has been in continuous development for the last 20 years and has an active community of Open Source developers.

OpenCms is an enterprise - ready web content management solution build in Java and XML from open source components. OpenCms can easily be deployed on almost any existing IT infrastructure and provides powerful features especially suited for medium and large enterprise internet or intranet applications. OpenCms is open source software distributed under the LGPL license.

Alkacon Software GmbH & Co. KG is the company responsible for the development of OpenCms. Today OpenCms is a leading open source CMS solution in widespread use all over the world. Many businesses and organizations use OpenCms as a cost effective, professional alternative to expensive license products.

Alkacon Software GmbH offers its customers training, support and add-on products for OpenCms. This gives our customers a layer of security and convenience often required for mission critical OpenCms installations. Please see the Alkacon product overview for more details.

The team at Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts wants to thank everyone who has contributed to this release of OpenCms.

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