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OpenCms 6.0: A Review

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:38:00 -0400

OpenCms is perhaps the best-known Java-based open source Web CMS. But how does the package really work, and when is it best employed? Two consulting engineers, Slava Asipenko and Yuval Zukerman, detail the pros and cons of OpenCms, with some conclusions about its suitability for various scenarios...

Gov't-funded open-source solutions center in the UK

tbyrne@cmswatch.com(Tony Byrne) — Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:13:00 -0400

"OpenAdvantage" has been funded by the regional government in West Midlands, UK to promote open-source software in general and CMS solutions in particular. The center has an impressive list of events and seminars, all free. They have also published some decent introductory reviews of various open-source Web CMS packages. Interestingly for a publicly-supported institution, their analyst has listed which open-source tools they won't support and why. I'd quibble with some of the judgments (e.g. that OpenCms is "harder to host"), but at least they are open about it.

OpenCMS Goes J2EE

tbyrne@cmswatch.com(Tony Byrne) — Tue, 6 May 2003 00:00:00 -0400

One of the reasons why Java-based, open-source CMS projects have not really achieved lift-off, we think, is their lack of adherence to standard Java patterns and practices. In its newest version, the most well-known such package, OpenCMS, heads in the right direction by standardizing around JSP and Servlets. Before the latest release (V. 5.0), you had to use a funky (and proprietary) system of XML-based templates for the presentation tier. Several other improvements help move the project more into the Java mainstream, which could speed adoption substantially. We'll have more to say on the topic of open-source CMS within the next few days...
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