OpenCms 7 Development -- Table of Contents -- OpenCms 7 Development -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewer -- Preface -- What This Book Covers -- What You Need for This Book -- Conventions -- Reader Feedback -- Customer Support -- Downloading the Example Code for the Book -- Errata -- Questions -- 1. Overview -- The Site Design -- Required Developer Skills -- Basic Site Development -- Sites Requiring Custom Content Types -- Sites Requiring Custom Features -- Bespoke Site Development -- OpenCms Application Overview -- The OpenCms Directory Structure -- The Real File System Layout -- The Virtual File System Layout -- OpenCms Architecture -- Extensibility through Modules -- The OpenCms Web Request Process -- OpenCms Web Application Packaging -- Building a Complete Site with OpenCms -- Summary -- 2. Developing in OpenCms -- Developing Basic Site Content -- Setting Up an Environment for Creating JSP Code -- Editing Files Using File Synchronization -- Using WebDAV for Editing -- Debugging JSP Code in OpenCms -- Setting Up an Eclipse Environment to Build OpenCms -- Tools Needed to Build OpenCms in Eclipse -- Step 1: Checkout the Project Source from CVS -- Step 2: Setting the Classpath for Compilation -- Step 3: Using Ant to Build a Distribution Package -- Building OpenCms outside of Eclipse Using Ant -- Debugging OpenCms in Eclipse -- Setting Up an Eclipse Environment without Building OpenCms -- Summary -- 3. Our First Module -- Understanding OpenCms Modules -- Common Module Types -- Module Events -- Exporting and Importing Modules -- Creating a Module -- Structured Content Types -- Creating a BlogEntry Content Type -- Required Code for Creating XSD Schema Files -- Registering the Content Type -- Additional Schema Features -- Field Mappings -- Field Validations -- Default Field Values -- Localization -- Content Relationships.

Content Previewing -- Creating Content Using a Model -- User Interface Widgets -- DateTimeWidget -- BooleanWidget -- ColorPickerWidget -- DownloadGalleryWidget -- HtmlGalleryWidget -- ImageGalleryWidget -- LinkGalleryWidget -- TableGalleryWidget -- VfsFileWidget -- HtmlWidget -- ComboWidget -- SelectorWidget -- MultiSelectWidget -- StringWidget -- StringWidgetPlaintext -- TextareaWidget -- TextareaWidgetPlaintext -- DisplayWidget -- GroupWidget -- UserWidget -- Additional Widgets -- RadioSelectWidget -- PasswordWidget -- PrincipalWidget -- OrgUnitWidget -- Nested Content Definitions -- Editing Configuration Files with Validating Editors -- Organizing the Content -- Summary -- 4. Developing Templates -- Review of the Page Layout -- Templates in OpenCms -- Creating the Templates -- The Homepage Template -- The Blog Content Loop -- The Sidebar and Footer -- Common Code Elements -- Header Code -- Search Form -- Advertisements -- Blog Archives -- RSS Client and RSS Feeds -- Footer Section -- The Supporting Java Bean Class -- The Blog Template -- The Content and Template Loading Process -- Expressions in JSP Templates -- Using the Tag Library from JSP -- Combining Expressions with JSTL -- Accelerating Template Development Using WebDAV -- Install the Eclipse WebDAV Plug-in -- Create a Site Within Eclipse for the Server -- Import Content into the Project -- Summary -- 5. Adding Site Search -- A Quick Overview of Lucene -- Search Indexes -- Search Queries -- Configuring OpenCms Search -- Field Configurations -- Creating a Field Configuration -- Creating an Index Source -- Additional Search Settings -- Introducing Luke - a Visual Index Tool -- Writing the Search Code -- A Simple Search Example -- Subclassing the CmsSearch Bean -- The Search.jsp Template -- Summary -- 6. Adding User Registration and Comment Support -- Understanding OpenCms Security.

User, Groups, Roles, and Permissions -- Organizational Units -- Setting up Security for Our Site -- Organization Unit and Group Setup -- Adding the Users -- Resource Permissions -- User Login and Registration Code -- Adding Comment Support -- Adding the Comments to the XML Content -- Publishing the Comments -- Summary -- 7. Providing Site Customization Features -- What is RSS? -- Creating the Module -- The RSS Client Code -- Displaying the RSS Feed in the Template -- Adding User Preferences to Accounts -- Updating the Java Code -- Updating the JSP Templates -- Hooking up the Account Management Page -- Summary -- 8. Extending OpenCms: Developing a Custom Widget -- Designing a Custom Widget -- Designing the Widget -- The Widget Code -- Custom Source Interface and Implementations -- Using OpenCms Message Strings for Localization -- Registering the Widget with OpenCms -- Summary -- 9. Extending OpenCms: Adding RSS Feed Support -- RSS Feed Design -- The RSS Feed Content Type -- Creating a Supporting Widget -- The RSS Feed Template and Java Classes -- Content Wrapper Java Classes -- Wrapping It Up -- Summary -- 10. Extending OpenCms: Adding an Administration Point -- Administrative Points -- The Administration View -- Hooking the Administration Point Up to the Module -- The RSS Administration Module -- Leveraging the OpenCms Dialog Classes -- Declaring the Dialog -- Defining Dialog Columns -- Returning the Column Data -- Adding Column Actions -- Custom Rendering -- The Feed Manager Class -- Supporting the Feed Operations -- The New Channel Action -- Declaring the Dialog -- Declaring the Widgets -- Persisting Data Across Pages -- Handling the Dialog Actions -- Summary -- Index.