All about OpenCms
OpenCms is our content management system of choice. This system enables you to make
content updates to your website without programming knowledge. The system is very scalable
and supports advanced functionality like online bookings and ecommerce.
Here is why we endorse OpenCms:
- Intuitive - The text editors are modeled after Microsoft Word 2003 for ease of use.
- Versatile - The template engine allows us to create custom designs and layouts (there is no
need to stick to pre-defined layouts) - Stable - The system has been tested, debugged and enhanced for over 10 years.
- Secure - Your content is protected by sophisticated java authentication frameworks as well
as the elaborate user and access permission management system. - Powerful - OpenCms is based on Java and XML Technologies and completely extensible.
- Fast - The sophisticated FlexCache Engine minimizes database calls and stores web elements
for faster loading.
Visual Tour
Here is a visual tour of OpenCms and its features:
Explorer View - Provides all the functions necessary to create, edit, move and delete pages.
Integrated WYSIWYG ('What You See Is What You Get') Editor - Allows you to edit and format content without HTML knowledge.
Integrated Structured Content Editor - Provides simple update forms for pages which require frequent updates - eg. news, product pages and blog articles.
Previewing of Modified Content - Allows previewing of content before publishing changes.
Clean URLs – Allows you to name a page URL, ensuring web addresses are clean and search engine friendly
Search Engine Friendly – Allows you to set meta data for each page and add alt tags for links and images for optimum search engine rankings.
Full Text Search Engine - The web search feature not only indexes text pages, but also images, PDFs, Word documents and Excel sheets uploaded to the site.
Document Versioning - Allows you to view and restore previous versions of your content, and see edits made by others.
Unicode Content - Supports international character sets and multi-lingual websites.
Automatic Link Validation - Links are automatically validated when content is published to prevent broken links and missing images.
For a full list of features, please visit the OpenCms website.