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The Administration view of OpenCms

OpenCms Administration view
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Users, groups, projects, file history and other settings are managed in the Administration view of OpenCms. Only users with an Administrator role have full access to every feature of the Administration. Administrate galleries for images, external links, downloads and HTML code snippets available for the content managers. Export or import all or parts of the contents of your website.

Also manage search indexes for the integrated Lucene search engine, define scheduled tasks to perform, e.g. to update the search indexes regularly every night. OpenCms also features an integrated module mechanism that allows convenient bundling of contents or functionality for deployment on other machines. The OpenCms API allows to plugin customized Administration points to implement new functions for your website.

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Latest News

  • OpenCms 18 available

    Oct 8, 2024 - OpenCms 18 adds a new "Place element" mode in the page editor that allows precise element placement as an alternative to drag & drop. Reused content is now clearly marked. Automatic typographical correction of quotation marks has been added to all of the editors. “Dead links” in content that is entered in a WYSIWYG editor are now automatically disabled. Our Mercury template includes several new features, such as setting different image formats for mobile and desktop and many more.

  • OpenCms 18 Release Notes

    Oct 8, 2024 - The OpenCms 18 release notes contain detailed information about the new features and fixes in this version.

  • Alkacon OCEE 18

    Oct 8, 2024 - Alkacon OCEE 18 is the latest OCEE release for OpenCms 18. This version features a license key mechanism that allows to share the license key on several servers in a cloud installation.

  • Documentation website for the Mercury template

    Jul 8, 2024 - The Mercury template from Alkacon Software is a comprehensive, modular template based on Bootstrap 5 for OpenCms. This feature-rich template now has a complete and exhaustive documentation website.

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