Creating OpenCms 8 Container Templates (Part 2)

Track: Workshop
Speaker: Tobias Herrmann (Alkacon Software GmbH)

Abstract

In part 2 Tobias did continue with the new concepts in the OpenCms 8 template system. This session did also get into details about how the new functionalities can be used on templates with the extensions introduced in the <cms:> taglib and expression language, as well as the available new API.

Tobias did explain how to use these functionalities to create custom templates that are fully drag and drop enabled. He did also go into details about recommended HTML structures, content organization and best practices.

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