OpenCms 10 Alpha 2 Distribution

Try out the forthcoming new features of OpenCms 10 with this second alpha release.

New in OpenCms 10

  • Modernized the look & feel of the overall user interface
  • Introduced the Launchpad as the central starting place for the user
  • New file explorer with support for column sorting, filtering and large folders
  • Developers can now export and import modules through a SMB network share
  • New Git App allows committing of module content directly from the workplace
  • New <cms:search> tag combines SOLR based resource collection and full text searches
  • Drag and Drop of images directly in the page editor
  • Copy groups allow creation of boiler plate layouts with text / images
  • Reuse groups allow reusing nested container structures on several pages
  • Users are identified with an identicon in the toolbar
  • Improved the template editor with support for inherited and disabled templates
  • New <cms:edit> tag allows editing of arbitary resources based on UID
  • Added a reset password option to the login dialog
  • Nested container structures can now be copied using the clipboard
  • Support for local configuration change sets based on XSLT
  • Modules can be exported with a reduced manifest.xml to avoid merge conflicts
  • Optimized resources types, formatters and views in the demo template application
  • Updated the responsive demo template based on Bootstrap
Please note: This alpha version is not feature complete! Some important functionalities are missing, these will be added in later beta release. We do not recommend to use this version in productive OpenCms environments.
 

Who should use this OpenCms 10 Alpha 2 distribution download?

Use this download to try out the new version 10 Alpha 2 of OpenCms before the final release. OpenCms 10 Alpha 2 is fully backward compatible to all prior 9.x versions. Templates and other OpenCms developed code for these versions should work "out of the box" with version 10 Alpha 2.

Please note: The *.jar files in this binary distribution have been compiled for Java 7.

Module Version: 10.0.0_alpha_2
Provided By: Alkacon Software GmbH
License: GNU Lesser General Public License
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  • 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.
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Upgrade OpenCms

  • Update your existing OpenCms installation to the current stable version 18 with the easy to use upgrade wizard.
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