Roel FrisonOpenCms Consultant

Schedule

• Introduction

• What’s new in OpenCms 8• Why OpenCms 8?• New functionalities• Live demo

• Coffee Break

• Upgrade from previous version to OpenCms 8• Benefits• Process• Case study

• Q&A

Schedule

• Introduction

• What’s new in OpenCms 8• Why OpenCms 8?• New functionalities• Live demo

• Coffee Break

• Upgrade from previous version to OpenCms 8• Benefits• Process• Case study

• Q&A

Why OpenCms 8?

• Opensource (no licensing costs, full source code,...)

• Platform independent (browser based)

• Easy of use

• Proven and mature (since 1999, OpenCms 8.0.3 just released)

New functionalities

• Easy content editing with Advanced Direct Edit

• Drag & drop Add wizard

• Sitemap editor

• Other functionalities

New functionalities

• Drag & drop Add wizard with Advanced Direct edit

Live demo

New functionalities

• Sitemap editor

Live demo

New functionalities

• Other new functions

Live demo

Schedule

• Introduction

• What’s new in OpenCms 8• Why OpenCms 8?• New functionalities• Live demo

• Coffee Break

• Upgrade from previous version to OpenCms 8• Benefits• Process• Case study

• Q&A

Schedule

• Introduction

• What’s new in OpenCms 8• Why OpenCms 8?• New functionalities• Live demo

• Coffee Break

• Upgrade from previous version to OpenCms 8• Benefits• Process• Case study

• Q&A

Upgrade from previous versions

• Benefits

• New design

• New functionalities available

• Easy and fast process

Upgrade from previous versions

• 2 ways to migrate your existing OpenCms

•Export modules and content from previous OpenCms versions and import them in a new and fresh OpenCms 8

•Upgrade existing installation via upgrade wizard

Upgrade from previous versions

• Export modules and content from previous OpenCms version and import them in a new and fresh OpenCms 8

• Manual export/import will result in a clean system

• Only the required modules and content need te be exported

• BUT: Historic versions of resources will be lost

Live demo

Upgrade from previous versions

• Upgrade existing installation via the Update Wizard

• The Update wizard automatically takes care of• Modification of the database structure• Modification/enhancement of the OpenCms config

files• Replacement of all Java libraries• Update of all OpenCms core modules

• Existing content is untouched• Historic versions remain

Live demo

Upgrade from previous versions

• Case study: Waterwegen en Zeekanaal NV

• Short timespan

• Rebranding website + upgrade OpenCms ( http://www.wenz.be)

• OpenCms 8 + Image gallery, RSS, video

• Tom Vermijlen en Joris De Bock (Comunicatieverantwoordelijken W&Z):

“OpenCms 8 is duidelijk nog gebruiksvriendelijker dan de vorige versies. Als webmasters van www.wenz.be kunnen we nu direct op de webpagina zelf teksten en foto's naar believen bewerken. Dat is voor ons heel wat sneller en handiger werken.”

Live demo

Schedule

• Introduction

• What’s new in OpenCms 8• Why OpenCms 8?• New functionalities• Live demo

• Coffee Break

• Upgrade from previous version to OpenCms 8• Benefits• Process• Case study

• Q&A

Q&A

• Any questions?