Getting started with OpenCms

The following links provide a good introduction and overview of OpenCms: 

• create an account on the OpenCms demo server, explore the default Mercury template, and follow the tutorial where you will learn the basics of content editing
• get an in-depth impression of what you can do with OpenCms beyond content edition by reading the OpenCms workplace chapter of this documentation  

If you are a web developer and want to use OpenCms for a project, here are some useful links to get started:

• read the tutorial about creating a template JSP which introduces into the basic methods of template development
• the template development chapter of this documentation provides a full reference of all technical possibilities
• visit the source code repository of OpenCms, in the README, you get the most up-to-date overview of all features currently available
• install the latest OpenCms version

It is also an option to use Mercury, the OpenCms standard template, for your project. It is highly configurable and you can adjust, extend and modify it. In the How To's section you find some tutorials. Hints on adjusting or extending a template in general are documented in the section Template variants. Moreover there's a comprehensive Mercury template documentation.

This documentation has been developed by Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts. Alkacon offers standard service and support packages for OpenCms, providing an optional layer of security and convenience often required for mission critical OpenCms projects. For more information about our services, please contact us at info@alkacon.com.

This documentation is published under the GNU FDL Free Documentation License by Alkacon Software GmbH. We certainly welcome all contributions and feedback to this documentation.