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Depending on the role of an OpenCms user, he can see various different apps. A normal editor has only access to page and sitemap editor. But there are many more apps available:
- An explorer to provide the full VFS (Explorer)
- Various apps for administrative tasks (account management, module management, scheduled job management, ...)
- Apps to support OpenCms developers
OpenCms 10 introduces the launch pad as the central place to switch between apps.
Using the launchpad
Depending on the role and the corresponding permissions, different apps are shown in the launchpad. Fig. [launchpad] shows the launchpad as an administrator sees it.
At the moment the apps are grouped in "Modern" and "Traditional". The "Modern" apps are completely adjusted to the look & feel of OpenCms 10. The "Traditional" apps are the apps that are just ported from OpenCms 9.5. In further OpenCms versions, more and more apps will be rewritten and adjusted for the look & feel of OpenCms 10.
Apps overview
Here's a short overview on the apps available in a default OpenCms installation. Partly, links to related topics are provided.
Apps available in the default installation
- Page editor
App to edit a webpage's content.
- Sitemap editor
App to edit the website's structure and the navigational behavior of pages, also to manage galleries and categories and to handle template pages and model groups.
- Explorer
App to provide full access to the VFS via an explorer view. It allows to change sites and projects, to add, edit and remove resources, as well as editing all resource meta information.
- Project management
Get an overview of existing and historic projects. Create new projects and manage existing ones.
- Source search
Search the VFS and optionally programatically replace Strings that match a given regex in all found resources.
- Scheduled jobs
View, add, delete or edit scheduled jobs.
- Git integration
Check-in modules to a git repository directly and also import modules from a repository.
- Quick launch editor
Adjust the icons in the quick launch menu according to your preferences.
- Account Management
Manage users, groups, roles and organizational units.
- Database Management
Import and export data and some additional tools.
- Module Management
Import, export, create, delete and manipulate modules. Here many options are available.
- Publish Queue
View what was published when.
- File History
Change the history settings or delete the history
- Link Validation
Search for broken internal links in the current project. If you use the link gallery, external links can also be validated.
- Search Management
You can view, rebuild, add, delete or edit search indices, adjust index sources and field configurations.
- Site Management
Configure, add or delete sites.
- Cache Administration
View or flush the different caches used by OpenCms.
- Content Tools
Various tools to check, repair or edit contents.
- Workplace Tools
Various workplace-related tools.
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