Summary: Information indispensable, but could be easier to use
Liliedahl’s comprehensive overview walks the reader through the process of creating a blog, comment engine, and RSS feed module with the OpenCMS API. While these may not be typical applications, the teaching projects touch on every major aspect of OpenCMS: content type definition, content input forms, programmatic manipulation of content, user management, and the administration console.
Unfortunately much digging is needed to find the gems this book contains. Layout, formatting, and indexing all need improvement. Too often key pieces of information are buried in large blocks of body text, devoid of visual cues. I hope future editions will consider the likely audience: busy, perhaps frazzled devs and admins with dubious attention spans even under the best of conditions.
At $44.99 the book is just a bit pricey, but much of the information in the book can be found nowhere else. Don’t let the indifferent online documentation and outdated wiki discourage you from trying OpenCMS. The information in Liliedahl’s book will help you unlock the true potential of this mature, powerful product.
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