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Open Source Java Web CMS Updated

By ()   Jan 19, 2005   

LenyaThe Apache Lenya development community has announced the 1.2.1 release of Apache Lenya. Lenya is an Open-Source Content Management System (CMS) written in Java and based on open standards such as XML and XSLT.

Lenya is built on top of Apache Cocoon and other components from the Apache Software Stack. Its XML-centric architecture allows for content delivery targeted to the capabilities of various devices, and avoids data lock-in.

Apache Lenya is built around “Off the Shelf” components from the Apache Software Foundation.

Apache Lenya comes with the features you can expect of a modern Content Management System, such as Revision Control, Scheduling, a built-in Search Engine, separate Staging Areas, and Workflow.

Apache Lenya 1.2.1 is based on Cocoon 2.1.5.1, but Lenya 1.2.1 is also known to work with Cocoon 2.1.6. You can use Cocoon features such as robust Caching, multi-channel output, it's many connectivity options to quickly build customized solutions to meet your specific needs that are not already covered by Apache Lenya today.

Features:

Authoring

  • Browser-based WYSIWYG Editors that validate input against a Relax NG Schema. This prevents invalid markup as produced by other WYSIWYG editors, and allows to enforce web site style guidelines. Lenya ships with the BXE and Kupu editors out of the box. Lenya asset management and link management are integrated into BXE.

  • A forms editor is available for situations where a full-blown WYSIWYG editor is overkill or where legacy browsers need to be supported.

  • Pages that are being edited are automatically locked for other users, preventing conflicting changes to the same page.

  • Each edit of a page creates a new revision. It is possible to revert to any previous revision of a page.

Workflow

  • Lenya contains a customizable workflow engine that uses an easy XML format to define workflows. Standard one- and two-stage workflows ship with Lenya. Users can be notified by email about pending approvals.

  • Workflow events such as publishing or deactivating a page can be scheduled.

  • Lenya supports seperate authoring, staging and live areas. For convenience, the staging area is disabled by default.

  • All workflow steps are logged, providing an audit trail.


Internationalization

  • Pages can be created in multiple languages with no impact on your site structure. Lenya automatically displays your page in the default languge if it is not available in a specific language.

  • The Lenya user interface is currently localized in spanish, italian, french, german and english.

Layout

  • The publications concept allows reuse of the information architecture of a site and brings modularity to the content level. Different publications can share content and business logic, and new publications can be created with a cloning process.

  • Lenya supports XHTML+CSS templating, eliminating the need to learn yet another templating language. Wherever possible, Lenya uses CSS for styling, therefore enforcing the seperation of content and layout.

  • The navigation framework automatically creates navigation items such as menus, breadcrumb paths and tabs. A sitemap can be easily created.

  • Lenya has clean URLs and is thus optimally accessible for search engines.

  • There are no restrictions on the nesting of templates. You can use any template you have defined at any level of your site structure thanks to the URI parametrizer.

Site Management

 
 

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