[opencms-dev] Creating Independent Copies of a Website in OpenCms
niveditasheoran
niveditasheoran at cdac.in
Wed Jul 8 08:18:47 CEST 2026
Hi Daniel,
Thank you for your quick response. Your suggestions were very helpful.
I also have another question regarding the Undo Changes feature in the Page
Editor.
When I edit the content of an existing page (for example, modifying text in a
content element), click Save & Exit, and then reopen the page, the Undo Changes
option is disabled with the message that it is deactivated because the resource
is unchanged.
However, the Undo Changes option becomes enabled if I add a new content/template
element to the page or delete an existing one.
I wanted to confirm whether this is the expected behavior or if there could be
something wrong with my installation.
If this is the intended behavior, is there any way to undo changes made to the
content of an existing element after it has been saved, or does the Undo Changes
feature only apply to structural changes such as adding or removing elements?
Thank you again for your help.
Best regards,
Nivedita
On June 29, 2026 at 5:42 PM Daniel Seidel via opencms-dev
<opencms-dev at opencms.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Nivedita,
>
> when you use the "Websites" app to create a new website, you can use the
> "Select Site-Template" on the last tab "Create site options" and select your
> school website you want to copy. This should probably do what you want.
>
> Another way would be to change the type of the sites root folder to
> "subsitemap". On subsitemap folders you have an additional option "Copy files,
> adjust all internal links" that does copies similarly.
>
> Best, Daniel.
>
> Am 29.06.26 um 09:52 schrieb niveditasheoran via opencms-dev:
>
> > >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have developed a complete school website in OpenCms and my intention
> > is to use it as a base for creating around 500 school websites.
> >
> > My plan was to copy this website whenever a new school website needs to
> > be created. However, I have encountered an issue.
> >
> > When I copy the website (I have tried all available copy modes,
> > including Copy files, adjust all internal links, Copy files, keep siblings,
> > Copy files, also copy siblings, and Copy folders, create siblings for all
> > files), the copied website is not completely independent. If I edit content
> > in the original website, the same changes are reflected in the copied
> > website, which is not the behavior I want.
> >
> > My requirement is:
> >
> > * Develop one complete school website as a base.
> > * Create around 500 independent copies from it.
> > * After copying, each school's content should be completely
> > independent, so editing one school's pages does not affect any other school.
> > * At the same time, I would like to reuse common templates, JSPs,
> > and formatters wherever appropriate.
> >
> > Could someone please advise:
> >
> > 1. What is the recommended approach in OpenCms for creating hundreds
> > of independent websites based on a single website?
> > 2. Is there a way to copy a site without creating shared/sibling
> > resources?
> > 3. Am I using the wrong approach by copying the site folder
> > directly? Would using site templates, modules, model groups, or another
> > mechanism be a better solution?
> >
> > Any guidance or best practices would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Nivedita Sheoran
> >
> >
> >
> >
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