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color=#0000ff size=2>Matt -</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=599574720-30052006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Congratulations on getting the book out of the door.
Maybe I should buy it for my current client, and save myself the effort of
writing a short user manual! And nice to e-mail you in person - I enjoyed
"Building Websites..." and found it invaluable in the early days (about six
intense and Java-filled months ago).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=599574720-30052006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I'd be interested in contributing to the developer-centred
book. I'm an experienced Java developer, a good communicator, and (now)
very familiar with certain aspects of OpenCms internals. I'm just
finishing development of a module which integrates more generic Lucene searching
with the collector framework, and if this e-mail is of interest to you I'll send
you a link to the web site incorporating it - once it's live in a couple
of weeks' time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=599574720-30052006>Again, if it's of interest I can mail you a few ideas
about topics I think it would be valuable to cover. For a starter, it's
clear from mailings to the list that the OpenCms documentation lacks any
</SPAN><SPAN class=599574720-30052006>big picture of how it all fits
together. It would be really great if there were a chapter setting this
out - hopefully with real pictures, not just ad hoc code examples - and perhaps
taking the developer through the lifecycle of a typical OpenCms instance plus
the philosophy behind OpenCms configuration.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Jon</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> opencms-dev-bounces@opencms.org
[mailto:opencms-dev-bounces@opencms.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>TechnoSophos<BR><B>Sent:</B> 30 May 2006 21:36<BR><B>To:</B> The OpenCms
mailing list<BR><B>Subject:</B> [opencms-dev] "Managing and Customizing OpenCms
6" book will bereleased soon<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>All,<BR><BR>I wanted to let you know that the new book "Managing and
Customizing OpenCms 6" will be released in June. This book is a sort of update
of the "Building Websites with OpenCms" book, but with a more inclusive audience
in mind.<BR><BR>While the last book was geared toward the developer, this one is
geared more toward users and administrators. The approach is a little more basic
than the last book. I walk the reader through a task in a step-by-step fashion
instead of assuming that the reader knows how to get around OpenCms. This book
should be a comfortable introduction to someone new to OpenCms, and it should
also provide a wealth of reference material for more sophisticated OpenCms
users. I have also provided more details on administering OpenCms, so this book
should be of interest to system admins, too.<BR><BR>No Java coding knowledge is
necessary, and I even try to keep the XML and HTML examples to a minimum (only
chapter 6 requires HTML coding knowledge, and this chapter introduces JSP tag
libs).<BR><BR>As usual, I cover the basics of OpenCms and the process of
installing and configuring. I cover the Explorer in a way that should be
comfortable for a new OpenCms user. In later portions of the book, I cover the
Administration and Workflow views in detail (more detail, in fact, than the
previous book). <BR><BR>I also cover the basic taglibs (in chapter 6), though I
don't do much serious coding. The goal is to give the reader the tools necessary
for creating his or her own templates and simple JSP elements without requiring
the reader to learn Java (or even complex JSPs) first. I have made an effort to
cover the new tags introduced in OpenCms 6.2 (namely, the <cms:img/> tag
and the <cms:decorator/> tag).<BR><BR>Keep in mind that some of the
royalties from this book go back to Alkacon to help generate the revenue needed
to keep OpenCms flourishing.<BR><BR>The official book site is here:<BR><A
href="http://www.packtpub.com/OpenCMS6_admin/book">http://www.packtpub.com/OpenCMS6_admin/book</A><BR>(Code
from the book will be posted there shortly, as will samples from chapters of the
book)<BR><BR>The new developer-centered OpenCms book is in the works. In order
to really make this book stand out, I was hoping to get other serious OpenCms
developers involved, too -- writing perhaps a chapter or two on topics like
writing advanced templates, coding modules, and combining OpenCms with other
Java applications. If you are interested, send me an (off-list)
email.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Matt Butcher<BR></BODY></HTML>