developing with magnolia cms
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Tricode BVDe Schutterij 12 -18
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Developing with Magnolia CMS 5
Nikola Vasilev18.03.2015
Skopje, Macedonia
Agenda
• Short Intro in Magnolia 5• Modular Approach• Author and Public Instances• The Tricode Events sample project
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Short Intro in Magnolia CMS 5
• Short Intro Into CMS• Based on Java Content Repository
• JCR2: JSR-283• Editions
• Magnolia CE: Open Source (GPLv3)• Magnolia EE: Enterprise license needed
• Content Apps
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The JCR Repository
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Modular Approach
● Magnolia CMS uses Maven● Magnolia CMS allows creating of a custom
modules using maven● Maven archetypes provided by Magnolia
○ Parent project + empty web app○ Magnolia standard module○ Magnolia Blossom module○ Magnolia STK theme module○ Magnolia Forge module (community based)
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A Magnolia Module
• Is a Maven module too. But a Maven module is not a Magnolia module.
• Is specified by its module descriptor file.• May have a dedicated module class which may
implement ModuleLifecycle• May install configuration from src/main/resources/mgnl-bootstrap/<module-name>.
• May have a ModuleVersionHandler.
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Magnolia Module Structure
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Author and Public Instances
• Author instance is where editors work• The author instance publishes the content to the
public instance• The public instance receives the content and
serves that content to the visitors on the Web
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Author and Public Instances - Benefits• Security• Loose coupling• Scalability• Flexibility
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A Typical Configuration
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● Uses Magnolia CMS 5.3.7 Community Edition● Uses an open source templating project
○ Magnolia templating kit based on Foundation framework for Sites
○ https://github.com/gtenham/magnolia-templating○ Responsive frontend framework
● Created an events app● Created an events page and events grid
component
The Tricode Events Project
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The Tricode Events Project
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Questions
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