Java CMS

Are there any good ones? Any experiences?

[Sierra_Dad]

Anyone have experience with a Java CMS?

I've use PHP CMSs Joomla and Drupal, where I have mostly wanted to do content

My intentions are to be doing quite a few custom pages, with custom, data driven programming. Java is the language of choice.

At the same time, though, there are some basics that CMSs provide that I woudn't necessarily want to reinvent. Such things as, well, content management, blogs, user login, email marketing, themes and templating.

So far I've run across openCMS and Magnolia Community edition.

Any tips from the pros?

[Sierra_Dad]

Not many comments I see.

Is this because:

No one has used a Java CMS?

There aren't any good ones?

Everyone's still out on holiday?

[ergophobe]

Holidays is part of it, but I bet your post has been read a few times.

I remember I used to see a lot of Java CMS in use, but it seems like PHP had become so overwhelmingly popular.

I can't even remember the names of the ones I used to see regularly mentioned. I'm sure they're still out there, I just don't know which ones.

OT - do you live in the Sierra?

[Sierra_Dad]

Looking around, I'm also seeing Alfresco, dotCMS, and Apache Lenya mentioned.

I can try a few, but I'd want to narrow it down a bit. It would be good to hear from someone who has used a java CMS and hopefully has written some code (plugin, module, custom server page or whatever they call it) that interfaces with them.

I'm seeing it as a disadvantage that the java community is not as big as the PHP ones. I'm not as likely to find premade themes or templates, and might have to spend time solving common problems instead of just using some already written modules.

On the other hand, when I'm coding something custom or semi custom, there's an advantage to using a language I know and am already using for client side development.

OT- I don't live in the Sierras, but I do have a daughter named after them.

[gpilling]

No one has used a Java CMS?

I have learned the hard way that Java anything means slow. Thus I don't use anything Java-ish and run away.

Do you have a suggestion that would be different than that?

[ergophobe]

gpilling, are you thinking server-side Java or client side Java or any Java at all?

There are certainly some pretty substantial apps written in Java!

[webbyone]

There are quite a few Java CMS out there. The Java CMS are mainly enterprise level systems in opposite to the popular PHP ones which are a good fit for smaller websites and smaller companies. Java CMS have a vast feature set and security features required by larger corporations and scale better for high traffic sites. Most Java CMS have a paid and free version available.

Java CMS:
Magnolia
Jahia
Hippo CMS
dotCMS

[webbyone]

I have worked on several Java based CMS such as Jahia and Hippo CMS for [spectodesign.com...] and I get asked a lot which is my favorite one? Honestly it really depends on the client's need and budget since they all have their strengths and features sets. Installation and set-up times are naturally more involved. They are very extensible and some have an API with which you can write your own classes and extend the core functionality to your own needs.