Integration possibilities with Magnolia CMS

Magnolia is a registered trademark owned by Magnolia International Ltd.

Grégory Joseph 07.02.2012 at Open Source Now, Geneva

Integration options in Magnolia CMS

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Wednesday 8 February 2012


07.02.2012 at Open Source Now, GenevaGrégory Joseph

Agenda

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Introduction

Magnolia CMS architectural overview

Integration possibilities

Concrete examples




Focus & take away

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Content-related integration

Left out: authentication, hosting, ...

What Magnolia CMS can do for you

... or what YOU can do !



The ego slide

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Grégory JosephSoftware engineer by tradeat Magnolia since 2006Community Manager since 2011@hpesojg



About Magnolia

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Raise your hand

If you use a CMSIf you have heard about Magnolia CMSIf you use Magnolia CMS

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About Magnolia CMS

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Open Source, Java-based CMSJCR (JSR-170 & al)Launched in 2003Ease of useExtensibility

Magnolia powers the websites of government as well as leading Fortune 500 enterprises in more than 100 countries.



About Magnolia International

Based in BaselFounded in 199730 employeesWe’re hiring !

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Magnolia is a registered trademark owned by Magnolia International Ltd.9

Some of our users

City of Lausanne



Magnolia CMSArchitectural overview

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Magnolia CMS uses JCR

Standardized APIContent structured in a treeStorage agnosticMultiple repositories and workspaces Commodities (types, observation, ...)

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Multiple instances

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Magnolia CMS runs as multiple instancesTypically, author & public ... or moreEach with its own repositorie(s)Publication mechanism (activation)



Everything is configured

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Everything in Magnolia is configured via the repositoryConfiguration content modelled as Java objectsObservation



Filters

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Servlet APIEverything runs through a FilterBypasses for each filter if neededCan wrap servlets



Rendering

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Pages are composed of areas and componentsPluggable “rendering engine”Pluggable “renderers”Model classTemplate script



Rendering

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Module mechanism

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Provide functionalityProvide project configurationDependencies between modulesHandle lifecycle... including updates (version handling)



Quick demo !

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Integration options

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Share repository

Share repository with custom applicationUse JCR APIs to fetch data

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Expose data

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Addressable snippetsCMIS (4.5)WebDAVREST (sandbox)Custom servlets / services



Integrate existing applications

“Mashup” approachUse existing filters or servlets Rendered content can be further processed

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Using external apps / APIs

From a filter (populate context)In rendering modelAJAX (w/ local service pulling/caching external data)

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Hook into Magnolia APIs

RenderersObservation (export on change)Scheduler (imports)Activate (publish) to other systemetc ...

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Existing, specialized and general solutions

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Frameworks

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Blossom lets you use Spring Web MVC the same way you do for all your webapps.

Blossom - Spring

Grails - upcoming on the ForgeRuby on Rails !



Modules

Data module w/ import. Products lists, ...CMISREST (sandbox)OpenSocial (upcoming)

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Newsletter module

Provides API and templatesCurrent implementation hooks into Campaign Monitor

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External search module

Provides API and templates, uses AjaxEnables “semantic” searchIn use on our docu and forumCurrently supports SalsaDev and Canoo FindIT

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Social Media

TwigsFrisbeeFacebook, Flickr, G. Maps, Twitter, ...

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More !

KonakartGoogle custom searchChartsRedbotPiwikAlfresco, SAP, ...Open for contributions !

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Magnolia is a registered trademark owned by Magnolia International Ltd.32



Questions

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References & contact

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http://magnolia-cms.comhttp://forge.magnolia-cms.com

Visit our booth@[email protected]



Grégory Joseph 07.02.2012 at Open Source Now, Geneva

Thanks !

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References & contact

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http://magnolia-cms.comhttp://forge.magnolia-cms.com

Visit our booth@[email protected]


Technology

Integration possibilities with Magnolia CMS