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Plz help

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:39 am
by ashwani2711
I have an existing JSP website which I would like to painlessly add CMS functionality to.

The site is a intranet portal  and is backed by a database etc. however some pages like News and Events etc. I would like the user to be able to edit using a simple CMS. I would also like the user to be be able to create new pages and put them into the navigation system, like joomla does for PHP websites.

At the backend i am using mtsql database.

Now I could clearly code my own simple CMS but not wanting to reinvent the wheel is there any existing CMS that can be added to existing site and take advantage of the Master Pages model that I already have.

EDIT: I have looked at Joomla, dotCMS, Jahia but as far as I can tell these can't be easily retro fitted. I also want to avoid (if possible) writing my own system using the FCK editor.

Thanks in advance  ;D

Re: Plz help

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:39 pm
by nhaack
Java Server Pages and Hypertext Preprocessor are two very different things. It sound like you want to embed a PHP CMS into your JSP site. This is possible after all, but boy that's a lot of work. It's best to stick to one basic technology (either JAVA or PHP) as both require different server environments.

I also didn't quite get your last sentence. You want to write a CMS functionality in FCK?

As you are using JSP, is there any System behind?

Please be more precise.

Best
Nils

Re: Plz help

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:17 pm
by Pierre M.
Hello,
ashwani2711 wrote: is there any existing CMS that can be added to existing site and take advantage of the Master Pages model that I already have.
If you mean "graphically", "look the same", "CSS/xHTML design compatibility", then yes, CMSms can do it. See the visual tutorial about importing foreign styles/designs.

Pierre M.