File System Based Web Content

Question

I plan to pull my Java web application content out of the file system for the sake of ease of editing. These files are likely to be just text in simple markup, such as JTexy or Markdown.

What I plan to implement is a tree structure containing the contents of the files. It must be cached and ultimately must handle authorization.

I'm looking for an easy-to-use thing, not a full-blown CMS such as OpenCMS, but if it provides a simple api for accessing content and can support small dependencies on others, others, such as thick client content editors, are a bonus.

Maybe something from this list: http://java-source.net/open-source/content-managment-systems

What would you recommend?

Thanks, Ondra

Answer 1

Why not use a simple Apache web server with a (f) cgi perl script to convert labels and mod_proxy to cache the results.

Superb in its simplicity!

Answer 2

If you are not going to reinvent the wheels, you should probably use a CMS.

When you write OpenCms, it's a full-blown CMS ", but it should also be" easy to use "in your context.