ITB2016 - ContentBox Modular CMS

Content Modularization Is Here!

Luis Majano www.ortussolutions.com

WHO AM I?

• Luis Majano

• Computer Engineer

• Imported from El Salvador

• CEO of Ortus Solutions

• Adobe Community Professional

• Sandals & Beaches -> ESRI -> Ortus

Journey of Monolithic AppsContent Evolution

ContentBox ArchitectureContent Modularity

ContentBox Major FeaturesWalkthrough Demo

Monolithic Apps

Invasion / Takeover

Monolithic Apps

TraditionalCMS/Blog/App

Custom Architecture

Segregated Deployment

custom security?

custom views?

External Apps

Proxy

MVC?

Performance?Clustering? Scalability?

Content Evolution• Ortus = Frameworks

• Best practices & Standards

• MVC, OO, DI, AOP

• Performance

• Scale

• Event Driven

• Custom Security/Search

• Extend Modularly

• Mobile/API Ready

Meanwhile….

Modular Desert Circa 2011

Foundation is Important

Scalability Flexibility Extensibility Sanitability

CODING RECIPE

MVC

Modules HMVC

OO

Dynamic Language

Conventions Based OO MVC Development Platform

MVC ModulesORM DI/AOP

Caching TDD/BDD

Powering apps since 2004

• Modular CMS

• Powered by ColdBox MVC

• Content OO Model via Hibernate ORM

• Extensible via CFML/Java

• 2 Licenses

• Open Source - Apache2

• Commercial with Support

PROFESSIONAL OPEN SOURCE

• Training

• Content Migrations

• Implementation Strategies

• Support & Mentoring

• Architecture & Design Sessions

• Custom Module/Theme Development

• 1st Release 2012

• > 17 releases

• > 1300 registered Box Developers

• Open Slack Channel: CFML #box-products

• Still getting traction

ACTIVE PROJECT + COMMUNITY

What Sets Us Apart

ContentBox Flavors

For any CFML

Engine (Adobe or Lucee)

Source

Deploy to any Java Server

WAR

Self-Contained Server

Embedded DatabaseUSB Sticks

Express

Modularity

ANYColdBox MVC

Application

ContentBox Admin

ContentBox UI

ContentBox Core

Forum eCommerce

Custom App

Custom Security Plugins Model

Events

ColdBox Modules

Flex/AirRemote

Modular Architecture

ContentBox Admin

ContentBox UI

ContentBox Core

Forum eCommerce

Custom Module

Flex/AirRemote

RESTful QA Module

Google Analytics

Modular URL Mappings

ContentBox/

ContentBox/site /blog

Store/store /shop

MODULAR DEPLOYMENT

Traditional Deployment

Monolithic APP, ADMIN, TOOLS, API

DMZ

Database

ProbesDiscoveryExposed

Modular Segregated Deployment

ContentBox UI

DMZ

DatabaseContentBox

Admin

Reporting Security SAP

REST

• Not only pages

• Hierarchical storage

• Store What?

• HTML, JS, RSS Feeds, json, data, etc.

• API Driven

• Power mobile apps

• intothebox.org

CONTENT STORE

CONTENT STORE

Scalable + Elastic• Cloud Deployment

• http://docs.jelastic.com/contentbox-clustering

• Caching Engine Aware:

• CouchBase NoSQL

• MongoDB

• EHCache Terracota

• Amazon ElastiCache

• Reddis Cache

• High Redundancy

CB

CB

CB CB

CB

Performance

Singleton Objects

ORM Data Caching

OO

Content Markup

MediawikiMarkdown Custom

Content Translation

Final HTML Output

Similar to Varnish

Content Output

Created on Demand

RSS Feeds

CONTENTBOX FEATURES

• WYSIWYG Multi-Editors

• Blogging Capabilities

• Content Value Store

• Publishing & Expiration Schedulers

• Media Managers

• Related Content

• Markup Support

• Content custom fields

• Content categorization

• CFML Code Widgets

• Content Version Control

• Localized

FOR EDITORS

• Skinning Themes

• Multiple layouts per content

• PDF/Word/Print Content Exports

• Mobile Layouts

• Raw Content

• MVC approach to views

• Automated Menu Builders

• Custom Menu Builders

• Custom Views

• HTML Events

• Responsive Live Previews

• Reusable Content Widgets

FOR DESIGNERS

• Auto Update & Custom Patching

• Customizable Permission Based Security

• Built-in Firewall

• Cache Management

• Rate Limiting

• Site/Content Export/Import

• Login Trackers & Auth Logs

• Admin Modular Deployment

• Comment Moderation

• Site Maintenance Modes

• Module Management

• SSL Enforcements

FOR ADMINS

• Powered by ColdBox MVC

• OO Relational Model

• OWASP AntiSamy XSS libraries

• Dependency Injection & AOP

• > 100 events to listen to

• Custom Content Types

• Pluggable Security/Search

• Extensive caching granularity

• Modules, Plugins, Widgets, Themes

• Extend the UI+Administrator

• Geek Panel

• ContentBox as an API

FOR DEVELOPERS

Resources

• Download: ortusolutions.com/products/contentbox

• Source: github.com/ortus-solutions/ContentBox

• Issue Tracker: ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/CONTENTBOX

• Google Groups: groups.google.com/d/forum/contentbox

• Slack Channel: CFML #box-products

• Twitter

• @gocontentbox

• @ortussolutions

Gracias!

Q & A