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The Decoy element

A Decoy element is displayed very similar to an Article element when used in a list or directly on a page using any Decoy Teaser formatter.

However, in contrast to an Article, a Decoy never has a detail page. If a link is placed in the Decoy, this link will lead the user to an arbitarty page, even on external servers.

Become an expert:The OpenCms documentation

Oct 12, 2022
The Alkacon OpenCms documentation provides developers with an in-depth introduction and reference about how to create websites with OpenCms.
Read the docs
To the OpenCms website

The old is the new new:OpenCms homepage now in retro design

Dec 30, 2022
The OpenCms homepage now features a ground breaking, highly innovative "retro" design. A trend-setting approach in sharp contrast to nowadays common responsive design used by every other website.
See homepage

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