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Managing eZ Publish Web Content Management Projects

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Managing eZ Publish Web Content Management Projects

Overview of this book

open-source CMS (content management system) and development framework with functionality for web publishing, intranets, e-commerce, extranets, and web portals. In this book, Martin Bauer of designit.com.au an eZ publish Silver partner, teaches you how to successfully manage and implement an eZ publish web content management project. He shows you how to produce quality results in a repeatable manner with the minimum of effort, and end up with eZ publish solutions that will delight your clients. The book presents strategies, best practices, and techniques for all steps of your eZ publish project, starting from client requirements, through planning, information architecture and content modeling, design considerations, and right up to deployment, client training, maintenance, support, and upgrades.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Managing eZ Publish Web Content Management Projects
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Internal Structure and Configuration


eZ publish is broken into three parts, modules, kernel, and libraries.

Modules contain the standard features provided by eZ publish. By default, the modules are:

  • Content

  • Media Library

  • Shop

  • Search

You can add your own modules, should you need them while creating extensions.

The kernel contains the core code of the system.

The libraries provide a range of functions for the core code.

Directory Structure

/bin

Contains a range of scripts that can be run from the command line to perform tasks that can't be done via the administration interface or are quicker via the command line.

E.g. clearing the cache, verifying files, subtree move / copy, creating a static cache, checking templates, etc.

/design

All files to do with the look and feel of the site are stored in the design directory. These include:

  • Stand and custom template files

  • Stylesheets

  • Images

/doc

Contains documentation such as change logs, explanation of features and functions, standards, etc...