Learning EZ Publish 3: Building Content Management Solutions

Leaders of the eZ publish community guide you through this complex and powerful PHP based content management system..Design and build content rich websites and applications using eZ publish.Discover the secrets of the eZ publish templating system to design your own pages.Develop the skills to create new eZ publish extensionsThis book takes you through the process of designing and building content rich web sites and applications using eZ publish. Famed for its power and flexibility, eZ publish can be daunting on first approach. Moreover, it has advanced features that reward the investment in learning. This book exists to ease experienced PHP developers into thinking and developing the eZ publish way. With hard-won experience of the practical difficulties faced by developers working with eZ publish, and technical approval from eZ systems (creators of eZ publish) this book is a distillation of the authors' expertise, and the perfect way to master the system.eZ publish is a PHP-based, Open Source Content Management System and development framework. With over 800,000 downloads of the system to date, and now at version 3, eZ publish has evolved from a standard CMS to a framework for developing your own robust, PHP applications. We cover:. Installing eZ publish . The basic concepts of eZ publish. The structure of an eZ publish site. Content management with eZ publish. Controlling your page output with eZ publish templates. The eZ publish core libraries. Creating eZ publish extensions. Creating new modules and datatypes. Working with RSS import and export. Deploying an eZ publish site. Case studies of real eZ publish sites. Optimizing your eZ publish installation