Learning eZ publish 3 : Building content management solutions

by: Paul Borgermans, Tony Wood, Paul Forsyth, Ben Pirt, Martin Bauer, Bjorn Dieding

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Leaders of the eZ publish community guide you through this complex and powerful PHP based content management system.

  Build content rich websites and applications using eZ Publish

Discover the secrets of the eZ Publish templating system

Develop the skills to create new eZ Publish extensions

  This 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.

  In Detail eZ publish is a PHP-based, Open Source Content Management System and development framework. With over 1,000,000 downloads of the system to date (June 15, 2004), and now at version 3, eZ publish has evolved from a standard CMS to a framework for developing your own robust, PHP applications. With a community of devoted developers behind it, eZ publish has grown in popularity, with a tested and proven core architecture. Historically, eZ publish has had a notoriously steep learning curve. This book sets out to change that, and to make the unrivalled power and flexibility of eZ publish accessible to all developers. For the first time, the top contributors to the eZ publish community take you inside eZ publish, lifting the lid on this mysterious and powerful product to have you developing content-driven Web applications in no time. 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. If you are new to eZ publish, or have been frustrated or perplexed at being unable to get the most from eZ publish, then this is the book for you. A working knowledge of PHP is required to get the most from eZ publish, and from this book.

  What you will learn from this book With this book you will conquer eZ publish, and learn the skills to become an accomplished eZ publish developer. At the end of this book, you will:

      Understand how eZ publish handles, versions, and publishes content to the Web

Be confident working in the eZ publish administration area

Know the secrets of the eZ publish templating system to design your own pages

Have the skills to create new eZ publish extensions See how real world eZ publish sites have been designed and implemented

This book covers:

  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

  Approach Although there is good quality reference documentation on eZ publish, there are currently no books available. Therefore, this book has been written from the ground up, in a tutorial/case study style to fill this gap.

  Who this book is written for This book is for Web developers new to eZ publish, while experienced developers of eZ publish who want to consolidate their knowledge will learn new techniques from eZ publish masters.

  It has also been designed for those new to eZ publish while also being aimed at experienced developers who want to consolidate their knowledge and learn new tricks from eZ publish masters

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Author(s) Paul Borgermans

Paul Borgermans holds a Masters degree in Science and a PhD in Applied Physics. He became involved with high-performance computing from the start of the 90s while doing plasma physics research. From then on, computing has always been an important part of his job, which gradually involved the integration of large databases, computations, and operational management in R&D. The birth of the World Wide Web also marked the start of projects around intranet developments. Recently, he started a knowledge-management program with his current employer, the Belgian Nuclear Research Center. In this program, eZ publish is used as a cornerstone for developing support tools to capture and preserve knowledge in the long term.

  Tony Wood

Tony Wood has over 16 years of experience working for both small and large clients, with work ranging from system administration to knowledge management.

  Tony is an active member in the eZ publish community and regularly contributes to the eZ publish community. Tony works for VisionWT which was the first company outside of eZ publish to deploy an eZ publish version 3 site and has focused on creating only eZ publish sites.

  Tony concentrates on building VisionWT which is a company he founded on the principle that content management should be available to all; whatever their budget.

  Paul Forsyth

Paul Forsyth is an active contributor to the eZ publish community, and lead developer at VisionWT. As Lead Developer, Paul helps to develop processes, methods and technical standards in addition to developing systems and overseeing the development team.

  Previously, Paul was a Software Engineer at Parc Technologies where his work included programming and system architecture on sophisticated applications optimising flight schedules and managing fleet size for the airline industry. Paul was a PhD student at the University of Leeds after completing an M.Sc Human Computer Systems at De Montfort University and a B.Sc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh.

  Ben Pirt

Ben Pirt studied architecture at Edinburgh University. In 1999 he moved to New York where he developed animation skills through working for a design and visualisation company. Here he was also able to strengthen his web development skills through the use of PHP, SQL, CSS and XHTML. On his return to Edinburgh in 2001 he co-taught a course on architecture and multimedia before completing his postgraduate diploma at the Bartlett School of Architecture.

  His work with the Interactive Architecture Workshop at the Bartlett enabled him to increase his programming capabilities and to combine this knowledge with other media through embedded programming and hardware design. Since finishing his diploma he has continued to develop skills in this area and has extended his web development knowledge through the use of eZ publish in combination with XHTML and CSS. He has recently set up a company, More Associates, where he is able to combine his two main fascinations: design and technology.

  Martin Bauer

Martin Bauer is the Managing Director of designIT. Martin draws on a varied background having studied a wide range of subjects including computer science, mathematics, law, literature and visual arts before graduating from law. Deciding against a career in law, Martin started working as a writer in an Ad agency. This gave him the chance to work on his first website and has been his passion from that point on.

  Soon after, Martin joined Creative Access, a reputable web design firm which was purchased in 1999 by Sausage Software and became the head office of Australia's largest web development company, Sausage Interactive. Martin ended up responsible for a 20+ web development team.

  During 2001 Martin worked as a Project Manager for Nebulon, a software consulting firm lead by world renowned Project Manager Jeff Deluca, creator of one of the most popular agile methodologies, Feature Driven Development. In late 2001, Martin joined forces with the original directors of Creative Access to form designIT which has grown to once again become one of Melbourne's most reputable web design and development firms.

  Bjorn Dieding

Björn Dieding attended the Ev. Gymnasium Werther, where he took advantage of a student exchange to the U.S. in 1997, and at this time, first came into contact with web design. From then on he invested much of his free time gathering knowledge and learning about Internet-related topics. In 1999 he started realizing his first commercial projects. In 2000 Björn attended the b.i.b. Hannover, graduating in 2003 as a computer scientist in e-commerce (Staatl. gepr. Informatiker Electronic Commerce). After graduation, he became a freelance web application programmer and web designer. In March 2004, Björn became the first core developer of eZ publish outside eZ systems. Björn Dieding met Sören Meyer while studying, and at the end of 2002 they decided to team up as xrow GbR. Their main objective was to deliver value-added services for professional and high-quality open source software. Today, xrow GbR is one of the top German consultancies for delivering eZ publish services.