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Gen= eral Questions
Product
eZ Platform is open-source. Enterprise Edition bases on eZ Platform and = adds new functionalities.
eZ Platform is fully open-source and available at Github.
eZ Enterprise is a commercial solution.
If you are using eZ as an editor or content manager, you do not need to = have any programming knowledge.
Installing and configuring eZ will require at least basic familiarity of= web development. Some more advanced customization possibilities may requir= e programming skills (such as knowledge of PHP or Twig).
Demo Bundle is a sample website you can get with your installation of eZ= . There are two different Demo Bundles: one for eZ Platform and one for eZ = Enterprise.
The Bundle contains a small number of initial preset Content Types. You = can apply them directly in your website or use them as a starting point to = create your own Content Types.
See installa= tion for a guide on how to install eZ products.
Editing
eZ offers three different work modes: Content mode,
Content mode&nb= sp;gives access to the content repository. It is mostly the role of eZ Plat= form, but for users of eZ Enterprise it is enriched with specific Studio fu= nctionalities.
Its focus is creating, modifying, organizing and publishing Content= items. Content mode is an inte= rface for the repository, that is the place in which eZ stores all the cont= ent.
This mode lets you navigate the Content tree and edit any content presen= t in it, as well as to move, copy and delete it. You can also create new co= ntent using the previously defined Content Types.
You can preview any Content within the tree, but the Content mode does n= ot allow you to edit a Content item directly from this preview.
Page mode allows = you to manage website pages and website content from the pages themselves. = It is only available for eZ Enterprise users. It can be enriched by eZ Serv= ices functionalities for users subscribed to them.
It allows front-end editing, that is modifying pages directly from their= preview. Using a special Timeline toolbar you can also preview and modify = the content of a page at a future date.
The Page mode offers a speci= al functionality of creating a Landing Page - a special kind of Content wit= h advanced customization options.
Performance mode gives access to optimization capabilities such as Analy= tics and cloud services management tools.
Admin= istration
You can restrict access to your website per User or User group. Each Use= r (or group) can be assigned Roles and Policies which define the operations= they can perform on the website. You can assign them globally or only to p= arts of the website, by applying Sections.
See Managing permiss= ions for more information.
Policies are basic elements of the permissions system. They are rules de= fining access to one functionality of one module (for example modifying art= icles), with possible further limitations.
See Managing permissions for more information.
Roles are an element of the permissions system. They are collections of = Policies assigned to a particular user Role (for example a sports section e= ditor).
See Managing permiss= ions for more information.
You can do it in the Admin Panel by selecting the Roles tab.
See Managing permissions for more information.
Sections can be used to divide your content tree into separate parts. Th= is is done for the purpose of limiting access to some of these parts for se= lected Users or User groups.
See Managing Sections for more information.
You can divide your Content tree into sections in the Admin Panel, see <= a href=3D"/display/USER/Managing+Sections">Managing Sections.
Then you can create Policies which concern only this Section.
Yes, every Content item can have multipl= e language versions. See Editing content language versions and Managing languages for more information= .
It is a collection of configuration settings provided when accessing a w= ebsite. A single site can have multiple siteaccesses which define the conte= nt and design of the page that will be displayed. This functionality can be= used for example to create separate versions of the website for visitors a= nd for administrators, or for different language versions.
See Siteaccess for more te= chnical information.
You can control the look of your website with great precision by creatin= g and applying Twig templates. You can also create custom layouts for Landi= ng Pages.
See Design for more technical = information.
Support
Technical documentation for Platform and Enterprise is available in: eZ Developer documentation.
You can find the technical documentation for eZ Publish 5.x (an earlier = version) in eZ Publish 5.x Developer Documentation.
To find more information about the company and products, have a look at = ez.no.
If you need more questions answered, have a look at our Support and Maintenance services.
If you would like to share your questions or ideas with other eZ users, = you can do it on:
- eZ Community portal.
- eZ Community Slack channel where you can disc= uss the software and ask for help or support.
If you would like to contact eZ or any of our offices, you can find the = contact information here.
eZ Platfo= rm
Product
You can download the current version of eZ Platform from: http://share.ez.no/downloads/downloads.
Here is a guide to installing eZ products (coverin= g both eZ Platform and eZ Enterprise).
Content= model
In the broad sense, content is everything that is placed on a site for t= he visitor to see.
In the narrow sense, a Content item is a single object used on a site. I= t can be, for example, an article, a photo gallery or a blog post. Technica= lly, a Content item is an instance of a Content Type (that is, it is a sing= le object created on the basis of a "blueprint" which is the Content Type).=
Content Types can be treated as templates or blueprints for Content. The= y define Fields and their Field Types which are then assigned values when a= Content item is created based on this Content Type.
Content Types are conceptually similar to classes in object-oriented pro= gramming.
A small set of ready-to-use Content Types is provided with the Demo Bundle.
Yes, you can adapt any Content Types provided in the Demo Bundle to your= needs. See Creating and managing Content Types for more information.
Yes, you can freely create any new Content Types. See Creating and managin= g Content Types for more information.
Field Types define type of data which can be stored in a Field. Field Ty= pes which make up Content are defined in the Content Type.
Field Type is conceptually similar to a data type in programming. Howeve= r, the available Field Types include both simple data types (for example in= teger or float numbers) and more complex structures (for example image, med= ia file or binary file).
Yes, you can create custom Field Types. However, this is not available f= rom the Admin Panel (like creating Content Types). Instead, they have to be= created using PHP.
Editing
You can create a new Content item in the Conte= nt mode by clicking Create. See Creating content for more information.
A Content item in itself does not have a place in the Content tree and i= s not visible for a visitor of the website. To take its place in the websit= e it has to be assigned a Location ID.
A single Content item can have more than one Location ID, that is, it wi= ll be shown in more than one place in the Content tree. A single Location, = however, can only have one Content item in it.
When you create a new Content item, it will automatically be given a Loc= ation ID and placed as a child of the Content item you were viewing when yo= u clicked Create.
You can limit the visibility of a Content item by hiding the Location it= is placed in. Hiding a Location also hides all other Locations that are un= der it in the content tree.
In Content mode you cannot edit Content while previewing it (this option= is available only in Enterprise).
You can preview your content while editing it = by clicking one of the icons under Preview in the action bar. See Optimizing content for more in= formation.
The Save function allows you to save the current workin= g copy into a draft to potentially reuse it later. The new version will not= be published and then not visible on the site or through the API as publis= hed content
The Publish function allows you to publish the final ve= rsion of the content object. As a result the working copy turns into a publ= ished version that is visible on the site and available through the API as = a publish content.
= eZ Enterprise Edition
Product
Yes, eZ Enterprise is based on eZ Platform and contains it with all of i= ts functionalities.
eZ Enterprise offers a number of additional features aside from what is = available in Platform. The key of them are:
- Easy creation of Landing Pages
- Intuitive Page mode editing
- Flex Workflow functionality for managing the review process
- Automated scheduling of the times when new content is aired on the page= .
Here is a guide to installing= eZ products (covering both eZ Platform and eZ Enterprise= ).
Editing
A Landing Page is a special kind of a Content item. It is a page designe= d to be the visitor's entry point into your website.
A Landing Page has a customizable layout with multiple zones where you c= an place predefined blocks with dynamic content.
You can create a new Landing Page in the Page = mode by clicking Create. See Creating content - Landing Page for m= ore information.
Here is the list= of predefined Landing Page blocks.
You also have the possibility of creating your own, custom blocks.
You can use the Schedule B= lock to select Content items and plan the times at which they will be d= isplayed on a Landing Page.
The Working with ti= meline lets you preview changes that will happen to your Landing Page w= ith time. Simply drag the slider at the top of the page to the time you wis= h to view.
You can use the Flex Workflow functionality to send your Content to revi= ew. You can access it from the Action bar in Content mode. See Content review workflow for = more information.