From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia eZ Publish
eZ Publish
eZ Publish To support its commercial operations, eZ Systems has
Developer(s) eZ Systems a network of certified partner companies that perform
application implementations. Currently there are ap-
Stable release 4.6.0 / November 22, 2011 (2011-11-22)
proximately 200 partners worldwide.[6] The company it-
Operating system Cross-platform self employs about 90 people in Norway, Denmark,
France, United States, Germany and Japan.[7] The eZ com-
Platform PHP
munity, composed of programmers, designers and users
Type Content management system can be found at the eZ Community site.
License GNU General Public License
Website http://ez.no/ Functional range
The eZ Publish range of features includes professional
eZ Publish (pronounced "easy publish") is an open source and secure development of web applications. Functional
enterprise PHP content management system developed areas include content versioning, media library, role-
by the Norwegian company eZ Systems. eZ Publish is based rights management, mobile development,
freely available under the GNU GPL version 2 license, as sitemaps, search and printing.
well as under proprietary licenses that include commer- Additionally, the system includes extensions, which
cial support.[1] contain individual functions. This allows for the upgrad-
ing of components while preserving compatibility with
Areas of use customized parts.
eZ Publish supports the development of customized web
applications. Typical applications range from a personal Technology
homepage to a multilingual corporate website, which in- eZ Publish is written in PHP. The recommended web
clude role-based multi-user access, e-commerce func- server is Apache.[8] Some alternatives, such as Lighttpd,
tions and online communities.[2] Hiawatha, Cherokee, are fully functional and lightweight.
The software is widely used in web applications of The database abstraction layer enables the use of
varying type and size worldwide, among them MIT most common databases, i.e. MySQL, PostgreSQL, Mi-
(specifically the controller’s office),[3] Vogue magazine, crosoft SQL Server, and Oracle, without changes to the
the US Navy DASN and the Swiss public broadcasting or- core system, by using drivers.
ganisation Schweizer Fernsehen.[4] The software is cluster-ready and enforces the sepa-
ration of content and presentation via XML storage of all
Handling content.
eZ Publish features
eZ Publish is managed via a Web browser, and additional • User defined content classes and objects
local software is not necessary. It also features a rich-text • Role based permissions system
editor that allows formatting content similar to a word • Template engine
processor. This enables content editing and contribution • Version control
without HTML skills. Content management can also be • Workflow management and task system
done through the eZ Publish frontend. • Image conversion and scaling
• Database abstraction layer
Dual-licensing • Multi-lingual support, with Unicode
• libraries for XML, SOAP, localization and
The software is provided for free, and may be used and
internationalization
modified according to the GPL. In addition, paid profes-
• Search engine support
sional support is available with the eZ Publish Enterprise
Edition. Furthermore, a commercial license is also avail-
able,[5] granting the right to use eZ Publish under license eZ Components
conditions different from the GPL. [9]eZ Components is a library of standardized modules
for speeding up application development. It includes
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functions for compressing binary files, optimizing per-
formance through caching, connecting to several data-
References
bases, debugging, RSS, generating graphs for analysis, [1] eZ Publish 4 README [1]
converting images, supporting email and validating user [2] Kraemer, Kai, Web 2.0 for the Enterprise, 8.10.2006
input.[10] [3] The MIT controller’s office
In an effort to transition the development from a [4] eZ case studies
company-driven to a community-driven model, the [5] eZ Systems licensing
whole source of the eZ Components were donated to the [6] eZ Publish partners
Apache Software Foundation, relicensed from the BSD to [7] profile of eZ Systems
the Apache 2 license and renamed to Zeta Components. [8] http://ez.no/ezpublish/requirements
[11][12][13][14] [9] Interview with members of the eZ Systems board,
Extensions not available to download[15] 16/3/2006
[10] eZComponents
[11] Tobias Schlitt (January 14, 2008). "Status of Zeta
Examples Components". http://share.ez.no/blogs/ez/status-
Examples of websites based on eZ Publish as a CMS: of-zeta-components. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
• U.S Navy Acquisition[16] [12] Tobias Schlitt. "Goodbye eZ Components …
• Elle Magazine welcome Zeta Components!". http://share.ez.no/
• Vogue Australia blogs/ez/goodbye-ez-components-welcome-zeta-
• MIT VPF components. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
• Eurostar [13] Tobias Schlitt. "Proposal: Zeta Components".
• CNBC http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/
• Cosmopolitan ZetaComponentsProposal. Retrieved April 19,
• Oslo Stock Exchange 2010.
• Neustar [14] Kore Nordmann. "Where do the eZ Components
• ClubCorp go?". http://kore-nordmann.de/blog/
• DC Shoes 0095_ez_components_new_ways.html. Retrieved
April 19, 2010.
Further reading [15] [2] Extensions \n No extension download for now,
coming up soon!
• Fullone, Francesco; Francesco Trucchia (2009). eZ [16] http://share.ez.no/articles/ez-publish/us-
Publish 4: Enterprise Web Sites Step-by-Step. Packt department-of-defense-information-assurance-
Publishing. ISBN 1-904-81164-7. achieving-successful-ditscap-with-ez-publish-as-a-
• Bauer, Martin (2007). Managing eZ Publish Web Content platform
Management Projects: Strategies, best practices, and
techniques for implementing eZ publish open-source CMS
projects to delight your clients. Packt Publishing.
External links
ISBN 1-847-19172-X. • eZ Systems official homepage
• Borgermans, Paul; Tony Wood, Paul Forsyth, Martin • eZ Publish community portal
Bauer, Björn Dieding, Ben Firt (2004). Learning eZ • eZ Publish documentation
publish 3: Building Content Management Solutions. Packt • eZPedia
Publishing. ISBN 1-904-81101-9. • Zeta Components (formerly eZ Components)
• Aggregator feed of eZ experts blogs
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