Howto - put Google maps on your eZ site

1.  Download the gmapslocation extension
 
2.  Unpack it and follow the instructions in the readme.txt file.  You will need a google maps api key, which requires a google account and a domain name.
 
3.  In this instance, adding map info to fishing reports was the desired output.  A fishing report class was in place, based upon the [...]

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Howto - Create policies in eZ publish

The inspiration for this howto - the handy website toolbar with quick access to create and edit functions does not appear for a default editor login.  Why not?
 

 
Correcting this, and understanding policies, is primarily a case of understanding nomenclature, and knowing where to find the dialog boxes.
Accounts - every access to an eZ site requires [...]

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Excercising the template override system in eZ Publish

The problem.
 
Much of the ez flow design and layouts is simple to comprehend by comparing the visual layout of pages, zones, and blocks accessed from the user interface, and referencing these views back to the layouts in the admin gui.
 
The “Global zone” in a default 4.0.1 install is different.  Accessed from the “site map” in [...]

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RSS Feeds into eZ

In this particular case I am making a feed using google, plug the search terms into the url.
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=fishing+%2B+walleye+%2B+MO&ie=UTF-8&output=rss
This above when entered as a single line in a feed reader, creates a google news feed based upon the search “fishing + walleye + MO”. The three pieces of text surrounding the + signs in other [...]

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eZ API

Last night I started reading thru kernel code trying to figure out how eZ is put together. A very long term proposition given the extent of of the code base. But how else to grasp the nature of eZ Publish?
This AM, mostly by chance (a recent forum post on ez site that I [...]

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New content class in eZ

Remarkably simple, remarkably useful.
To create a new content class using eZ, it is simplest to start with a copy of an existing class. In this case, creating a “Fishing Report” class from the “Article” class.
Go to Setup->Classes->Content-> Make a copy of the “Article” content class by clicking the copy icon. It saves as [...]

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Drowning in information, searching for knowledge

A historical perspective of eZ publish and thoughts on 3D information.
This week, I found some nice articles regarding eZ publish on sitepoint.com. And oh so much more interesting, matched up the look and url structure of sitepoint, to a default eZ publish 3.9 install. Wonder which CMS provides the foundation for sitepoint?
Also noticed how [...]

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Playing with layouts - ez.no

 
From a base 4.0.1 install using eZ Flow..
Remove the Live video top level menu item.
In the admin interface..
Click the Folder for “Live Video”->Advanced->hide/unhide, it is a toggle.
Refresh the user view and note that Live Video has vanished from the website.
 
Now add a new top level menu item.
**Important, when creating new objects, the type is always [...]

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Baby steps with your new ez.no site and eZ flow extension

1.  Change the logo
a.  login to the admin interface (../ezflow_site_admin/)
b.  Design tab.
i.  ”Look and feel”, click that text
ii.  Click the “Edit” button for the ez-flow site
iii.  Edit <eZ Flow> [Template look], change the settings to suit, upload your logo. “Send for publishing” when finished.
2.  Change the background graphic.
../extension/ezflow/design/ezflow/images/page-bg.jpg
Notice that ezflow - the layout, is an [...]

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EZ.NO on Mediatemple

//fix the database, ez wants utf8, mediatemple help docs leave out the text after COLLATE causing SQL error
ALTER DATABASE `dbhere` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci
//create .htaccess with the below values, AcceptPathInfo may be redundant with url_fopen enabled
AddHandler php5-script .php
php_value allow_url_fopen 1
php_value date.timezone America/Chicago
AcceptPathInfo On

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