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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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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