Learning eZ publish 3: Building Content Management Solutions--Leaders of the eZ publish community guide you through this complex and powerful PHP-based Content Management System [Paperback]

Paul Borgermans (Author), Tony Wood (Author), Paul Forsyth (Author), Martin Bauer (Author), Bjorn Dieding (Author), Ben Firt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 26, 2004

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. 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.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (May 26, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8182860016
• ISBN-13: 978-1904811015
• ASIN: 1904811019
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,611,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #36 in Books > Computers & Technology > Web Development > Content Management

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book: very technical, August 31, 2004

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Firebright (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Learning eZ publish 3: Building Content Management Solutions--Leaders of the eZ publish community guide you through this complex and powerful PHP-based Content Management System (Paperback)

With this book, our intrepid micro-publisher has sought to lay out an understanding of the complex content management system eZ Publish (www.eZ.no). eZ Publish is a very powerful php based CMS solution, and really does meet the requirements of an Enterprise CMS solution.

However, it has not been a very well documented project despite great efforts by the developers, especially for the more complex functionality.

This book addresses many of the things that are left wanted by the documentation, such as the modification of core classes. However, it oddly combines them with basic information like how to set up the system -- information which was almost out of date before the book was released.

Sadly, the book fails to go deep enough to satiate the demand of our more technical users while also failing to provide enough introductory material for beginners. This lack of clear audience focus plagues the book and lessens it's utility for real world developer or beginners.

This book is absolutely worth the money, if you've got a little php under your belt and you're looking to really buckle down and start developing eZ Publish sites. But if you're a beginner, or you don't have a solid understanding of php, you'll probably find this book to be over your head past the first chapter.

This publisher is coming out with a revised version which I am sure will address many of these issues, as they are one of the best computer book publishers to hit the scene since WROX. The fourthcoming Plone book by the same publisher looks like a good title, and the OpenCMS book by Packt Publishers is very good.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not good, February 10, 2009

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Jens C. Brynildsen (Oslo, Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Learning eZ publish 3: Building Content Management Solutions--Leaders of the eZ publish community guide you through this complex and powerful PHP-based Content Management System (Paperback)

This book was a real disappointment. Poorly written with bad examples. It actually convinced me NOT to use EZ as my CMS. I went with the ExpressionEngine CMS (EE) instead and I'm very happy I did. Much easier to learn and there's good books for it as well.