eZ Publish has a flexible content engine that serves as the core for dynamic and personalized websites. eZ Publish comes with much functionality out-of-the-box, but its power lies in its award-winning customization capabilities. User interaction and user-generated content is made easy with eZ Publish, enabling you to quickly build powerful, customized websites. With more than 180,000 installations to date, eZ Publish has become a reliable and trusted solution for many companies and organizations

eZ Publish is 100% Open Source, available either as a free download or as an enterprise solution “eZ Publish Enterprise” with support, guarantees and maintenance.

eZ Publish is extremely flexible and can be used to produce a variety of websites:

• Corporate websites
• Educational webpages
• Goverment webpages
• On-line newspapers
• Web Portals
• e-commerce solutions
• Document portals
• Comunity portals
• Internet / Externet solutions

Using eZ Publish

eZ Publish is feature-filled out of the box, ensuring that you can quickly put your content online. To edit and post new content, users simply need to sign in, and start creating with the multitude of tools and features available.

Editing interfaces

• WYSIWYG editor for word processor-like functionality in your browser
• WebDAV support
• OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Word importing and exporting
• multi-file upload

Multi-language

• all content in eZ Publish can be translated to multiple languages
• visitors can click flags to view translated content for the entire site
• content “diff” functionality shows added and removed text
• multiple, multilingual URLs can be created for each page

E-commerce

• product classes and datatypes show prices, multi-options, sizes, and more
• multi-currency support, custom payment gateways, and shipping handlers
• tax handling can be configured per product and per visitor location
• existing payment gateways connect to PayPal, Payex, Authorize.net ++

Versioning

• version rollback undos changes
• notification of changes for collaborative editing
• wiki-like functionality
• an automatic audit shows who made what changes and when to every page

Multimedia support

• store and display any video format
• define picture sizes and automatically generate thumbnails & picture galleries
• build complex page layouts and pre-plan publication schedules with eZ Flow
• any content can be re-purposed anywhere on the site

Enterprise search

• search the entire site or specific parts of the site
• use the extension eZ Find to index multiple eZ Publish and external sites
• provide tuneable relevancy rankings, multi-language searching, faceted searching with drill-down navigation, “more like this” links, and more

eZ Flow

• brings modern portal management possibilities to eZ Publish.
• enables editors to build complex page layouts and pre-plan the publication schedule to ensure a constant flow of rich content.
• editors can configure when content objects will be published, either by specifying a publication time for each object in the block or by configuring automatic rotation at specified intervals.
• supports video streaming

Managing and developing eZ Publish

To provide you with full control over your website, eZ Publish has many features that make it easy to manage both content and users. More than a basic CMS, eZ Publish is a content management platform based on a clear API that allows developers to customize and extend eZ Publish.

Content model

• tree-based node structure for intuitive site planning and management
• structure all types of content, from simple articles to complex data storage
• Web 2.0: tag clouds, blogs, forums, and polls are built-in features
• the template system enables content to be presented for print; web; e-mail; RSS; and mobile devices

Scalability and performance

• host hundreds of thousands of objects on a single server
• built-in cluster support, to scale up with your needs
• four-level caching system, from entire pages to specific parts of content
• run multiple sites with completely different designs and content from one installation

Search engine optimization

• automatic generation of URLs based on page content define custom URLs per page
• customize <title>, <meta>, and heading tags
• “alt” attributes are standard on all generated <img> tags
• automatically generate sitemaps, RSS feeds, tag clouds

Security

• multi-level, role-based permission system
• certified for use within the US Department of Defense for both classified and unclassified information
• SSL support for traffic encryption
• detailed audit logs for key system operations

Extensibility

• create new modules, datatypes, template operators, workflows, and more without changing the core code
• integrate eZ Publish with third-party applications, via a clear and well documented API
• existing integrations with Lotus Notes, LDAP, PayPal, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics AX, SAP, TinyERP, and Final Cut Server
• incorporation of eZ Components, an enterprise-ready, general-purpose PHP components library

eZ Publish users worldwide

Thousands of enterprises, governmental offices, organizations and educational institutions trust eZ Publish for running their web solutions.

A Selection of eZ Publish Users