Deploying a website with eZ publish CMS

In this tutorial you will learn on how to use the Open Source content
management system eZ publish to set-up a typical small business site
where you need to customize the CMS system for the customer. This site
will include e-commerce functionality, PDF exports, a customized content
structure, RSS feeds to publish news and a WebDAV interface for simpler
document management.

The outline of the tutorial is:

Introduction
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The first section in the tutorial involves a small introduction to eZ
publish and the terms and concepts that it uses.

Installation
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Installation of the eZ publish CMS on a server by going over the basic
steps required to get a working installation. This includes discussing
various configuration options.

Customization
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Although eZ publish is very versatile in its default installation, there
is always the need to customize certain aspects of the system. You will
learn:

- How to create custom content classes
- How to build our content structure
- How to setup and configure templates for different content classes
- How to setup the e-commerce system
- How to add PDF document exports of your content
- How to manage user accounts
- How to set up RSS feeds for news, products and other content
- How to configure WebDAV for simpler management of documents and files

Conclusion
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At the end you'll get a small summary of all the
different things mentioned in the tutorial and of course plenty of time
to ask questions

Biography:
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Bård Farstad is the Software Development Manager of eZ systems. He has been 
working professionally with CMS development since 1999 and have written many 
general purpose libraries like XML parser, SOAP library (client/server), 
XML-RPC library (client/server). He is also one of the main developers in the 
eZ publish CMS. In his spare time he likes to play with his daughter, play 
the guitar and is also into aquascaping. You can reach Bård at bf@ez.no.