eZ Platform
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eZ Platform Admin Interface | |
| Developer(s) | eZ Systems |
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| Stable release | 2016.04[1] / April 28, 2016 |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | PHP |
| Type | Content management system |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://ez.no/ |
eZ Platform (pronounced "easy platform") is an open source enterprise PHP content management system developed by the Norwegian company eZ Systems. eZ Platform is freely available under the GNU GPL version 2 license, as well as under proprietary licenses that include commercial support.
The initial version of eZ Platform was released on December 15, 2015.[2] The product is a fully functional Open Source CMS.
Origins of eZ Platform
eZ Platform is the successor to eZ Publish, an Open Source CMS in development since 1999. The previous iteration, eZ Publish 5, was a hybrid approach with old code as well as rewritten code.[3] eZ Platform drops all the legacy code from the software and transitioning to a complete new code base built on the Symfony2 Full Stack Framework.[4] The content repository core and user interface are rewritten, but retain the same concepts as the previous eZ Publish software.[5]
This allows the developer team to share components and documentation with the underlying framework, while adding functionalities such as content and media management. eZ Platform is one of many CMSs utilising Symfony PHP components.
Relation to the Symfony Framework
eZ Platform is built on the Full Stack Symfony PHP Framework. This means that existing Symfony extensions (Bundles) can be used to add functionality from existing applications built with the framework. eZ Platform itself is only a number of bundles standing ontop of Symfony to add features [6] such as:
- A Content Repository with multilingual capabilities and versioning
- A User Interface for managing the Content Repository
- A REST API for interacting with the Content Repository using JavaScript or other clients
- A Siteaccess configuration model for matching URLs to provide views to the repository
- User and permission management to control access into the repository
- Integrated Solr Search Engine for performance and search features[7]
Relation to eZ Studio
eZ Platform itself is Free Software, but it comes with an optional closed source software solution known as eZ Studio. eZ Studio adds fully integrated features and tools for content creation and landing page management including automated content scheduling, drag-and-drop blocks and in-page editing using the APIs provided by eZ Platform. eZ Studio is the commercial solution based on eZ Platform to simplify content management.[8]
External links
References
- ↑ "Introducing the 2016.04 Release of eZ Platform and eZ Studio". eZ Systems.
- ↑ "eZ Systems Reveals Major Web CMS Release". CMS Wire.
- ↑ "eZ Publish: The past, the present, and the future". Making Waves.
- ↑ "Symfony2 meets eZ Publish 5". Symfony.
- ↑ "eZ Platform Overview and comparison". Symfony-CMS.net.
- ↑ "What eZ Platform adds to Symfony". Symfony Finland.
- ↑ "eZ to launch enhanced search engine and recommendation service". The CMS Connection.
- ↑ "eZ Launches New Content Management Solutions, eZ Platform & eZ Studio". CMS Critic.