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Michelle McCarty

Thursday 27 October 2005 2:41:42 am

I am looking into using a CMS for a music artist site I am re-designing and I am considering eZPublish.

How easy is it to make a unique skin for eZPublish and do you have to be really code proficient. I have basic HTML knowledge and use Photoshop/Dreamweaver to create sites.

The site that is going to be redesigned has CD's for sale via another eTailer. Can I combine HTML and this CMS to develop the site?

Thanks

Łukasz Serwatka

Thursday 27 October 2005 3:15:48 am

Hi Michelle,

eZ publish layout is div based, this means that you can easily change layout using CSS techniques only. Good examples are in contribs section in Site Styles category so you can see what can be done without changing templates.

Quick examples:
http://ez.no/community/contribs/site_styles/ice

http://ez.no/community/contribs/site_styles/structural

http://ez.no/community/contribs/site_styles/hardwood_style

In article section is good tutorial how to create own site style.

http://ez.no/community/articles/build_table_less_css_layouts_with_ez_publish

eZ publish uses templates for content presentation, so you can define your own templates which are html/xhtml based.

Personal website -> http://serwatka.net
Blog (about eZ Publish) -> http://serwatka.net/blog

Michelle McCarty

Thursday 27 October 2005 3:35:21 am

Lukasz,

This is excellent information. Thank you very much for posting it. I think this will work for my needs.

roi danton

Sunday 19 February 2006 7:18:28 am

I like very much the eZ site-skin.

Can it be downloaded and used for own purposes?

If not,how and where exactly has the program to be modified, so the site looks exactly like the main eZ site?

André R.

Monday 20 February 2006 2:54:59 am

when skinning eZ you don't need to be an html expert, but you should have a good understanding of css.
If you want to use your own html, you'll have to make your own complete pagetemplate / design. Not recomended unless you have some special demands.

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