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How Easy Is It To Skin ezPublish

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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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eZ debug

Timing: Jan 19 2025 20:01:06
Script start
Timing: Jan 19 2025 20:01:06
Module start 'content'
Timing: Jan 19 2025 20:01:06
Module end 'content'
Timing: Jan 19 2025 20:01:06
Script end

Main resources:

Total runtime0.2059 sec
Peak memory usage2,048.0000 KB
Database Queries141

Timing points:

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Script start 0.00000.0091 589.0781180.8203
Module start 'content' 0.00910.0177 769.898497.9297
Module end 'content' 0.02680.1790 867.8281526.0781
Script end 0.2058  1,393.9063 

Time accumulators:

 Accumulator Duration (sec) Duration (%) Count Average (sec)
Ini load
Load cache0.00552.6749200.0003
Check MTime0.00221.0498200.0001
Mysql Total
Database connection0.00080.386110.0008
Mysqli_queries0.140968.43191410.0010
Looping result0.00130.64971390.0000
Template Total0.178686.710.1786
Template load0.00070.360910.0007
Template processing0.177886.384010.1778
Override
Cache load0.00050.260410.0005
Sytem overhead
Fetch class attribute can translate value0.00100.482810.0010
XML
Image XML parsing0.00030.134010.0003
General
dbfile0.01477.1203200.0007
String conversion0.00000.003230.0000
Note: percentages do not add up to 100% because some accumulators overlap

CSS/JS files loaded with "ezjscPacker" during request:

CacheTypePacklevelSourceFiles
CSS0extension/community/design/community/stylesheets/ext/jquery.autocomplete.css
extension/community_design/design/suncana/stylesheets/scrollbars.css
extension/community_design/design/suncana/stylesheets/tabs.css
extension/community_design/design/suncana/stylesheets/roadmap.css
extension/community_design/design/suncana/stylesheets/content.css
extension/community_design/design/suncana/stylesheets/star-rating.css
extension/community_design/design/suncana/stylesheets/syntax_and_custom_tags.css
extension/community_design/design/suncana/stylesheets/buttons.css
extension/community_design/design/suncana/stylesheets/tweetbox.css
extension/community_design/design/suncana/stylesheets/jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.css
extension/bcsmoothgallery/design/standard/stylesheets/magnific-popup.css
extension/sevenx/design/simple/stylesheets/star_rating.css
extension/sevenx/design/simple/stylesheets/libs/fontawesome/css/all.min.css
extension/sevenx/design/simple/stylesheets/main.v02.css
extension/sevenx/design/simple/stylesheets/main.v02.res.css
JS0extension/ezjscore/design/standard/lib/yui/3.17.2/build/yui/yui-min.js
extension/ezjscore/design/standard/javascript/jquery-3.7.0.min.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/jquery.ui.core.min.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/jquery.ui.widget.min.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/jquery.easing.1.3.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/jquery.ui.tabs.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/jquery.hoverIntent.min.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/jquery.popmenu.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/jScrollPane.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/jquery.mousewheel.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/jquery.cycle.all.js
extension/sevenx/design/simple/javascript/jquery.scrollTo.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/jquery.cookie.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/ezstarrating_jquery.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/jquery.initboxes.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/app.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/twitterwidget.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/community.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/roadmap.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/ez.js
extension/community_design/design/suncana/javascript/ezshareevents.js
extension/sevenx/design/simple/javascript/main.js

Templates used to render the page:

UsageRequested templateTemplateTemplate loadedEditOverride
1pagelayout.tpl<No override>extension/sevenx/design/simple/templates/pagelayout.tplEdit templateOverride template
 Number of times templates used: 1
 Number of unique templates used: 1

Time used to render debug report: 0.0001 secs