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Tom Ventresco	Friday 30 July 2004 7:05:08 am Hi, I usually lurk for a while but time is short. Install answer: Anyone having trouble installing on linux, I used an updated RD 7.2 system via yum and Apachetoolbox...ez publish via tar install. Easy as pie. My ez publish terms are not correct yet. Question 1: I use an apache mod called mod_layout to add html headers and footers to multiple web sites based on the directory the html file is served from, work sgreat. Do I need or can I still use mod_layout ? Why ? This server is for a k12 school system, each school has their own site, plus board of ed, alumni, others...I used a small table with drop down menus in the past. The menu merged itself into everypage served. I think with ez publish I would go with a simple imagemap added to the top of every page with navigation to base sites. For exmaple you are on the high school main site (home page) the main navigation is for the hs, but across the top a thin button bar sits with buttons like board of ed - Calendars - Transportation - Contact Us - Alumni - these buttons are all ez sites on the same server. Yes / No, bad idea go read some more ? Q2: Also I use a Perl based calendar called webcal found here http://bulldog.tzo.org/webcal/webcal.html Installed, configured, NEVER had to touch in 3 years. I need a multi user, multi calendar system where the calendars can be added to my ez publish sites ? Is Agenda 1.0 the way to go ? webcal has a new version called webcalng which looks to be a Perl/PHP mix. My teachers and admin love webcal and I would love to continue using it. But ez is growing on me quickly. question 3: I have a java applet scroller on a home page which scrolls the daily announcements loaded via text file. Very practical, everyone can get the morning and afternoon announcements if they miss them during the day. Any luck running java applets inside ez publish ? Thanks, please have mercy. Tom V.
Tom Ventresco	Saturday 31 July 2004 8:54:59 am Greetings, Updates... I scrapped my 7.2 server for a FedoraCore1 with upgrades. eZ tar install works fine. mod_layout need ---> Anyone using mod_layout, you can use eZ pub's toolbar to accomplish the same thing as headers. Also mod_layout seems to need apache 1.3.X not 2.0.x. Note I did not try to compile and DSO this mod. It might work, but I doubt it. On to calendars ;)
Davis Weddi	Saturday 31 July 2004 12:48:51 pm I hope am not disturbing. The last time I was here was last year. I am suprised there are so many developments with newer versions. However, I am not yet clear about this setup and installation process. I have downloaded and unzipped EZ. But then I was torn between uploading the files to my site so as to install and trying out the set up before uploading. Now tell me, which way? I decided to upload first and I do not know what to do next. I hope it is not a grave mistake. If I did then let someone advise. Anyay I am very new to this hole thing, I came to this stage through reading very many website.
Tom Ventresco	Sunday 01 August 2004 12:50:53 pm Hi Davis, Please keep in mind I am a complete noob to eZ publish. If I am understanding your question you have an existing webserver and you want to check out ez publish. Cool. You need a supported db running like MySQL I am assuming a LAMP install here. I would create a folder in the root of your web server ( mkdir /var/www/html/testcms ). Unpack the file for your system like tar -zxvf ezpub.tar.gz This process creates a folder in the folder you executed the tar program ie ezpublish-3.4.1 Open this folder \| select all the files and folders and copy them to your testcms folder. Now open your web browser and goto http://yourwebserver/testcms/ The setup process starts...correct pre-flight issues. One issue I have is pre-flight sees GD and not imagemagick which is clearly installed. I use convert all the time. Answer questions and the next time you access http://yourwebserver/testcms/index.php you will see your test site. My early issues. I ususally compile php and apache via Apachetoolbox. BUT this time I am using a FedoraCore1 RD system with everything installed via RPM and updated with apt-get. So I am using Apache 2.0.50, PHP 4.3.8, and MySQL 3.last release. There is an issue with RD installs - - > you need the phpcli binary to run the runcronjobs.php file... if you are using RedHat your php is most likely in PHP CGI mode. WHICH I understand is the way the PHP guys want it run. There is a hack on the forum which works for me... search for "phpcli workaround." Download the "Building an eZine site" pdf. Quite good. I also purchased the book. Complex. The guys in the forum going back and forth over CGI and CLI php are both contributors of this book. :) I tend to lean towards the "fix it" side. Now if you download the RPM complete installer it loads apache, php, and MySQL. I would not run this on an existing LAMP system. You will have two webservers running on port 80 amoung other issues. Like php being installed as a CGI and CLI and being two versions of php. The complete install downloads work well on a system that does NOT have PHP, Apache, and MySQL installed already. As stated on the ez.no web site Testing Only. BUT hey apache 1.3.28 could run forever :) The install paths are not standard. Good luck, Tom