questions before I take the plunge

Saturday 26 January 2008 2:16:43 am

Hello and welcome to the community,

<i>How easy is it to add custom php code to the out of the box system? I currently use a whole host of different things - some of which I've written myself and some which are scripts I've downloaded from elsewhere. Basic requirement is to be able to write a module kind of thing...</i>
You can plug into the system via extensions interface, and there you can do nearly anything you want, provided your new modules are requested the way that eZ Publish understands. There are tutorials available of how to create such extensions. It requires some knowledge and practice, but is definitely possible, especially for php/pear enthusiast ;)

<i>I'm also needing a download facility/module so that certain users are able to download posted documentation - same kind of thing as docman in joomla. Is this possible?</i>
I don't know joomla, but you can definitely store documents of various types as well as use the access control system to assign users to those resources. That's out of the box capability.

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