Can I create an "empty node"?

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Daniel Cruz	Thursday 15 July 2004 9:43:40 am eZ People, Hey all. I'm updating an old site that's going just a little bit dynamic and was wondering if there was an easier way to integrate static pages into eZ Publish than using eZ Sitecopier. I downloaded it today and, to be frank, the Read Me file's a bit beyond me. I was wondering if it's possible to create empty or blank nodes; that way I could use the old static pages as "custom" templates that would be published when the node is called up. Can I create a node that consists of just a "blank" or a space (as in one tap of the space bar key) without a title etc that appears on a webpage? Short of that is there a simplified install for eZ Sitecopier. I'm operating on Windows XP with the latest eZ Publish package install (3.4 I think). Thanks much. Cheers, Daniel Cruz
Alex Jones	Friday 16 July 2004 9:40:07 am Yes, you can have empty nodes. I have set up a couple of pages on one site that only display the content of their override templates. Alex Alex [ bald_technologist on the IRC channel (irc.freenode.net): #eZpublish ] <i>When in doubt, clear the cache.</i>
Daniel Cruz	Saturday 17 July 2004 7:32:36 am Alex, Ah, that's good to know. I figured it could be a pretty common request, but I haven't figured out how to pull it off. How'd you do it on your site? Thanks much. Cheers, Daniel Cruz
Alex Jones	Tuesday 20 July 2004 8:49:21 am The steps I use are as follows: 1. Create a copy of pagelayout.tpl with a new name 2. Modify the new pagelayout.tpl so it shows the static content 3. Create a new node (I tend to use folders, but you can use whatever you want) at the location I want the page to appear. 4. Set up an override for that specific node, using the new pagelayout.tpl 5. Reset the caches and navigate to that node to ensure the right template is used. Does this help? Alex Alex [ bald_technologist on the IRC channel (irc.freenode.net): #eZpublish ] <i>When in doubt, clear the cache.</i>

eZ debug

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Module start 'layout'
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Module start 'content'
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Module end 'content'
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Main resources:

Total runtime	1.1899 sec
Peak memory usage	4,096.0000 KB
Database Queries	60

Timing points:

Checkpoint	Start (sec)	Duration (sec)	Memory at start (KB)	Memory used (KB)
Script start	0.0000	0.0053	589.1563	152.6250
Module start 'layout'	0.0053	0.0024	741.7813	39.4453
Module start 'content'	0.0077	1.1801	781.2266	546.2344
Module end 'content'	1.1878	0.0021	1,327.4609	12.1641
Script end	1.1899		1,339.6250

Time accumulators:

Accumulator	Duration (sec)	Duration (%)	Count	Average (sec)
Ini load
Load cache	0.0032	0.2713	16	0.0002
Check MTime	0.0014	0.1138	16	0.0001
Mysql Total
Database connection	0.0008	0.0679	1	0.0008
Mysqli_queries	1.1321	95.1432	60	0.0189
Looping result	0.0006	0.0528	58	0.0000
Template Total	1.1614	97.6	2	0.5807
Template load	0.0022	0.1813	2	0.0011
Template processing	1.1592	97.4190	2	0.5796
Template load and register function	0.0002	0.0155	1	0.0002
states
state_id_array	0.0009	0.0788	1	0.0009
state_identifier_array	0.0018	0.1530	2	0.0009
Override
Cache load	0.0018	0.1486	28	0.0001
Sytem overhead
Fetch class attribute can translate value	0.0006	0.0523	2	0.0003
Fetch class attribute name	0.0010	0.0818	5	0.0002
XML
Image XML parsing	0.0006	0.0482	2	0.0003
class_abstraction
Instantiating content class attribute	0.0000	0.0014	6	0.0000
General
dbfile	0.0010	0.0820	16	0.0001
String conversion	0.0000	0.0007	4	0.0000
Note: percentages do not add up to 100% because some accumulators overlap

Templates used to render the page:

Usage	Requested template	Template	Template loaded
1	node/view/full.tpl	full/forum_topic.tpl	extension/sevenx/design/simple/override/templates/full/forum_topic.tpl
4	content/datatype/view/ezxmltext.tpl	<No override>	extension/community_design/design/suncana/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltext.tpl
7	content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/paragraph.tpl	<No override>	extension/ezwebin/design/ezwebin/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/paragraph.tpl
3	content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/line.tpl	<No override>	design/standard/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/line.tpl
2	content/datatype/view/ezimage.tpl	<No override>	extension/sevenx/design/simple/templates/content/datatype/view/ezimage.tpl
1	print_pagelayout.tpl	<No override>	extension/community/design/community/templates/print_pagelayout.tpl
Number of times templates used: 18 Number of unique templates used: 6

Time used to render debug report: 0.0002 secs