Content publishing

The admin interface of eZ publish provide a full featured authoring zone including a preview functionality.

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The left menu

The left menu will display an Ajax based interactive tree containing the nodes that belong to the "Content" top level node. In addition, it also provides access to the trash. This tree menu behaves very much in the same way as the interface of a typical file browser. It allows the user to view and explore the depths of the content tree by expanding the different nodes. This can be done using the small +/- buttons that are located on the left hand side of the icons. A missing +/- means that a node does not have any children and thus it can not be explored

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The context sensitive popup menu can be accessed by clicking on the icon of a content object. This menu allow the followings actions; View the content Edit in a specific language Copy the content to another location Copy the content and it's sub tree to another location Move the content to another location Remove the content to trash Advanced / Swap with another node allow to exchange content Advanced / Hide allow to hide the content from any user in the frontend Advanced / Manage version allow to see version history or access to the content diff function to spot changes between 2 published versions. Add to my Bookmarks will create a link, for this user only, in the right side of the admin panel Add to my notification will trigger an email to the user any time the content is modified.

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The main area

The purpose of the main area is to display information about the currently selected node. The top (2) and the bottom (3) windows are always visible. While the top window displays the contents of the selected node, the bottom window shows the node's children. In other words, if there are any items below the selected node, they will be shown in the bottom window. (2) Information bar The information bar contains information about the version and the translation that is being viewed. The left part of this area reveals when the object was last modified along with a named link to the user who did the actual modification. (3) Object attributes The main area displays the object's attributes according to the order that is specified in the class definition.

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Details

The purpose of the details window is to provide additional information about the selected node and the object that it encapsulates. The following screenshot shows the details window.

Node and object details.

As the screenshot indicates, this window reveals the following information:

• The user who initially created the object.
• The exact date/time when the object was initially created.
• The section that the object belongs to.
• The number of versions that the object contains.
• The number of translations that the current version contains.
• The ID number of the node.
• The ID number of the object.

Locations

The purpose of the locations window is to reveal the different nodes (locations) that are associated with the object which is being viewed. In eZ Publish, each object is represented by at least one node within the tree. The currently selected node is displayed using bold characters. The following screenshot shows the locations window.

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As the screenshot indicates, the table reveals the following information for each location/node:

• The location itself (this is the actual node path).
• The number of items that are present below a certain node.
• The visibility of a node (visible, hidden, hidden by superior).
• Whether the node is the main node or not.

It is possible to add new and remove existing locations using the "Add locations" and the "Remove selected" buttons. The "Set main" button can be used to change the main node. The "Hide" and "Reveal" links can be used to alter the visibility state of a node. Clicking on "Hide" will hide the corresponding node along with its children.

Relations

The purpose of the relations window is to reveal information about objects that are either used by or use the object that is referenced by the object being viewed. In eZ Publish, any type of object can be connected to any other type of object. This feature is typically useful in situations when there is a need to bind and/or reuse information that is scattered around in the system. The following screenshot shows the relations window.

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The screenshot above reveals that the object being viewed makes use of two images and a gallery. In addition, the object itself is being used by an article called "Demo news #1".

Sub items

The primary purpose of this window is to reveal information about nodes that are located directly below the one which is being viewed. In addition, it allows the following functionality:

• Creation of new nodes.
• Removal of existing nodes.
• Editing of existing nodes.
• Configuration of the selected node's sorting settings.

It is also possible to access the popup menu described earlier by left-clicking the icons in the list. The following screenshot shows the sub items window.

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