xrow/ezstudio

eZ Studio distribution

eZ Studio

What is eZ Studio ?

eZ Studio is a commercial CMS (Content Management System) software developed by eZ Systems AS and the eZ Community., _(*1)

eZ Studio derives from eZ Platform. It is composed of a set of bundles. eZ Studio, like Platform is built on top of the Symfony framework (Full Stack). It has been in development since 2014., _(*2)

How to get access to eZ Studio?

While this meta repository, ezstudio, is public to ease installation and upgrades, full access can be obtained in one of three ways: - Request an online demo on ezstudio.com - As a partner, download trial version from Partner Portal - As a customer with a eZ Enterprise subscription, full version from Service Portal. Or by setting up Composer Authentication Tokens for use in combination with this repository., _(*3)

eZ Studio vs. eZ Platform

eZ Studio is a distribution flavour of eZ Platform, the next generation CMS which uses the same Symfony based kernel as eZ Platform (formerly known also as eZ Publish 6). In short eZ Studio comes with new features and services that extend eZ Platform functionality for media industry, and team collaboration., _(*4)

Abstract:

• Very extensible You can extend the application and the content model in many ways
• Future & backwards compatible Strong BC policy on data as well as code
• Multi channel by design Strong focus on separation between ^semantic content & design
• Scalable Easily scale across multiple servers out of the box
• Future proof Architecture designed to allow even more content scalability and performance in the future
• Stable Built on experience in customizing and extending the highly flexible CMS solutions since early 2000, and in production since 2014
• Integration friendly Numerous events and signals to hook into for advanced workflow needs

Main packages:

• ezpublish-kernel (building on top of Symfony Framework):
  • Content Repository with a highly flexible content model exposed via a Public API.
    Out of the box powered by SQL Storage Engine using Doctrine DBAL, data cache implementation using Stash and binary file system handled by Flysystem. Improved Storage Engine planned, custom implementation for increased data scalability already possible.
  • Powerful (& extensible) Content Query engine, currently powered by SQL, soon Solr/ElasticSearch
  • Very high performance thanks to content & user aware HTTP ^"view" cache (now using)
  • Introduces concept of "web sites" allowing you to manage several within one installation
  • Allows to rapidly set up Contextual override of content display twig templates as well as controller based on Content type, section, and much more.
  • Helpers, services, events and signals allowing you to efficiently create everything from simple web sites to complex applications
• PlatformUIBundle: A modern, extensible "backend" UI for managing content & administering the site

Further information:

eZ Studio is a commercial software which adds advanced features for editorial teams and media companies, 100% built on top of eZ Platform APIs., _(*5)

• eZ Studio Architecture, including "Platform Stack"
• eZ Studio and eZ Platform RoadMap
• eZ Platform and Studio 2015 release plan
• eZ Platform and Studio beta versions
• eZ Systems AS (commercial products and services): ez.no
• eZ Community: share.ez.no

http://ez.no/Blog/What-to-Expect-from-eZ-Studio-and-eZ-Platform, _(*6)

Install and Upgrade

For installation & upgrade instructions, see INSTALL.md., _(*7)

Requirements

Full requirements can be found on the Requirements page., _(*8)

TL;DR: supported PHP versions are 5.5, 5.6 and 7.0 (for dev use), using mod_php or php-fpm, and either MySQL 5.5/5.6 or MariaDB 5.5/10.0., _(*9)

Issue tracker

Submitting bugs, improvements and stories is possible on https://jira.ez.no/browse/EZS. If you discover a security issue, please see how to responsibly report such issues on https://doc.ez.no/Security., _(*10)

Running BDD

For instruction on how to run the functional tests, see RUNNING_BEHAT.md., _(*11)

Backwards compatibility

eZ Platform aiming to be 100% content compatible with eZ Publish 5.x, 4.x and 3.x (introduced in 2002), meaning that content in those versions of the CMS can be upgraded using online documentation to eZ Platform., _(*12)

Unlike eZ Publish Platform 5.x, eZ Studio does not ship with eZ Publish Legacy (4.x). For Platform kernel use combined with legacy, eZ Publish Platform 5.4 is the most stable choice, offering support and maintenance updates until 2021. Alternative is releases of eZ Publish Community, latest as of Oct 2015 is v2014.11 found at ezpublish-community., _(*13)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1999-2015 eZ Systems AS. All rights reserved., _(*14)

LICENSE

http://ez.no/Products/About-our-Software/Licenses-and-agreements/eZ-Business-Use-License-Agreement-eZ-BUL-Version-2.1 eZ Business Use License Agreement eZ BUL Version 2.1, _(*15)