Recent changes
Tuesday October 26 2010
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Allowing users to change frontpage layout New
In some cases it is not recommended to allow editors to change the layout of a frontpage. For this reason you are able to tailor the editors rights and permissions and as such limit their layout editing abilities. This f…
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Main story New
One of the blocks that will most likely be used most is the manual Main story-block. It is marked in red on the following front page example: To add this block, log in to the eZ Flow front-end editing interface and edit…
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x items New
These blocks permit you to show a specific amount of content, ranging from 1 to 5. To give you an idea of how this looks on the front page, the following screenshot shows a 2 item block marked in red. To add such a block…
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iPhone interface New
eZ Flow comes with an interface for users that want to access their portal web-site via an iPhone. This is an out-of-the-box enabled site-access that gives users an easy way of reading portal information updates on their…
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Block types New
eZ Flow contains a wide range of block types, each with their own specific purpose. Click on the types listed here for more information: Main story x items Video Item list Latest content Banner Tag Cloud Poll Feed reader…
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Block Management New
To add blocks, you must first log in to the eZ Flow front-end editing interface. Next click on the "Edit" button as as marked in red in the next screenshot: You will be redirected to the Editing interface which looks lik…
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Zones New
Zones By default, eZ Flow has five layouts configured and ready for use. The diagram below shows the selection interface with the pre-configured layouts. The Global zone layout is used to make a layout that is re-used on…
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eZ Flow Toolbar New
The eZ Flow Front page toolbar looks like this: The eZ icon in the left corner opens an info page regarding your eZ Flow installation. In the right corner the question mark icon ("?") will redirect you to eZ extensions d…
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Configuration New
This chapter contains information regarding the configuration of your eZ Flow installation. More specifically: Configuring the eZ Flow page layout and block system Allowing users to change frontpage layout Configuring th…
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Solr backend New
eZ Find uses the Open Source enterprise search server Solr, which runs on the Lucene Java search library. While the default search function in Exponential stores the search index in the database, Solr uses its own highly…
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Autocomplete Search New
To increase search usability, eZ Find 2.3 introduces the auto-complete search function. This feature provides users with a list of suggested search words once they have entered a minimum amount of letters from a word in…
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Customization (11403666) (4) Updated
This chapter contains information regarding the customization options for eZ Find 2.3, such as: Facets and drill down navigation Template fetch functions More Like This function Result templates Elevate components or "sp…
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Setting it up New
In order to activate the archiving function go to the following location: ...(root of your Exponential installation)/extension/ezfind/settings/ezfind.ini In your ezfind.ini enable Solr attribute storage like this: [Index…
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Using multi-core features Updated
As mentioned before, you are able to set up a single Solr instance, the backend engine of eZ Find, to serve multiple sites (it does not even matter if these are on the same box). Similar to a database, Solr is capable of…
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Index Time Boosting New
You have the option to specify boost factors during indexing. When the back-end calculates the relevancy scores, the boost factors are taken into account. This can be done in the [IndexBoost] section in your ezfind.ini.…
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Advanced Configuration (11403666) (4) Updated
This chapter contains information regarding the advanced configuration options for eZ Find 2.3. Index Time Boosting Adapting the Solr schema configuration Indexing and searching multiple sites Using multi-core features
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User registration New
The user registration mechanism provides a form that allows new users to register themselves on the system. It can be reached by pressing the "Register" button on the login page. In order to register, the user must fill…
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User registration New
The user registration mechanism provides a form that allows new users to register themselves on the system. It can be reached by pressing the "Register" button on the login page. In order to register, the user must fill…
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User registration New
The user registration mechanism provides a form that allows new users to register themselves on the system. It can be reached by pressing the "Register" button on the login page. In order to register, the user must fill…
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User registration New
The user registration mechanism provides a form that allows new users to register themselves on the system. It can be reached by pressing the "Register" button on the login page. In order to register, the user must fill…