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Monday November 15 2010
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Search New
A simple search block can be added to search your Exponential content. Log in to the eZ Flow front-end editing interface to edit the front page. Select a zone and under Block select Search and click "add block". Give the…
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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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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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Video New
This block is designed to ensure an easy an optimal video display. To give you an idea of how this looks on the front page, a video block is marked in red in the following screenshot. To add such a block, log in to the e…
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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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Adding content to block New
Once the blocks are defined you are ready to add items. This can be done in two ways: either click the "Add item" button, which displays a window for browsing the content tree, or use the search interface on the upper le…
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Drag and Drop New
A simple but useful feature is provided which allows editors to click on the header of a block and drag and drop the blocks in order to reorganize the front page. Let's assume your front page looks like this: But you wan…
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Embedded video custom tag New
It can be useful to embed a video in an article on your website and with eZ Flow this can be done with the video custom tag. But note that embedding a video custom tag requires the Online Editor extension. To embed a vid…
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Push to Block New
To facilitate the editing of the front page layout, content can be pushed to an eZ Flow block in the front page directly from the content edit view. This can easily be done from the Administration Interface, as well as f…
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Related Objects New
The related objects view feature allows you to display the latest related content at the bottom of any published content. Any type of content can be listed as related content, varying from articles, to images and blog po…
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Usage (11403666) (4) Updated
This chapter will provide you with all the information needed to understand and use all eZ Flow features. Amongst other things, eZ Flow terms like zones , blocks , timeline preview and overflow are described and illustra…
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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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Timeline Preview New
Because the contents of an eZ Flow front page change over time, eZ Flow provides a time-line preview that enables you to view the visitor’s view of a front page at any point in time. To enable the time-line preview, clic…
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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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Allowing users to change frontpage layout New
In some cases it is not recommended to allow editors to change the layout of a front page. For this reason you are able to tailor the editors rights and permissions and as such limit their layout editing abilities. This…
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Fetch functions New
Four fetch functions are defined in the ezmedia module which can be used in templates: waiting valid archived valid_nodes waiting The fetch function has one parameter, block_id. This fetches the waiting items (items in t…
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iPod Touch and iPhone template New
eZ Flow includes templates tuned for mobile display. These templates are examples that show how you can display content on various devices. Displaying content on alternate devices is enabled via the Exponential siteacces…
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Video streaming configuration Updated
The video streaming functionality included in eZ Flow enables recording and streaming live video and playback of recorded videos. It works in conjunction with the Red5 streaming server. For installation information on Re…
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Defining block types Updated
A “block” is a section within a zone that contains a particular type of content. The content in blocks may be manually specified by a site editor (a “manual block”), may be automatically selected from a specific area in…
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Configuring the eZ Flow block system New
When setting up the block system in eZ Flow there are two main things you can configure. You can set up any number of page layouts and you can define any number of custom block types. By default eZ Flow comes with a "Fro…