Friday 23 September 2005 3:46:34 am

I've also never had a problem with installing eZ Publish on windows; all my dev environments are windows. If the environment is set up properly with the correct php/mysql/apache versions then it is a doddle.

I would just like to elaborate on the mambo versus ez publish comments. I have used mambo also, and granted it is easier at first, but if you want to do any customisation thereafter it is hell. They have html tags outputting within their core php classes and it is next to impossible to get the desired look and functionality. Mambo is good if you are happy with what you get out of the box - quite rare.

eZ Publish's templating mechanism on the other hand and the ability to create custom content classes leaves mambo dead in the water i'm afraid - there is simply no comparison.

for example: with mambo you cannot create a content hierarchy of your choice. It is always section-->category-->item. With ez publish you can create your structure as you wish thanks to the simplistic folder item (another content class itself). Another difference is that in mambo you cannot create custom content items - they are all the same and include title, intro, text. What if I want another content item called 'event' for instance? I would want start date, description, and end date amongsth others and would want it unpublished when the event finishes. With ez publish this takes a few minutes of configuration and a few easy templates to render it. Unpublishing content is as easy as using the workflow engine within the administration. With mambo however you cannot do this out of the box but would probably have to code a module.

These are just a few examples by the way - there are too many to mention. Persevere, and you shall be suitably impressed. I am just more and more amazed by the day with this product - it is simply outstanding in my book; from the way its been structurally coded to the amount of powerful configuration features you get out of the box.

So comparing it to mambo is simply unfair for the sterling product the ez boys have created IMHO!!

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