Layout of the eZ Publish Administration Interface
Tuesday 10 July 2007 2:00:00 am
The Administration Interface contains many elements, including multiple windows, interfaces and tabs. The six areas of the interface are: main menu, path, secondary (left) menu, main area, right area, and Search interface. The main menu is a collection of tabs located below the eZ Publish logo and the Search interface. The secondary / left menu and the main area display elements that belong to the selected tab. Each tab represents some subset of the Administration Interface. For example, the Content structure tab gives access to view and manage most of the content that is published on your site.
The secondary menu provides access to content and interfaces that are associated with the tab that was selected from the main menu. If your browser has JavaScript support enabled, the secondary menu of the first three tabs is shown as an interactive tree. The main area displays the actual content and interfaces that are associated with the selected node. This is where most of the work is done. When viewing content here, you will see a row of switches at the top that are used for toggling information windows on and off. If all switches are turned on at the same time, the windows will appear in the same order as the placement of the switches (left to right): Preview, Details, Translations (multilingual sites only), Locations and Relations. The Sub items window is always at the bottom.
Searching for content is done by entering text in the search field in the top-right corner. In eZ Publish, default search behaviour is case insensitive and matches exact words or phrases.
The context-sensitive pop-up menu contains functions that are specific to the item from which the menu was invoked.
Resources
- eZ Publish Content Management Basics
- eZ documentation site
- An Introduction to eZ Publish Concepts - first article from this series
- Creating Content Quickly and Easily with the eZ Publish Website Interface - second article from this series
- Formatting Text with the eZ Publish Online Editor - third article from this series