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May 23, 2010#

Using Custom PHP Functions in eZ Publish Templates

In a previous post, I discussed how to use standard PHP functions within eZ Publish Templates. This article demonstrates how to use custom functions instead using custom Template Operators.
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May 22, 2010#

Useful eZ Publish Links

Here are some links I’ve come back to quite a few times while developing eZ Publish based sites. Some of the things they tackle are incredibly useful and are hard to track down.
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May 9, 2010#

Preventing Issues between Dev, Stage and Live environments in eZ Publish

If you are reliant on node IDs in your code it can lead to issues when moving your code between your dev, stage and live environments. Since your live site will have content added much more often, node IDs will tend to be much higher on that compared to your dev and stage environments. It is possible to use other alternatives in your override.ini file and in your templates to prevent this from happening.
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May 1, 2010#

Useful Debugging in eZ Publish

There are lots of settings and helper functions which can really assist with debugging your eZ Publish site. Here are the key tips I use when I need to work through any issues. These involve making a number of changes to your ini settings to ensure debug/caching is set correctly when developing. One key thing though is to make sure any debug/cache settings you change must be reset when you move your site to production (if you need to check the logs on production, go into the var/logs directory in the root of eZ Publish).
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