The SitePoint PHP blog has a new tutorial posted today showing how to get eZ Publish 5.x to Work on Laravel Homestead, a virtual machine environment from the creators of the Laravel framework.

This article was initially going to be a quick tip on how to install eZ Publish on Homestead in just a few steps. However, after I saw how much effort it took to get it up and working from scratch on a Vagrant box hosted on Windows, I decided to make it into a full article. I suffered, so you don’t have to.

He starts with a bit of an aside about "Vagrant-friendly applications and encourages developers to try to adopt a Vagrant-first approach to getting their systems working across multiple environments. From there he gets into the main part of the tutorial, showing you how to:

• Install "Homestead Improved"
• Set up and configure a new site
• Install dependencies and the latest version of eZ Publish
• Fix a few issues on installation and "hack the guts" to make some things
• Change some configuration settings to make the install work correctly
• Go through the installer to set up the application (and database)
• Change the web server configuration to remove the need for "index.php"

Screenshots and commands/code needed to make the updates are all included in the post.

In this new post from Anson Cheung, he shows you a way to easily create nodes in an eZ Publish-based application, importing content, XML and files/files.

Node creation in eZ Publish by using PHP is not well documented. However, when you encounter a large number of contents need to be insert periodically. You would ask is there any way to automate the content insert function with script in eZ Publish??? Any here I am going to summarize the way to achieve.

He includes the code examples showing how to:

• Set the creator
• Import generic content and attaching it to a parent node
• Importing some XML content
• Adding an image or file record that points to a local file

Sandro Groganz has posted his review of the recent Packt Publishing release Managing eZ Publish Web Content Management Projects.

Wise man are rare, but they exist and one of them is happy to share his wisdom with all tense CMS consultants and project managers to help them relax. [...] In fact, this book is a tremendous work of reference for any kind of CMS project, be it eZ Publish or not, proprietary or Open Source. Only two of 13 chapters actually deal with eZ Publish specifics.

He covers the contents of the book - code examples, howtos, training, risk management - and its unique combination of tips and tricks with quotes from experienced managers.

Sandro Groganz has posted his review of the recent Packt Publishing release Managing eZ Publish Web Content Management Projects.

Wise man are rare, but they exist and one of them is happy to share his wisdom with all tense CMS consultants and project managers to help them relax. [...] In fact, this book is a tremendous work of reference for any kind of CMS project, be it eZ Publish or not, proprietary or Open Source. Only two of 13 chapters actually deal with eZ Publish specifics.

He covers the contents of the book - code examples, howtos, training, risk management - and its unique combination of tips and tricks with quotes from experienced managers.

The eZ development group has officially announced the release of the latest versions of two of their software utilities - eZ Publish version 4.0.0 and eZ Flow 1.0.

We are pleased to announce the first stable releases of eZ Publish 4.0.0 and eZ Flow 1.0. These releases add considerable value to eZ Publish and benefit the entire eZ Ecosystem. eZ Publish 4 signifies our commitment to provide a sustainable platform for delivering Enterprise Content Management Solutions, while eZ Flow enables media companies to engage visitors with rich, dynamic multimedia content, providing an easy-to-use interface for non-technical editors.

They spotlight some of the new features for each including complete php5 compatibility, performance improvements, and an easier to use GUI for eZ Flow. Check out the official release announcement for full details and links to the new downloads.

The eZ development group has officially announced the release of the latest versions of two of their software utilities - eZ Publish version 4.0.0 and eZ Flow 1.0.

We are pleased to announce the first stable releases of eZ Publish 4.0.0 and eZ Flow 1.0. These releases add considerable value to eZ Publish and benefit the entire eZ Ecosystem. eZ Publish 4 signifies our commitment to provide a sustainable platform for delivering Enterprise Content Management Solutions, while eZ Flow enables media companies to engage visitors with rich, dynamic multimedia content, providing an easy-to-use interface for non-technical editors.

They spotlight some of the new features for each including complete php5 compatibility, performance improvements, and an easier to use GUI for eZ Flow. Check out the official release announcement for full details and links to the new downloads.

Knut Urdalen has written up a book review of a new release from the Packt Publishing folks - "Managing eZ Publish Web Content Management Projects" by Matrin Bauer.

I just went through it and this is the first book ever written about managing content management projects in general and using eZ Publish in particular. There's a lot of technical documentation and end user documentation about eZ Publish, but there has not been any documentation for project managers besides the more general project management literature.

He talks about the contents of the book - information on the phases of a project life cycle - and the level of technical knowledge that's required to understand it. He condones the book and recommends it specifically to project managers looking to get a bit more insight into what's happening with their eZ Publish projects.

Knut Urdalen has written up a book review of a new release from the Packt Publishing folks - "Managing eZ Publish Web Content Management Projects" by Matrin Bauer.

I just went through it and this is the first book ever written about managing content management projects in general and using eZ Publish in particular. There's a lot of technical documentation and end user documentation about eZ Publish, but there has not been any documentation for project managers besides the more general project management literature.

He talks about the contents of the book - information on the phases of a project life cycle - and the level of technical knowledge that's required to understand it. He condones the book and recommends it specifically to project managers looking to get a bit more insight into what's happening with their eZ Publish projects.

Thomas submitted a story to us today about an award that the eZ Systems group (developers of the eZ Components framework among other things) has received for the second time - the Web Idol Award (2007).

Five software vendors got six minutes each to show their CMS solution to an audience comprised of the conference attendees. After the demonstrations, a panel of judges commented on the presentation. The audience voted eZ Publish as the best CMS solution, and eZ Flow as having the most appealing first impression.

The show was hosted by Teresa Regli and the judges included Erik Hartman, James Robertson and Tony Byrne, founder and editor of CMSWatch.

You can find out more about eZ Systems on their website including more information about the company being awarded this honor.

Thomas submitted a story to us today about an award that the eZ Systems group (developers of the eZ Components framework among other things) has received for the second time - the Web Idol Award (2007).

Five software vendors got six minutes each to show their CMS solution to an audience comprised of the conference attendees. After the demonstrations, a panel of judges commented on the presentation. The audience voted eZ Publish as the best CMS solution, and eZ Flow as having the most appealing first impression.

The show was hosted by Teresa Regli and the judges included Erik Hartman, James Robertson and Tony Byrne, founder and editor of CMSWatch.

You can find out more about eZ Systems on their website including more information about the company being awarded this honor.