Re: [OSCOM] CMS Choices --> link management

Sandro Zic <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.cms.oscom
Organization eZ systems
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi!

Michele Ann Jenkins wrote:
> (currently in FrontPage <ugh>) to a CMS and one feature that keeps
> coming up is link management. 

eZ publish got a powerful link management, the main features:

* URL Translator *

The URL translator is a very useful feature that let you write more 
browser friendly and user-friendly urls. You can rewrite system urls 
like content/view/full/42 to /services. You can also use the URL 
translator for forwarding an old url to its new location.

* Link checker *

Via cronjob or manually, you can check external links for validity. 
Links are automatically extracted from any content and placed in a 
separate list. That way, a link only needs to be modified at one place 
to propagate the changes to any content containing the link.

* Internal linking *

The forthcoming release 3.6.0 ships with an enhanced internal linking 
system. It allows to move around content objects which are linked from 
within content without breaking the link. Find more infos in the spec: 
http://www.ez.no/community/developer/specs/improved_related_objects
The related new version of the eZ publish Online Editor will provide a 
WYSIWYG GUI for simple editing of internal links.

> Any suggestions for something that includes most of the features below
> plus some form of link management? I've looked at Magnolia, Bricolage,
> Drupal, and a few others... I'm also interested in systems with easy
> import of legacy content, either in an XML format (I know Bric takes
> SOAP imports nicely) or something else to speed up the migration
> process.

SOAP in eZ publish? Yes, just like any cool CMS :)

A generic XML import extension is available as a community contribution: 
http://www.ez.no/community/contribs. Building your own import module is 
not a big thing if you know PHP.

Many more (not all) eZ publish features are listed here:
http://www.ez.no/ez_publish/documentation/general_information/what_is_ez_publish/the_main_key_features_of_ez_publish

Cheers!
Sandro

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