Commercial Use?

Friday 06 August 2004 7:58:58 pm

Hello World,

I have been searching the net, extensively, for a good CMS with all the features I find necessary to be useful. Alas, I found eZ Publish (ezp). I installed the open-source version of ezp and was able to get through all of the documentation with a clear understanding of the theory behind it all. However, once I attempted to go through the "Building" documentation in actual practice, I found that I was unable to get everything up and running as suggested.

I am using version 3.4 and am noticing that the documentation is quite inaccurate with this version. I understand that ezp is open-source software, and that documentation is the single most neglected aspect of any good software package in the open-source arena, but I am looking for a full software package that is well supported, so I can use it as a tool to provide our clients with a great solution. I don't want to guess at how to use the tool.

My company has already, by my recommendation, approved the purchase of the professional license, and has agreed to dedicate resources to learning, mastering, and extending ezp. I want this to be a beneficial acquisition for our company, our clients, and the ezp community at large. However, I need to be assured that there is proper documentation available at a commercial level. I need to be positive that along with the purchase of the professional license that absolutely everything in the ezp package has been well tested, optimized, and documented.

Can anyone on the ezp team give me some assurances to these concerns?
Does anyone know if the recently release book on ezp3 is up to date with the latest release?
Does anyone know of any third-party documentation, tutorials, or walkthroughs for ezp 3.4?
Will future versions of ezp require purchase of new documentation just to stay abreast of the changes?

Thank you all for any help you can provide.

Kindests,

Monday 09 August 2004 2:30:14 pm

Thank you very much for your reply. I just ordered the book.