eZ Publish

eZ publish is a web based application suite. It delivers functionality ranging from publishing of news, web logs and diaries, through web shop functionality like shopping carts and wishlists and forums to intranet functions like contact handling and bug reporting.

The software uses caching and other optimization techniques to speed up page serving. It handles users, user preferences and user tracking through a user database and both cookie-based and non-cookie sessions.

It supports statistics for page views, links followed and banner ads, both images and HTML with presentation logic.

The package lends itself easily to customization, from changing the look and feel by changing templates, localizing the languages and other internationalization issues to adding new functionality.

The target audience for eZ publish are e-commerce, ASP (Application Service Providers), BSP (Business Service Providers), news publishing, intranets, bug reporting, content management, discussion boards, FAQ and knowledge handling, file and image management, group ware, calendaring, polls, todo lists, appointments as well as personal web sites.

Features:

1. Advertising with statistics
2. Article publication and management
3. Bug handling and reporting
4. Calendar functionality for creating appointments and events
5. Contact handling for keeping track of people and businesses
6. File manager for keeping track of uploaded files
7. Moderated forums for discussions
8. Image manager for keeping track of uploaded images
9. Link manager which is used to categorize links
10. News feed importing, fetch news and headlines from other sites and
    incorporate them in your own
11. Poll module for creating user polls.
12. Session module for keeping track of users and their preferences
13. Statistics module for information about page views and visitors
14. To-do module for assigning tasks to people
15. Trade module which is an online shop, with shopping cart and
    wish list
16. User management for registering users, giving access to different
    groups to different parts of the site

e-Zest provides Installation, customization, Maintenance, Configuration and consulting services for ezpublish.