Quiqcorp updates to eZ Publish 4.3

We were keen to test out the latest version of eZ Publish on our own site the moment that it was available. eZ Publish stated:

eZ Publish 4.3 unleashes "a host of exciting new features, as well as numerous enhancements to classic eZ Publish favorites, make 4.3 the ideal solution for Enterprise Web Content Management! Read on to discover some of the exciting new facets of our award-winning platform: Discover eZ Publish 4.3 - The best gets even better!"

Under the hood:

- The New Administration Interface really improves the experience of editors and administrators.
The redesigned Administration Interface is a milestone for eZ Publish, significantly improving user experience application-wide, and boosting productivity. eZ Publish 4.3 sets the bar for ease-of-use and comfort!

- Introducing the Dashboard.
Get the hottest information from your content management platform, at a glance. The dashboard is the default landing space for users in the administration, providing access to the latest and greatest assets such as user drafts, pending items, and more. The Dashboard reunites all of a user’s important topics and management tasks.

- More space, less clicks, less reload in order to improve user experience, eZ has reshaped the Administration Interface along rigorous guidelines:
• to optimize the work space, streamlining the interface, and removing redundant or under-used items
• reducing the number of clicks to get things done,
• reduce the number of clicks to get things done,
• leverage Ajax technology to provide more dynamic features without requesting reloads of the full page

With the ever increasing complexity of web content, eZ Publish 4.3 comes to the rescue, offering a full-screen content edition mode, which immerses users in their content, increasing efficiency and ease.

- A More flexible interface for the Content Engine
The Content Engine is at the core of eZ Publish, allowing users to define their own content structures and content types in unbeatable time frames and without additional development. The new administration interface leverages the power of the content engine by simplifying the organization of content attributes into groups, according to your needs. Other improvements such as a tab based view of the content details or drag and drop reordering of sub-items contribute to an even better, simpler and more intuitive user experience.

- Unsurpassed User Generated Content
The Teamroom collaboration solution is a full-featured collaboration portal enabling users to share their information in an efficient and straight-forward manner. Already available as a standalone solution from eZ Systems, with eZ Publish 4.3, Teamroom is now fully-certified and supported as an eZ Publish extension. eZ Publish 4.3 provides a brand new User Generated Content module for advanced commenting by end users--the next step towards engaging users more successfully on your websites.

- Better control for best-of-breed User Comments
User Generated Content goes far beyond simple commenting. The new system includes user registration and subscription to push notification of activity on the commented items, self-edition of comments and full comment control, for a best-of-breed user comment feature on your websites.

- Fully extensible and customizable
The built-in setup of the User Comment system fits most use cases, however, the system is flexible enough for your most niche demands: add form fields, captcha, change role permissions, change templates--everything is customizable and extensible, in accordance with eZ Systems’ design philosophy.

- Teamroom, the Collaboration Solution, based on eZ Publish.
The Teamroom collaboration solution is a full-featured collaboration portal enabling users to share their information in an efficient and straight-forward manner. Already available as a standalone solution from eZ Systems, with eZ Publish 4.3, Teamroom is now fully-certified and supported as an eZ Publish extension.

• plan, manage and control projects and project teams
• build a knowledge base for your project made up of documents, discussions, blogs and any other relevant information
• optimize communication, in accordance with Enterprise 2.0 software best practices
• exchange and discuss relevant news and information
• plan milestones and tasks
• organize scheduled dates and events
• establish a project-oriented knowledge base / Wiki
• manage and archive discussions and news via message boards
• organize all your projects in a single, centralized location
• flexible, fully customizable permission options

... and other news and improvements
In addition to the main features discussed above, the reliability and quality of eZ Publish 4.3 has made significant strides beyond its predecessors. With eZ Publish 4.3, end users benefit from minor bug fixes, improved documentation, and testing:

• includes an updated eZ Find with better multi-lingual handling, facets, performance enhancements, powerful functions to be used in searching and filtering
• a new eZ Script Monitor bundled extension for background script processing
• updates to the eZ JS Core, eZ Multiupload, eZ Survey and LDAP login handler
• an updated iPhone Web application.

Looks good, handles better. Great improvements.