Built-in Applications:  

With eZ Publish content management system, if it’s not included, it’s a free add-on when it comes to built-in applications. Extensions, as they are called in this system, are many and easily downloadable from the developer’s site.

This system lets you easily publish content such as files, photos and articles using the Website Toolbar – directly from your web browser. When you log in you will see the toolbar which will give you the option to publish, move, replace or even translate your content.

There is no HTML coding required when adding content – the rich text editor is WYSIWYG and offers the formatting functions you would see in a word processing app. You can also publish your content right from your word processing program using OpenOffice. This makes it possible for you to create content independent of internet access then upload the document using a client or the front-end of your site.

We can see why this style of interface might seem foreign to users of Drupal, Joomla! or the like – it looks different and doesn’t behave like a typical “dashboard”. But if what you want in a CMS is flexibility and expandability, eZ Publish really does offer it all as far as the many elements we’ve reviewed here.

Management:  

All the management elements in our side-by-side comparison are covered by eZ Publish – from advertising management to the workflow engine.

One of the things we loved most from this category was the upload capabilities – you can batch upload and also the system detects the type of content and creates web pages accordingly. You can upload many photos at once and store them in a gallery – the system automatically scales, formats and resizes photos according to their content type and destination. This is a huge time-saving feature.

The administration interface is comprehensive, offering content management and editing, site management, configuration, customization and development.

The workflow engine is a really amazing mechanism. It has a built-in collaboration system that allows an administrator to pre-define a sequence of actions to be performed in a specific order after an object is published.

The content model is also very unique – the content engine lets administrators create content definitions on graphical interfaces.
Content cross publishing and versioning and modification tracking are a couple of the other super-powerful and versatile elements that are sure to be useful to large companies with diverse offerings.