1. MULTISITE
MANAGEMENT WITH
EZ PUBLISH
Jani Tarvainen / Exove

2. Agenda
 About Exove
 What multisite?
 Visual design for efficient multisite creation
 Responsive Design
 eZ Publish multisite features
 Advantages of a multisite installation
 Questions before starting development
 Single server vs. Multiserver
 Q /A

3. About Exove
 Established in 2006
 ~45 employees in Helsinki and Tallinn
 A one stop shop
 Technology
 Concept Development
 Graphic Design
 Web Development (LAMP platform)
 Content Management (eZ Publish, WordPress, Drupal)
 Custom Web Applications
 Mobile Applications

4. What multisite?
 Multiple websites running on a single eZ Publish
installation
 Sharing resources, guidelines and possibly
design
 Information architecture, visual and technical
aspects need to be considered

5. Visual design for efficient
multisite creation
 Work with a base design (grid)
 Global layout changes can be done more efficiently
in the future
 Define elements, styles, etc. that will be
common and which will be variable
 Always assume that you will have variable text
length, different items in the menu, etc.

6. Responsive Design
 A separate mobile site (www.example.com vs.
m.example.com for example) is not ideal
 The ideal way is to design a single set of
templates to work across all devices (Desktop,
Smartphone, Tablet, ???)
 Design phase must be done right
 Possible limitations with online advertisement

7. eZ Publish Multisite
features
 A single eZ Publish can run one or more sites
 Virtually unlimited number of sites
 Each site can have a distinct design
 In a multi language site
 Sites can share content and other resources or
be totally independent
 Using the built in permission system you can
define access in a flexible manner

8. Advantages of a multisite
installation
 Shared resources
 Common software resources are shared
 Less maintenance overhead
 A single installation
 Cost efficient replication of existing site setups
 Implementing a multisite ready installation does
not cost more than a single site installation

9. A few questions before
starting development
 How many sites will you have?
 Will you have language versions?
 Do you plan to have campaign sites, etc.
 Discuss with your vendor about the path
 Turning a single site installation to a multisite
installation may be costly
 Performance
 Estimate the performance requirements for all sites

10. Single or multiserver?
 We can run all our sites on a single installation, but
should we?
 It all depends…
 Splitting a service on to multiple servers is some
times ideal when you have
 A site with high loads, especially ones with peaks
 Lots of visitors from all over the world
 A multiserver setup complicates resource sharing
 Cost will rise

11. Q/A
 Thank you!
 Questions?
 Email: jani@exove.com
 Web: www.exove.com