Plone Content Management Essentials

cover of Plone Content Management EssentialsThis book is at least 6 years out of date. I do not recommend you purchase it!

Plone is open source technology for Web and content publishing, built on the Zope application server. Plone facilitates content creation, publication and retrieval within large and complex Web sites through built-in tools and a customizable (and highly usable) interface. This book is a hands-on guide for the Plone/Zope novice—its intended audience is the content manager or administrator who wishes to deploy such a system but has little knowledge of all things Plone/Zope. You can see an example chapter, Using Your New Plone Site to get a feel for the tone of the book.

  • ISBN 0672326876, © Sams 2004

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Plone and Content Management

  • Plone Basics
    • Underlying Architecture of Plone
    • When to Use Plone
    • Examples of Plone in Use
  • Why a Content Management System?
    • Features of a Content Management System
  • Anatomy of a Plone Site
    • Plone Slots
  • Troubleshooting
  • Summary

Chapter 2: Installing Plone

  • Plone User Roles
    • The Manager Role
    • The Member Role
    • Workflow Roles
  • Installation and Access Requirements
  • Obtaining Plone
  • Installing Plone
    • Installing on Windows
    • Installing on Mac OS X
    • Installing on Linux/UNIX
    • Upgrading Plone
  • Where Do We Go From Here?
  • Troubleshooting
  • Summary

Chapter 3: Using Your New Plone Site

  • Joining a Plone Site
    • Logging In
    • The Member Home Page
    • The Member Folder
    • User Preferences
    • Undo
  • Working with Content in Plone
    • Creating and Modifying Documents
    • Adding and Modifying Events and News
    • Adding and Editing Files
    • Adding and Editing Other Content Types
    • Publishing Content in Plone
    • Utilizing the Content Discussion Feature
  • Searching Content
    • Using Advanced Search
  • Troubleshooting
  • Summary

Chapter 4: Additional Plone Elements

  • Using the CMF Collective
  • Working with CMFBoard
    • Installing CMFBoard
    • Creating a CMFBoard Forum
    • Setting up ForumNBs
    • Adding Topics and Posts
    • Member Preferences for CMFBoard
    • Additional CMFBoard Information
  • Working with CMFMessage and CMFUserTrackTool
    • Installing CMFMessage and CMFUserTrackTool
    • Viewing the CMFMessage and CMFUserTrackTool Slots
    • Sending an Instant Message
    • Taking Action After Receiving an Instant Message
  • Working with CMFPhoto and CMFPhotoAlbum
    • Installing CMFPhoto and CMFPhotoAlbum
    • Creating a Photo Album with CMFPhotoAlbum
    • Adding Photos to a Photo Album
    • The End-User View of a Photo Album
  • Working with SimpleBlog
    • Installing SimpleBlog
    • Adding a Blog Folder
    • Adding a Blog Entry
    • Publishing Your Blog Entries
    • Additional SimpleBlog Configuration
  • Working with Wikis
    • Installing Zwiki
    • Wiki Basics
    • Working with Your Zwiki Wiki
  • Troubleshooting
  • Summary

Chapter 5: Customizing Plone

  • Working with Standard Slots
    • Changing the Location of Slots
    • Modifying the Visibility of Standard Slots
    • Making Slots Visible to Members Only
  • Creating and Maintaining Custom Slots
  • Customizing Tabs and Graphics
    • Changing the Tabs
    • Customizing Logos and Other Images
  • Internationalization and Localization of Your Plone Site
    • Localizing Your Plone Site
    • International Character Sets
  • Troubleshooting
  • Summary

Chapter 6: Creating and Implementing a Custom Skin

  • What’s a Skin
  • Elements of a Plone Skin
    • Preparing to Use a Custom Skin
  • Working with the Plone Base Properties File
  • Working with the Plone Style Sheet
    • Quick Style Sheet Primer
    • Structure of the Plone Style Sheet
  • Pulling it All Together
    • Defining Your Goals
    • Developing the Overall Site Architecture
    • Determining Your Navigational Elements
    • Developing the Look and Feel
    • Fitting the Pieces Together
    • Plone Customization Example
  • Troubleshooting
  • Summary

Chapter 7: Additional Content-Related Techniques

  • Working with Plone Page Templates
    • The Zope Template Language
    • Working with Existing Templates
  • Creating a New Plone Template
  • Implementing Content Syndication
    • How RSS Works
    • Syndicating a Plone Folder
  • Creating and Using New Content Types
    • Customizing the New Content Type
    • Other Methods for Adding Content Types
  • Troubleshooting
  • Summary

Chapter 8: Technical Administration

  • Basic Plone Administration
    • The Plone Setup Screen
  • Backing Up Your Plone Site
  • Caching Elements in Plone
    • ZODB Caching
    • Additional Cache Managers
  • Using Plone with Other Applications
    • Zope Virtual Hosts
    • Running Plone with Apache
    • Running Plone with Microsoft IIS
  • Troubleshooting
  • Summary

Appendix A: Using Python for Greater Customization

  • Getting Started with Python
    • Working with the Interpreter
    • Working with Strings
    • Working with Lists
    • Operator Overview
    • Basic Flow Control in Python
    • File Access with Python
    • Defining Your Own Functions and Modules in Python
  • What’s in the Standard Library?
  • More Information

Appendix B: Introduction to Zope and the ZMI

  • Fun with Application Servers
  • The Zope Framework
    • The Components of the Zope Framework
  • Zope and Objects
    • The Basics About Objects
  • Publishing and Managing Objects
  • The Zope Management Interface (ZMI)
    • The ZMI Navigator Frame
    • The ZMI Workspace Frame
    • The Status Frame
    • Working with Objects in the ZMI
    • Undoing Actions
    • Object History
  • Where to Find More Information

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