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