| |
| |
Jon Stahl, Martin Aspeli, David Convent, Darci Hanning, Ricardo Newbery, John DeStefano, Clayton Parker, Alex Clark, Veda Williams, Tom Conklin, Sam Knox, Steve McMahon, Matt Bowen
|
- Get a Plone-based website up and running quickly without dealing with code
- Beginner's guide with easy-to-follow instructions and screenshots
- Learn how to make the best use of Plone's out-of-the-box features
- Customize security, look-and-feel, and many other aspects of Plone
|
|
- Buy the book and eBook, save 85% on the eBook
- Buy 2 books, get 18% off
Available Now
|
Request a Review Copy
Send us feedback on this title
Ask a question about this title
Language English
Paperback 350 pages [191mm x 235mm]
Release date
Expected January 2009
ISBN 1847191789
ISBN 13 978-1-847191-78-6
Author(s)
Jon Stahl, Martin Aspeli, David Convent, Darci Hanning, Ricardo Newbery, John DeStefano, Clayton Parker, Alex Clark, Veda Williams, Tom Conklin, Sam Knox, Steve McMahon, Matt Bowen
Topics and Technologies
Content Management, Open Source, Web Development
The only Plone book aimed specifically at non-programmers, showing you how to build powerful Plone websites through its graphical web interface
Plone is a highly extensible content management system built on Zope application server, which is written in Python. But, you need to have good programming skills to design and develop Plone web applications. Does that mean you can't have a Plone website if you don't have good programming skills? Of course not! You can develop your Plone websites through a graphical interface where you don't need to fiddle with code.
This book will give you clear understanding of how to use Plone 3 to meet your content management needs. Starting from the basics, this book will walk you through the easy-to-use features of Plone and help you create a feature-rich website through its point-and-click feature.
A variety of authors have contributed chapters to this book in the hope that you, the reader, will get a good understanding of Plone and be able to use it effectively. This beginners' guide will introduce the great CMS and its features and then take you further in web development. The book will introduce you to Plone's advanced UI features and show you how to create such a UI platform for your website. You will learn how to manage the contents like web pages, news items, and so on. Working with custom portlets will help you enhance the web components for your site. Each chapter will show you how to add features to your site and develop its functionality. Each chapter can be read independently; you need not go through the previous one to continue further. You can pick and choose the topics depending on your interest and requirement.
- Meet the fully featured CMS and dive into its latest features
- Configure various parts of Plone's user interface and create an advanced UI platform for your website
- Create and manage content on your website, such as web pages, files, news items, and more
- Create users and groups; give them specific permissions to add, edit, and view content on your site
- Create and customize portlets on your website to enhance the web components; expand Plone’s functionality with add-on components
- Master Plone's powerful workflow and security system to have full control over the site's contents
- Build a site that reacts intelligently when users create and modify content, by setting up the content rules
- Customize your Plone template and get a new look and feel for your website
- Create new content types to capture information unique to your organization
- Deploy your site, configure caching, and connect to an LDAP/Active Directory repository
Part 1 – Background
1. Introduction – Jon Stahl
What is a CMS? What is Plone, and where did it come from?
2. Installing Plone – Steve McMahon
Learn how to get Plone up and running on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
3. A brief tour of Plone – Tom Conklin
Get an overview of Plone's user interface and key features.
Part 2 – I want to...
4. Create Web Pages – Sam Knox
Learn how to create and publish web pages with Plone's built-in visual editor.
5. Add News Items, Events, and Other Content – Tom Conklin
Learn about the other standard content types, such as news items, events, and files.
6. Structure the Content in My Site – Tom Conklin
Learn how to use folders and Collections to structure your content.
7. Safely Manage Different Versions of Content – Darci Hanning
Understand Plone's built-in versioning features.
8. Delegate Content Management to Multiple Users – Tom Conklin
Learn how to create users and groups and give them permissions over various parts of your site.
9. Manage Approvals and Other Workflow for My Content – Matt Bowen
Customize your security model by creating workflow.
10. Show Additional Information to Users and Site Visitors – Jon Stahl
Learn about Plone's Portlet features.
11. React to Changes in the Site Automatically – Alex Clark
Build intelligence into your content management with Content Rules.
12. Control My Site's Configuration in Detail – Alex Clark
Detailed explanations of the various Plone control panels.
Part 3 – Now that I've got the basics, I'd like to learn how to...
13. Set Up Repeatable Environments using Buildout – Clayton Parker
Set up a development environment with various debugging tools.
14. Find and Install Add-ons That Expand Plone's Functionality – Steve McMahon
Learn how to find and install add-on components that are freely available online.
15. Build Forms – Jon Stahl (with Steve McMahon)
Create web forms quickly and easily.
16. Create New Content Types – Matt Bowen
Create custom content types to capture and manage specific information.
17. Customize Aspects of Plone – Veda Williams
Learn how to customize Plone's various UI components.
18. Change the Look-and-Feel – David Convent
Create a custom theme for your site.
Part 4 – My boss wants me to...
19. Put My Site Live – Steve McMahon
Learn how to configure a live Plone server.
20. Make It Go Faster – Ricardo Newbery
Configure a web cache to make Plone faster.
21. Connect to our LDAP/Active Directory Repository – John DeStefano
Let your users log in with their existing usernames and passwords by connecting to an existing LDAP/Active Directory server.
In the major part of the book, you will learn by pointing and clicking on the options available in front of you. It includes easy-to-follow instructions and screenshots that will guide you through creating a powerful website. You will then move to an advanced level, where you will customize your already built site.
Each chapter stands alone and you need not go through all the chapters. You can pick and choose depending upon your requirements.
If you want to get a Plone site up and running quickly and don't want to get involved in programming, this book is for you. This book is aimed at beginners, who want to configure and customize Plone to meet their content management needs.
The book doesn't expect programming skills, although some knowledge of fundamental web concepts such as HTML and HTTP may be helpful. Some basic programming skills will be beneficial for the advanced topics.
Jon Stahl
Martin Aspeli
Martin Aspeli is an experienced Plone consultant and prolific Plone contributor. He served on the Framework Team for Plone 3.0, and is responsible for many new features, such as the improved portlets infrastructure and the “content rules” engine. He is also the current leader of the Plone Documentation Team, and has written a number of well-received tutorials available on plone.org.
David Convent
Darci Hanning
Ricardo Newbery
John DeStefano
Clayton Parker
Alex Clark
Veda Williams
Tom Conklin
Sam Knox
Steve McMahon
Matt Bowen
| |
|
