The Plone Book

• Part One: Using Plone
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• What is Plone?
• What is a Content Management System?
• Why use a web based CMS?
• What is the Content Managment Framework?
• What is Zope?
• Why use Zope and Plone?
• What is Python?
• Who is this book aimed at?
• What version of Plone does this cover?
• Feedback
• Chapter 2: Installing Plone
• Requirements
• Server
• Client
• Downloading Plone
• Installing using the Windows Installer
• The Installer
• The Plone Controller
• Services
• Advanced
• Running Zope Manually
• Windows Installer Contents
• Installing using the Mac OSX Installer
• The Installer
• Mac OS X Installer Contents
• Installing on Linux
• Debian
• Red Hat/Mandrake/Suse
• Installing from source
• Requirements
• Getting the latest Plone
• Installation
• Adding a Plone Site
• Upgrading Plone on an existing installation
• Migrating from a pre 1.0 Alpha site
• Migrating from a pre 1.0 Beta3 (but later than alpha)
• Chapter 3: Using Plone
• Joining a Site
• Logging In
• Forgotten password
• Logging out
• Member Folders
• Setting User Preferences
• Adding and editing content
• What is a Document?
• Adding a document
• Editing a document
• Assign properties to a document
• Publishing your document
• Adding and editing other forms of content
• Image
• File
• Link
• Topic
• Folder
• News Item
• Discussing content
• Searching for content
• Part Two: Customizing Plone
• Chapter 4: The Workflow System
• Object States
• User Roles
• Transitions - Changing Object States
• Local Roles
• Publishing an object
• Reviewing objects
• Editing an object after it has been published
• Chapter 5: Configuring Plone
• The Zope Management Interface
• Layout of a Plone Site in the Management Interface
• Actions
• Actions in general
• Action Providers
• Portal actions (portal_actions)
• Portal Membership Tool (portal_membership)
• Portal Registration (portal_registration)
• Portal Discussion (portal_discussion)
• Portal Undo (portal_undo)
• Portal Syndication (portal_syndication)
• Portal Workflow (portal_workflow)
• Portal Setup (portal_properties)
• Slots
• About Slot
• Calendar Slot
• Events Slot
• Favorites Slot
• Login Slot
• Navigation Slot
• News Slot
• Related Slot
• Review Slot
• Writing your own Slot
• Navigation and Forms
• Syndication
• Chapter 6: Customizing Plone's Look and Feel
• A few basic concepts
• Skins
• Layers
• Changing the logo, a quick example
• Changing the logo, the explanation
• Customizing the rest of the site
• Style sheets
• Images
• Plone content
• Plone templates
• Making a totally new skin
• Example site
• Other configurations
• Tabs
• Example: Adding a tab on Plone.org for documentation
• Dates
• Plone's page rendering
• Chapter 7: Style Guide
• Plone HTML
• Plone Colours
• Plone Stylesheet
• Part Three: Developing Plone
• Chapter 8: Extending Plone
• Creating a new content type
• Repurposing existing content types
• Creating a new content type from an existing type
• Customizing this new content type
• Customizing the templates for this content type
• Overview
• Creating a new Zope Product
• Using Archetypes
• Plone's forms and navigation
• Portal form
• Portal navigation
• Diagnosing Security in Plone
• Chapter 9: Maintaining and Optimizing Plone
• Debug mode
• Simple optimizations)
• Using Apache's mod_proxy Caching for Static Content
• Whilst this is not the only approach, it does provide
• Increasing the ZODB Cache Size
• Caching slots
• Caching Pages
• Cache Managers for Plone
• Caching 404 Error Pages
• [1] ab is a benchmarking tool that comes with Apache and is a simple tool to stress test your site. More information is available here
• Packing Plone
• Backing up Plone
• When to back up
• What to back up
• How to back up
• Part Four: Plone products and add ons
• Chapter 10: Structured Text
• My header
• Subheading 1
• Subheading 3
• Appendices:
• Appendix A: Resources
• Websites
• Development
• Learning Resources
• Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions and Recipes
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Credits: Amr Malik intial FAQ's
• Static elements dont seem to cache... Why?
• What does "Allow discussion" mean?
• When I am running Zope2.6 and Plone I see this, "global name localzone is not defined"
• My Plone only stays up for a few hours or days on Linux, what could be the Problem?
• How do I relate articles to each other?
• What is Syndication?
• Are all of these interfaces done in XHTML/CSS/Javascript 1.3/TAL?
• Is the content accessible through WebDAV, FTP or Microsoft Web Folders?
• Where is the CMF FAQ Located?
• I would like to contribute to Plone, How can I get involved?
• Why is the Plone Controller causing ZoneAlarm (or other firewall) to raise a warning?
• What's this __getitem__ error?
• Recipes
• What version of Plone am I running?
• Where is Title and Description used? (mail templates and RSS feeds)
• How can I promote a member?
• Can I exist outside my Plone?
• Disable member joining
• Change the tabs for site navigation
• Authoring Links via WebDAV
• Make folders visible in left navbox
• Override slots in margins
• Fix cropping on Nav box root
• Why does the calendar only appear in the top folder?
• How can i get a listing of events, instead of a calendar?
• How do I turn off the About box for public viewers?
• I'd like my text full justified (or different font, font size, etc.)
• Appendix C: Commercial Plone
• Appendix D: About this book
• The Book's Role
• Book mechanics
• Documentation Process
• Scope and Users
• Readers roles
• Site User
• Site Manager
• Site Administrator
• Developer
• Editors
• Andy McKay
• Copyright and Licensing
• Glossary of Terms

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