The Definitive Guide to Plone

by Andy McKay

Overview

This unique guide to Plone covers everything from installing Plone (on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux) to writing code for the system. As part of the Apress library of Python programming and content management tools, The Definitive Guide to Plone is authored by a member of Plone's core development team, Andy McKay.

He emphasizes the customization of Plone and shows how to fully integrate Plone into an existing website and application. If you want to adopt Plone for some or all of its features, pick up this invaluable reference and start learning right away!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590593295
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	07/06/2004
Series:	Definitive Guide Series
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.
Pages:	584
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Andy McKay is a principal of Enfold Systems and an active contributor to a variety of Python-based open source projects. He is also a core developer of the Plone content management system. McKay maintains ZopeZen.org, a website dedicated to Zope-based applications and Zope extensions.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Installing Plone.- Adding and Editing Content in Plone.- Content Management Framework - An Introduction.- HTML Generation with Page Templates.- Customising the Look and Feel.- Workflow.- Security and Users.- Advanced Customisation Without Writing Code.- Integrating Plone and Key Add Ons.- Customising Content Types.- Writing a Product Using Python.- Writing a Product Using Archetypes.- Benchmarking and Optimizing Plone.- Appendix A: Zope - An Introduction.- Appendix B: Resources.- Appendix C: Plone Glossary.