The Definitive Guide to Plone,9781590593295

The Definitive Guide to Plone

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ISBN13: 9781590593295
ISBN10: 1590593294
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-06-30
Publisher(s): Springer-Verlag New York Inc
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Summary

The Definitive Guide to Plone is the authoritative, unique guide to Plone, describing everything from installing Plone (on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux) to writing code for the system. The book - part of Apress's library of Python programming and content management tools, and written by one of Plone's core development team- emphasizes the customization of Plone, and shows how to fully-integrate Plone into an existing Web site and application. If you want to adopt Plone for some or all of its features, this is the book to pick up and learn by.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
About the Author xi
About the Technical Reviewer xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Chapter 1 Introducing Plone 1(12)
What Is a Content Management System?
2(1)
Do You Want a Content Management System?
3(1)
Introducing Plone's Features
4(4)
Getting Involved in Plone's Development
8(1)
What Is Zope and the CMF?
8(1)
What Is python?
9(2)
About This Book
11(2)
Chapter 2 Installing Plone 13(20)
Installing Plone on Windows
14(7)
Installing Plone on Mac OS X, Unix, and Linux
21(4)
Installing from Source
25(3)
Configuring the Web Server
28(5)
Chapter 3 Adding and Editing Content 33(38)
Joining a Site
33(6)
Setting Up Your Folder and Preferences
39(2)
Adding and Editing Documents
41(14)
Adding and Editing Other Types of Content
55(6)
Organizing Content
61(4)
Discussing and Finding Content
65(4)
Example: Creating the Plone Book Web Site
69(2)
Chapter 4 Making Simple Customizations 71(34)
Administering Sites
71(10)
Customizing Plone's Look and Feel
81(24)
Chapter 5 Introducing Basic Plone Templating 105(28)
Understanding the Underlying Templating Machinery
105(7)
Using the Zope Page Templates System
112(7)
Understanding the Page Template Basic Syntax
119(14)
Chapter 6 Introducing Advanced Plone Templating and Scripting 133(40)
Understanding Advanced Plone Templating
133(15)
Scripting Plone with Python
148(10)
Useful Tips
158(4)
Using Forms
162(11)
Chapter 7 Customizing the Look and Feel of Plone 173(40)
Introducing Plone Skins
173(4)
Customizing Skins
177(21)
Making New Skins and Layers
198(8)
Case Study: Examining the NASA Skin
206(7)
Chapter 8 Managing Workflow 213(30)
What Is Workflow?
213(1)
Understanding Workflow in Plone
214(7)
Adding and Editing Workflow
221(12)
Common Tasks and Examples
233(10)
Chapter 9 Setting Up Security and Users 243(40)
Administering Users
243(9)
User Registration Tools
252(7)
Setting Permissions
259(8)
Scripting Users
267(10)
Integrating Plone with Other Services
277(6)
Chapter 10 Integrating with Other Systems 283(34)
Installing Plone Products
285(7)
Using a Different Web Server
292(11)
Integrating Plone with the File System
303(14)
Chapter 11 Manipulating and Categorizing Content Types 317(30)
An Overview of Content Types
318(13)
Searching and Categorizing Content
331(16)
Chapter 12 Writing a Product in python 347(40)
Writing a Custom Content Type
347(31)
Writing a Custom Tool
378(5)
Adding Some User Interface Elements
383(4)
Chapter 13 Developing with Archetypes 387(40)
Introducing Archetypes
388(24)
Developing with Archetypes
412(15)
Chapter 14 Administering and Scaling Plone 427(38)
Administering a Plone Site
427(6)
Improving Plone Performance
433(25)
Using Zope Enterprise Objects
458(7)
Appendix A Key Configurations and Some APIs 465(44)
Setting Up Your Environment
465(18)
Text Formatting Rules
483(14)
Miscellaneous
497(12)
Appendix B Code Listings 509(26)
Chapter 5
509(2)
Chapter 6
511(7)
Chapter 7
518(4)
Chapter 8
522(1)
Chapter 9
523(3)
Chapter 11
526(2)
Chapter 12
528(1)
Chapter 13
529(2)
Chapter 14
531(4)
Appendix C Glossary and Tools 535(10)
Tools
535(2)
Default Objects
537(1)
Glossary
537(8)
Index 545

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