The Definitive Guide to Plone (eBook)

The Definitive Guide to Plone, Second Edition has been completely updated to cover version 3 of Plone and its newest features. This book provides a complete and detailed overview of Plone. It is divided into three parts, which cover using, configuring, and developing and customizing Plone. After the coverage of Plone's features, the case studies in the final part of the book reveal the true power of Plone. These case studies demonstrate Plone's ability to handle all kinds of requirements, while retaining an easy-to-use interface for users. As when you're working with Plone itself, you can choose where to start in this book and how best to apply it to your own needs.

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• Fully covers content management with Plone in Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
• Shows how to configure, administer, and maintain Plone
• Details the development of custom applications with Plone
• Includes case studies that show how Plone is already being deployed across networks and businesses

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.

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When The Definitive Guide to Plone e first arrived on bookshelves in 2004, Plone 2. 0 had just been released and had little notable open source competition. The first edition of The Defi- tive Guide e provided a truly comprehensive overview of the features of this early version of Plone and brought many new users to Plone. It was a major landmark for Plone and for open source content management systems (CMSs) in general. In the intervening years, the open source CMS universe has expanded rapidly. There are now dozens of competing open source CMSs, from humble blogging platforms to flexible enterprise-capable systems. Through all of this, Plone has managed to innovate, expand its vibrant community, and remain a vital, fl- ible, and popular CMS. Since the publication of the first edition, the Plone community has produced a number of major revisions to the Plone CMS. Many new books have been published covering Plone from different perspectives (developers, administrators, and end users), but few have provided the comprehensive treatment provided by this book's first edition. Thankfully, Redomino, a successful Italian Plone consultancy, has updated The Definitive Guide e so that this landmark book remains-true to its title-definitive. This updated volume reflects the many changes to Plone's user interface, nomenclature, and infrastructure. Redomino has asked me to provide a brief overview of Plone's recent evolution from the perspective of someone involved directly in the development and release of Plone during this period of change.