Building Websites with Plone: An In-depth and Comprehensive Guide to the Plone content Management System

Book Description
Built on the powerful and popular Zope application server, Plone is regarded as one of the best and most powerful open source content management systems. Written by Plone expert Cameron Cooper, this book shows you how to use Plone to build fully customized websites easily and quickly. With this book, you will be in total control of the look and feel of your Plone websites, making them look exactly the way you want. This detailed guide to Plone takes you from the basics of installing and running Plone through advanced customization of its various features. It covers managing, customizing, and extending Plone both through the web and by coding on the file system. You will learn about: * Installing, running, and administrating Plone * The design and architecture of Plone * Managing users and permissions * Customizing the layout of Plone websites * Customizing and creating new content types * Publishing content and using workflow * Using relational databases with Plone * Writing Plone tools and Products * Integrating Plone with other applications * Optimizing and improving the performance of Plone websites * Securing Plone websites * Internationalization of Plone websites

From the Publisher
This comprehensive guide is for Plone website administrators and developers. Whether you are new to Plone, are already running Plone websites, or would like to be able to build custom Plone solutions, this is the book for you. With something for everyone, from complete beginners, to those with a working knowledge of Python and Zope, to seasoned experts, this book will help you gain a deep understanding of Plone.

About the Author
J. Cameron Cooper has been playing around on the web since there wasn't much of a web with which to play around. He was introduced to Zope right around the time it came out and quickly saw the light, but only after graduating from Rice University in 2002 (a few years too late for the dot-com boom) did he begin to make any money from it. He has followed the CMF and Plone for most of their lives, too, and built most of the groups interface for Plone, under the sponsorship of the Connexions Project [cnx.rice.edu], among other contributions. He lives in Houston, Texas and wears many hats.


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An in-depth and comprehensive guide for Plone website administrators and developers wanting to design, build, and manage content rich websites using Plone. Written by renowned Plone expert Cameron Cooper, this book explains how Plone works, shows how to use its many out-of-the-box features, and how this highly flexible system can be extended and customized. Cameron's deep understanding and fluid writing style make even the most complex aspects of Plone easy to understand. Beginners and experienced Plone users alike will find this book invaluable. The book assumes a basic knowledge of Zope.


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