Introduction
1: Plone in Context
2: The Case Study
3: The Development Environment
4: Customization Basics
5: Developing a Site Strategy
6: Security and Workflow
7: Using Add-on Products
8: Creating a Custom Theme
9: Nine Core Concepts of Zope Programming

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Over the past few years, Plone has grown from "just another open-source Content Management System" into a platform from which many people make their living, with hundreds of service providers worldwide. Big and small businesses, NGOs and charities, governments and individuals, are building websites, intranets, and specialized applications on top of Plone with great success.

Spurred by advances in Python and Zope, along with increased media attention and credibility, Plone has steadily improved over the past few years. Plone 2.1 (released 2005) and Plone 2.5 (released 2006) were largely focused on incremental improvements and laying the foundations for future leaps in functionality. Now, with version 3.0, Plone is once again delivering innovative and exciting new features.

In this chapter, we will place Plone in the context of modern web application development. We will consider how Plone fits in with the ongoing evolution of Zope, and how Zope 3 and newer Python technologies are changing web development practices. We will consider when Plone may be a good choice for solving your web development problems, and we will discuss why and how you may want to become part of the Plone community.

Chapter 1: Plone in Context A Brief History Competition Plone-the-Application and Plone-the-Framework Additional Considerations when Deciding on Plone Licensing The Plone Community, and Why You Belong There Summary

Paperback 420 pages Released: September 2007 ISBN 1847191983 ISBN 13: 978-1-847191-98-4

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