Plone

Group 6Wilson LukWing Yeung ChumKeiwu Su

Agenda of Presentation

• What is Plone?• Main Features• Why Plone?• Demos• Summary

What is Plone?

• Content management system• Built on top of Zope• Written in Python• Open source• Technology neutral

Main Features

• Separates content from presentation• Intelligent search and indexing• Source control inherit from Zope• Built-in Security inherited from Zope• ArchGenXML (Auto Code Generation)• Many add-ons from www.plone.org

Main Features

• Built-in Security inherited from Zope

Main Features

• Source Control inherit from Zope

Main Features

• Photo Album

Why Plone?

• Easy to install– http://www.plone.org

• Easy to use• Open source• Extensible• “Official reason”

– http://oodt.jpl.nasa.gov/better-web-app.mov (why choose plone over J2EE, Ruby on Rails etc)

Accessing Plone

• Click on the plone icon

Then to Zope Management Interface…

Accessing Plone

• Then…

Why Plone?

• Easy to install– http://www.plone.org

• Easy to use• Open source• Extensible• “Official reason”

– http://oodt.jpl.nasa.gov/better-web-app.mov (why choose plone over J2EE, Ruby on Rails etc)

Demos

• Installation• Workflow control• Slot / Portlets• Template• External Script• Add-on Product (Code Auto

Generation)

Summary

• Plone is useful for …– small organizations that don’t employ a

full-time Webmaster can be one of the key beneficiaries of such a system.

• Plone is excellent for solving …– Websites that requires very frequent

updates, by multiple users

Summary Cont’d

• Plone is cool because …– Flexible and customizable

• Plone’s surprising features …– ArchGenXML (Auto code generation)