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The examples in this book follow a sample project creating a digital newspaper website to meet the requirements of a fictional customer who wants to place commercial advertisements all over the site. The whole book is a comprehensive collection of recipes that elaborate a series of well known use cases. You will find an organized step-by-step procedure to accomplish each task followed by detailed explanations to better understand how and why each topic was undertaken, and many links to online references and other related sections in the book that can supplement the subject in question. You can read the whole book or just pick the recipes that are relevant for you; where necessary, cross references will help you understand the recipes even if you do not read them in sequential order.This book is for programmers who have some knowledge of Python, Plone, and Zope. If you want to develop feature-rich add-on products in Plone, this book is for you. It is aimed … More >>
Plone 3 Products Development Cookbook
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Learn to secure Web sites built on open source CMSsWeb sites built on Joomla!, WordPress, Drupal, or Plone face some unique security threats. If you’re responsible for one of them, this comprehensive security guide, the first of its kind, offers detailed guidance to help you prevent attacks, develop secure CMS-site operations, and restore your site if an attack does occur. You’ll learn a strong, foundational approach to CMS operations and security from an expert in the field.More and more Web sites are being built on open source CMSs, making them a popular target, thus making you vulnerable to new forms of attackThis is the first comprehensive guide focused on securing the most common CMS platforms: Joomla!, WordPress, Drupal, and PloneProvides the tools for integrating the Web site into business operations, building a security protocol, and developing a disaster recovery planCovers hosting, installation security issues, hardening servers again… More >>
CMS Security Handbook: The Comprehensive Guide for WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone
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Building robust, content-centric web applications with Plone 3, an open source Content Management System.
- Plone development fundamentals
- Customizing Plone
- Developing new functionality
- Real-world deployments
In Detail
Plone is an open-source content management framework, built on the top of the Zope application server and written in Python. As a ready-to-use Content Management System with a focus on usability, Plone makes it easy for content authors to create and edit web content.
Plone is also used by developers, as a framework for building content-centric web applications such as dynamic websites and intranets. This book focuses primarily on the developer-oriented aspect of Plone.
What you will learn from this book?
You will gain an in-depth understanding of the concepts that underpin successful Plone development, including:
- How to set up a suitable development environment
- The importance of automated testing of any code you write
- How to perform Plone customizations in a manageable, re-usable fashion
- Techniques for branding Plone and changing its look and feel
- How to safely install and manage third-party add-on components
- How to create your own content types
- How to create new forms and templates
- Ways of interacting with external relational databases
- Techniques for managing users and custom user metadata
- Using Plone’s new AJAX framework to build dynamic user interfaces
- How to set up Zope and Plone in a production environment
- How to connect to an LDAP/Active Directory repository for authentication
- How to configure a caching proxy to improve Plone’s performance
Throughout the chapters, there is an emphasis on demonstrating key concepts with practical examples. The reader should be able to borrow from the examples to get up and running quickly, but refer to the explanations provided to fully appreciate what is going on under the hood.
Approach
The book takes a pragmatic approach, building a realistic example application based on a case study. The code for this application is included with the book, and should serve as a useful starting point and source of examples for the reader.
Who this book is written for?
This book is aimed at developers who want to build content-centric web applications leveraging Plone’s proven user interface and flexible infrastructure.
Some familiarity with the Python programming language and basic web technologies such as HTML and CSS is assumed. Readers would also benefit from some prior experience with Zope or Plone, for example as site administrators or “power users”.
Professional Plone Development: Building robust, content-centric web applications with Plone 3, an open source Content Management System.
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Plone Content Management Essentials is a practical and thorough hands-on guide to using the powerful open-source content website publishing system, Plone. With this book as your guide, you will thoroughly understand how and when to utilize Plone, as well as how to install, configure and maintain a Plone-based website. You’ll also be able to download the latest Plone installation from our website so that you can apply what you learn in the book. No prior knowledge of Plone is required to learn from this book, but it will enhance what you takeaway.
Plone Content Management Essentials
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An in-depth and comprehensive guide to the Plone content management system.
- A comprehensive guide for Plone website administrators and developers
- Design, build, and manage content rich websites using Plone
- Extend Plone’s skins and content types
- Customize, secure, and optimize Plone websites
In Detail
Built on the powerful and popular Zope application server, Plone is widely believed to be the best and most powerful open source content management system. Many regard it as the equal of, or superior to, commercially available CMS.
Plone
Plone is an open source content management system built on the powerful object-oriented Zope application server. Easy to use, powerful, extensible, and well-supported by an extensive team of developers and contributors, Plone has quickly become one of the most popular open source content management servers.
Plone has support for internationalization, complies with accessibility and usability standards, can run on various platforms, and is highly extensible. Plone is ideal as an intranet and extranet server, document publishing system, portal server, and a groupware tool for collaboration between separately located entities.
Like any feature-rich, complex system, Plone can have a steep initial learning curve. This makes good documentation essential for both the beginner and expert alike. For users new to Plone, this book provides a structured pathway through set up and initial customization. Experienced Plone developers will learn how to leverage the full capability of this powerful application.
What you will learn from this book? Requiring only a working knowledge of Python and Zope, this book will help you gain a deep understanding of Plone.
The book covers all aspects of understanding, implementing, and extending Plone:
- Installing, running and managing Plone
- The design and architecture of Plone
- Managing users and permissions
- Managing and publishing content
- Using, extending, and writing Plone tools
- Customizing the layout of Plone websites
- Writing Plone products
- Using relational databases with Plone
- Integrating Plone websites with other websites and systems
- Optimizing, securing, and improving the performance of Plone websites
- Plone internationalization features
- Plone real world case studies.
This book gives you all the skills you need to become an accomplished Plone developer.
Approach
This book is a practical guide to Plone. It is written in a tutorial style, using examples and case studies to take you from the basics thorough to advanced Plone implementations.
Who this book is written for?
Requiring only a basic knowledge of Zope and Python, this book is valuable for both beginners and experienced Plone developers.
Building Websites with Plone: An in-depth and comprehensive guide to the Plone content management system.
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