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. Requiring only a basic knowledge of Zope and Python, this book is valuable for both beginners and experienced Plone developers.
Author(s): Cameron Cooper
Publisher: Packt Pub Limited
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 416
Cover
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Introducing Plone
What Is Plone?
Plone Hierarchy
Operating System
Python
Zope
CMF
The Web
Content Management with Plone
Features
The Plone Community
Users
Developers
Plone License
Summary
Chapter 2: Installing and Running Plone
System Requirements
Server
Clients
Installing the Software
New Installations
Windows Installer
Mac Installer
Linux and BSD Packages
From Scratch
Running Plone
Linux and Unix
Command Line
Service
Windows
Plone Controller
Service
Mac OS X
Adding a Plone Site
Upgrading Plone
Troubleshooting
Different Ports
Permission Problems
Password Problems
Missing and Mixing Products
Dependencies
Zope Bugs
RedHat 9 Crashes
FreeBSD Segfaults
Installing on Other Unix-Like Systems
Summary
Chapter 3: Managing Plone
How to Get There
Server Name
Locating the Plone Web Interface
Locating the ZMI
The Plone Web Interface
Plone Control Panel
Add/Remove Products
Error Log
Mail Settings
Portal Settings
Skins
Users and Groups Administration
Zope Management Interface
ZMI Controls
Properties
form_properties
navigation_properties
navtree_properties
site_properties
Types
Actions
Skins
Workflow
Catalog
Form Controller
Users and Groups Tools
Content Type Registry
Factory Tool
Other Tools
Products
Summary
Chapter 4: Users and Permissions
Members
Joining a Plone Site
Managing Users
Member Workspaces
Deeper Usage
Special Cases
Advanced Member Management
How Members Are Implemented
User Properties
Permissions
Roles
Global Roles
Local Roles and the Sharing Tab
Groups
Managing Groups
By Group
By Member
Advanced Discussion: How Groups Are Implemented
Authentication
Integrating Plone with Other Authentication Systems
Extensible User Folder (XUF)
Simple User Folder
LDAPUserFolder
etcUserFolder
jcNTUserFolder
smbUserFolder
MySQLUserFolder
Summary
Chapter 5: Design and Architecture
On-Disk Structure
Zope Core
Location
Contents
Instances
Plone
The Three-Layer Architecture
Content
Presentation
Logic
Data Storage
Summary
Chapter 6: Developing on the File System
Why Products?
Products
Site Products
Install Scripts
CustomizationPolicies
SetupWidgets
Choosing an Install Method
Specific Customizations
Summary
Chapter 7: Layout Customization
Skins
Layers
Filesystem Directory View
Skins
Order of Discovery
Template Systems
Zope Page Templates
TALES
TAL
METAL
Empty Tags
Use of ZPT in Plone
DTML
Namespace
DTML Tags
Choosing the Right Template
Cascading Style Sheets
JavaScript
Portlets
Default Portlets
Navigation Tree
Login
Related
Workflow Review
News
Events
Recent
Calendar
Favorites
About
Creating a Portlet
Actions
Categories
TALES Condition Names
Using Actions
Action Icons
Forms and Navigation
Forms
Validators
Actions
Controller Scripts
A Typical FormController Operation
Accessibility
External Editing
Summary
Chapter 8: Customizing and Creating Content Types
Content Types
Customizing Content Types
Scriptable Types
Creating New Content Types
Creating New Content Types Using Python
Creating New Content Types Using Archetypes
Type Definition Through the Web
Adapting Existing Zope Products or Python Classes
Versioning
Summary
Chapter 9: Workflow and Publishing Content
The Workflow Tool
Customizing Workflows
Defining Workflows in Code
DCWorkflow API
Permissions
States
Transitions
Variables
Worklists
Scripts
Workflow Tool API
Example Workflow Definition
Summary
Chapter 10: Writing Plone Tools
A New Tool
Defining the Functionality
Implementing the Tool
Supporting Files
Adding Functionality
Using Existing Tools
Current Tool Structure
Summary
Chapter 11: Using Relational Database Management Systems
Z SQL Methods
Database Adapters
Composing SQL Statements
Z SQL Method Skin Files
Accessing Z SQL Methods
Simple Result Traversal and Pluggable Brains
Archetypes Storages
Summary
Chapter 12: Integration
Virtual Hosting
Virtual Hosting with Apache
Other Approaches
Cohabitation with Other Web Applications
Syndication
Using External Editors
FTP and WebDAV
ExternalEditor
File System Representation
File System Data
CMFExternalFile
LocalFS
Other Applications
Secured Mail Servers (ESMTP)
Web Services
REST
XML-RPC
SOAP
Summary
Chapter 13: Performance and Optimization
Caches
On the Server
ZODB
Z SQL Methods
RAM Cache Manager
Accelerated HTTP Cache Manager
Other Cache Managers
In Front of the Server
On the Client and In Between
Multiple Tiers
ZEO Debugging
Benchmarking
Profiling
Call Profiler
Page Template Profiler
Zope Profiler
Zope-Level Profiling
Python-Level Profiling
Python Profiling
An Optimization Sequence
Turn Off Debug Mode
Turn Up the ZODB Cache
Other Tricks
New or Upgraded Hardware
Caching
More Machines
Code Improvement
Python
Templates
Summary
Chapter 14: Securing Plone
Ensuring Security
Platform Security
Hardware
Operating System
System Software
Human Factors
Zope- and Plone-Specific Security
Specific Threats to Web Applications
Bad Input
Cross-Site Scripting
Passwords in the Clear
Denial of Service Attacks
Difficult or Impossible Tasks
SSL
Summary
Chapter 15: Internationalization
User Interface
The PlacelessTranslationService
PloneLanguageTool
The Translation Mechanism
Making Templates i18n Aware
Translation Files
Content
I18NLayer
I18NFolder
Other i18n Tools
Summary
Index
