[Rnb] Plone [was Re: website]

[Richard Smedley]

On Tuesday 27 February 2007 14:58, David Goodwin wrote:
> Plone's quite nice, at least from a users PoV - it's editor and support
> for workflows (e.g. content can't be published until it's been approved
> etc) are very good.

This is great for groups that want to get many people contributing, but to
keep some quality control :-)

It's certainly easier to use (for end users/content providers) than
most of its (PHP-based) rivals.

> Unfortunately there aren't many Plone developers 
> around (that I'm aware of) (requires: Python, Zope, CSS, (x)HTML and
> perhaps Javascript... I guess).

We do Plone, but we're currently lacking my ideal Plone staff
member (I think he's too successful to join us ;), so I'm doing 
it all ;^)

It takes a bit of getting used to, but is a very powerful framework.
To get started, get a recent version (development is rapid) - Debian
Etch has a good recent version. If you are new to CSS, that will be
the other thing you'll really want to learn (try one of the Meyer 
books) to change the stock appearance. Of course there are many
skins available ready-made.

Although our company is incorporated in Stourbridge, I'm mostly
working in the North West, where we have Plone user groups, and
developers such as Andy McKay, author of ``The Definitive Guide
to Plone'', on hand to help.

The W Mids Python group contains Plone users.

> ([plug]My company (http://www.palepurple.co.uk) does Plone hosting [/plug])

We do Plone sites for voluntary. community and education projects :-)

btw I went to a Plone 3 talk at FOSDEM on Sunday - it looks great.
Versioning control is being introduced, and any page with rich text 
automatically acquires wiki functionality. :-)

 - Richard

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