A short talk at Python Hsinchu User Group gathering on 2012/09/17. Plone is a long existing CMS (Content Management System) software in the Python world, and one of the most powerful. In short, a CMS runs a database storing contents that are added/edited by User/Group, managed via Workflow, and searchable with Index/Catalog. We will showcase Plone's existing features, demonstrating how it performs as a CMS product, also preview the coming technologies Plone will embrace.

1. Plone :
Evolving Python CMS
胡崇偉
marr.tw @ gmail.com

2. I Love Web
Do You?
Encouraging Everyone
to Think in a Way
Scalable and Collaborative

3. Common Ways to
Have Your Sites
1. Building Them with Frameworks
2. Running Them with CMSes

4. Existing Frameworks
Never Satisfy Me,
So I Create My Own…
強者如是說

5. Plone = Python based CMS
CMS = Contents in Database
Added/Edited by User/Group
Managed via Workflow
Searchable with Index/Catalog

6. Installation Options
1.Unified Installer
2./usr/bin/python
3.VirtualEnv

7. Content ID = URL
http://localhost:8080/mysite
http://mysite.com/my_folder/my_item
http://mysite.com/my_folder/my_item/view
http://mysite.com/my_item/edit
http://mysite.com/manage
http://mysite.com/@@manage-viewlets
http://www.sixfeetup.com/blog/10-reasons-why-plone-can-improve-your-seo

8. Solid Core
• Proven Migration Path
• Good approximation of
Security Track Records of
All Stack Components
http://plone.org/products/plone/security/overview

9. Undo, Transaction, Versioning
Python’s dynamic nature allows
developers to quickly develop applications,
avoiding the compile cycle and static
typing declarations required by other
languages. The ZODB offers a similar
benefit: developers who use the ZODB can
store their objects transparently without
any cumbersome mapping of objets to
relational database tables.

10. Default Content Types
Page Folder
News Item Collection
Event
Image
File
Link

11. Editing

12. Display

13. One Folder Different Display

14. News Item Listing #1

15. News Item Listing #2

16. More Than
Out-Of-The-Box Functionalities
Needed?
With a Little Help from My Friends

17. Python Building Blocks
Python Packages are distributed as Eggs
Python Package Index
http://pypi.python.org/
Example:
easy_install docutils
pip docutils

18. Extend Plone with Add-ons
Plone Addon (Product) =~ Python Package (Egg)

19. How Plone Add-ons Work
zc.buildout helps to install addons

20. CMS = Forms in Database
Form = Content Type

21. Form = CMS Core
Content Type = Schema
= Fields + Widgets

22. From Archetypes To Dexterity
Improved Content Type Building Framework

23. Dexterity Behaviors
Reusable components that can be
enabled on a per-type basis
through enumeration in the FTI.

24. Diazo : UI Design + Contents

25. Diazo Concept
http://www.diazo.org/

26. Diazo In Action
http://screenr.com/snt8

27. Considerations
1. ZODB: a Double-edged Knife
2. Positioned as Enterprise Grade
3. Resource Availability
4. Integration Issues