O'Reilly Open Source Convention - August 1-5, 2005

Tutorial
Plone Rapid Bootcamp
Joel Burton, Developer/ Board Chair, Plone Foundation

Track: Python
Date: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005
Time: 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Portland 253
Plone is a leading open source content management system used for managing internets, intranets, and extranets in many environments.

In this tutorial, Burton walks through creating a complete intranet or internet site using Plone, including:
- Understanding the advantages and strengths of Plone
- Creating new, structure content types
- Creating and deployment different workflows
- Scripting your site using Python
- Storing content in relational databases
- Useful add-on products for Plone for additional out-of-the-box functionality

No prior Plone experience is required. Some Python experience will be beneficial, but not required.