Zope/Plone

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Zope/Plone

• Open-Source Application Server/
• Content Management System

Steve McMahon Reid-McMahon, LLC
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Web Application Servers

• Platforms for serving dynamic web content
• Scripting/Markup language
• Database connection
• Sessioning support
• Form handling assistance

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Open Source Web App Servers

• PHP MySQL or PostgresSQL
• Apache Jakarta Tomcat (JSP)
• PerlMason
• Zope

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ZOPE Features

• Object Application Server
• Built-In Web Server
• Through The Web Management (TTWM)
• Fine-Grained Access Control
• Object Database
• Versatile Cataloging
• WebDAV / ftp
• Markup Languages DTML ZPT

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ZOPE Features, Continued

• Multiple Database Adapters
• Object-Oriented Extensibility
• Plug-In Products
• Runs on Windows, nix, BSD, OS X
• Pythons Killer App
• Open Source Zope Corporation

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Through-The-Web Management
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Zope Deployment

• Apache Front EndVirtual Hosts, SSL, Caching
• MySQL or PostgresSQL
• ZODB, RDBMS or File-System
• Load Balancing with ZEO

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App Server Dynamic Content Markup Strategies

• Interleave Code/Text/HTMLPHP, JSP, ASP,
  Masonlt bit o code gtltpgtInsert something here
  lt myvar gtlt/pgtlt bit more o code gt
• Tag-Based (block structured)Zope DTML, Cold
  Fusion ML
• XML ValidatingZope Page Templates (ZPT)

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Markup DTML

• ltdtml-in searchRes sorttitlegt
• lth1gtltdtml-var title html_quotegtlt/h1gt
• ltdivgt
• ltdtml-if bodygt
• ltdtml-var body fmtstructured_textgt
• ltdtml-elsegt
• No body here
• lt/dtml-ifgt
• lt/divgt
• lt/dtml-ingt

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Markup ZPT

• lttr talrepeatitem here/searchResgt
• lttd talcontentitem/titlegt
• Dynamic Content
• lttdgt
• ltdiv talconditionitem/body
• talreplaceitem/bodygt
• More Dynamic Content
• lt/divgt
• lt/tdgt
• lt/trgt

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Local Users

• Davis Community Network
• UCD
• Languages Literature
• Mathematics
• School of Medicine (Plone)
• Yolo Elections Office
• Sacramento River Portal Library
• Reid-McMahon, LLC
• DFM, DDBA

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Content Management Systems

• Separate Form and Content
• Support Diverse Document Types
• Support Information Architecture
• Full-Text Searching
• Meta Tag (e.g., Dublin Core) Cataloging
• Hierarchical Navigation
• Access Control
• Workflow Support

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Web CMS

• Through The Web Management (TTWM)
• WebDAV / FTP
• Document Conversion
• Often Oriented to Web Publishing
• Often Confused with Portals

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Open Source Web CMS

• PHP Nuke http//phpnuke.orgPHP, Apache
  mod_php, MySQL
• Bricolage http//bricolage.cc/PerlMason,
  Apache mod_perl, PostgresSQL
• Drupal http//www.drupal.org/PHP, SQL
• Midguard http//www.midgard-project.org/nix,
  PHP, Apache mod_php, MySQL

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Zope-Based

• Nuxeo CPS http//www.cps-project.org
• Silva http//www.infrae.nl/products/silva
• Plone http//www.plone.org

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The Plone Onion
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Zope Content Management Framework (CMF)

• CMS Toolkit
• Adds to Zope
• Membership System
• Workflow
• Dublin Core Metatags
• Automatic Cataloging
• Skinning
• A Few Skinnable Content Objects

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Plone CMS

• Zope CMF Skin Content Objects
• Polished, Standards-Based Interface
• Simplified Metadata (keywords)
• Publishing Workflow
• Standardized, Smart Forms
• Several Distributions
• I18n
• Ready to Go

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Plain-Old Plone
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Rockridge Institute (Example)
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Re-Skinned
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Zope/Plone Technologies

• ArcheTypes Rapid Class Development
• Epoz WYSIWYG Editor
• Restructured Text Simple Markup
• PortalTransformations MIME-based content
  transformation
• TextIndexNG Indexing w/ stemming, normalization,
  stop words, similarity/ proximity search,
  document converters

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Where to Get More Information

• ZUGOD http//www.zugod.org/
• http//www.zope.org/
• http//cmf.zope.org/
• http//plone.org/
• The Zope BookLetteier Pelletier (online in
  print)
• The Plone Book (online)
• Definitive Guide to Plone (print)
• Mailing Lists