Plone Online Training: Short Overview of CMS’s and Plone
Quick Details
7technw.com will be offering this basic session often, twice a month or more as demand dictates. This session is a good way to get a quick introduction to what a CMS is, why it may be important to you, and how the Plone 3 is a great option among many. Learn the fundamentals of what Plone has to offer as a Content Management System. This basic course is for anyone interested in Plone, those looking for more detail on being effective and efficient with Plone from a users perspective, and for decision makers trying to understand how they might use Plone as a solution for some of their needs. This course will always be live so it is a good way to keep up do date with high level Plone features.
- Who should consider this training?
- There are two primary audiences for this training: Plone users and Decision makers. The value for Plone users is simple, for those completely new to Plone you will be given the basics of how plone works. For Decision Makers we will cover the basics of what a CMS IS, how it may be used, and what are the key features of Plone.
Please email us with any specific questions at training@7technw.com.
Dates
Important – If you are interested in this presentation but this or other scheduled dates/times would not work for you please email us at training@7technw.com.
12 February 2008
10:00AM – 12:00PM PST
- Instructor: Richard Amerman
- Richard has been involved in training and speaking for most of his life. He was originally on course towards an eduction degree but, as happens to many of us, was waylaid by technology. He has spent time as a Hang Gliding instructor, taught first aid, and CPR as well as various music related topics. In the past 12 years he has spoken and taught on technology topics throughout the Northwest. He now focuses on Plone and Asterisk. He spoke at the first Plone conference, helped organized the pre-conference trainings at the 2006 conference and has been presenting on Plone for the last 5 years. Most recently he was a speaker at the 2007 OSCON.
Location
This training will be held online using GoToWebinar.
Info on our Online Trainings
Pricing
$20
Requirements
There are no specific requirements for this training other than curiosity. You will need to have a reasonably fast internet connection and a decent machine to use GoToWebinar.
Additional Important Points
- This training is varied every time it is given. Factors that drive the differences include the make up of the attendees, changes to plone, questions proposed by attendees, and experiences from previous sessions.
Basic Training Outline
- Review of Web Usage Fundamentals
- What is a Content Management System?
- Content Management Options
- The Plone Technology Stack
- Example Plone Sites
- Tour of the Standard Plone User Interface
- The Basics of being a Logged In User
- Editing Content Through the Web
- Content Types
- Site Structure
- Workflow Overview
- Plone Site Management
- Having a Plone Site Built
- Plone Products
- Leveraging the Plone Community
- The Future of Plone
- Plone Training
- Questions
What the heck is a Plone?
“Plone is an open source content management system built on top of the Zope application server. Plone is free software and is designed to be extensible. It is suited for an internal website or may be used as a server on the Internet, playing such roles as a document publishing system and groupware collaboration tool.
Plone is released under the GNU General Public License. Major development is conducted periodically during special meetings called Plone Sprints. Additional functionality is added to Plone with Products, which may be distributed through the Plone website or otherwise. The Plone Foundation owns and protects all intellectual property and trademarks. Plone also has legal backing from the council of the Software Freedom Law Center.
The name Plone is an homage to the Warp Records band Plone, whose music is both simple and playful. The logo represents collaboration with three dots together in a group.”
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