Build Python CMS The Plone Way

Build Python CMSThe

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胡崇偉 marrmarr.tw @ gmail.com

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Common Ways to Have Your Sites

1. Building Them with Frameworks2. Building Them with CMSes

You are here Your Website here

Please Guide Me …

Plone = Python based CMSCMS = Contents in Database

Added/Edited by User/Group Managed via Workflow Searchable with Index/Catalog

Forms in Database

or simply…

Installation Options

1. Unified Installer2. /usr/bin/python3. VirtualEnv

Quality Assurance

Solid Core• Proven Migration Path•Good approximation of

Security Track Records of All Stack Components

http://plone.org/products/plone/security/overview

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.

How Plone Database Interacts with Applications

Welcome to Plone College

•Announcement•About Us•People

http://mysite.ploud.com/

Default Content TypesPageNews ItemEventImageFileLink

FolderCollection• Announcement

• About Us• People

Editing a Page

• Title• Summary• Body Text

Sharing Setting

•Can Add•Can Edit•Can Review•Can View

One Folder Different Display

News Item Listing #1

News Item Listing #2

Content Rule

More ThanOut-Of-The-Box Functionalities

Needed?With a Little Help from My Friends

Python Building Blocks

Python Packages are distributed as Eggs

Python Package Indexhttp://pypi.python.org/

Example:easy_install docutils

pip docutils

How Plone Add-ons Workzc.buildout helps to install addons

Extend Plone with Add-ons

Plone Addon (Product) =~ Python Package (Egg)

Form = Content Type

Forms are Common in CMS

Form = CMS Core

Content Type = Schema = Fields + Widgets

ArcheTypes Content Framework

ATNewsItemSchema = \ ATCTSchema.copy() + Schema(( TextField('text‘, required = False, widget = RichWidget(label=‘Body Text’) ), ImageField(‘image‘, required = False, widget = ImageWidget(label=‘Lead Image’) ),

From Archetypes To Dexterity

Improved Content Type Building Framework

Fields and Widgets

Dexterity Behaviors

Reusable components that can beenabled on a per-type basis

through enumeration in the FTI.

Dexterity Behaviors Example

Reusable components that can beenabled on a per-type basis

through enumeration in the FTI.

Deco is Coming

Diazo : Theming Engine

Diazo Concept

http://www.diazo.org/

Diazo In Action

http://screenr.com/snt8

Plone API1. Portal2. Content

3. Users4. Groups

from plone import api

portal = api.portal.get()catalog =

api.portal.get_tool(name="portal_catalog")user = api.user.create(email='alice@plone.org')

SQL Integration1. Database Adapter + Z SQL Method• mysqldbda / psycopg

2. ORM (SQLAlchemy)• ContentMirror

3. Pickle• RelStorage

Considerations

1. Product vs Framework2. ZODB: a Double-edged Knife3. Positioned as Enterprise Grade4. Resource Availability5. Integration Issues

Create a website using the Plone CMS in less than 10 seconds. Free with basic features or pay to get more features and storage.

Try It – http://Ploud.com

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