The Definitive Guide to Plone

Enjoyable to readit has plenty of cautionary notes, hints, and other bits of advice that keep the reader awake and interested.

— Samuel Sotillo, ZopeMag.com

This unique guide to Plone covers everything from installing Plone (on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux) to writing code for the system. As part of the Apress library of Python programming and content management tools, The Definitive Guide to Plone is authored by a member of Plone's core development team, Andy McKay.

He emphasizes the customization of Plone and shows how to fully integrate Plone into an existing website and application. If you want to adopt Plone for some or all of its features, pick up this invaluable reference and start learning right away!

About The Author
Andy McKay is a principal of Enfold Systems and an active contributor to a variety of Python-based open source projects. He is also a core developer of the Plone content management system. McKay maintains ZopeZen.org, a website dedicated to Zope-based applications and Zope extensions.

Reader Reviews
Though not without it's flaws this book is a very well organized and written walkthrough on using Plone from installation, to development and through to installation. It's clear the author knows a great deal about Plone and he knows how to convey it in a clear and concise manner. I find fault in the structure of a book for covering the how of a topic almost exclusively with no time given to talking about why we should be doing something. But few tech readers hold authors to that standard, so i really can't mark the book down for that. On a specific note I would have preferred if some of the graphics had been scaled down and overall normalized across the entire book, it's not something that detracts from the value of the book as a resource. So I can't mark it down for that. All of the core concepts are covered, page design, session management, security, customizations, even writing your own products. A singular resource for anyone developing on, or deploying Plone. Highly recommended.