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Content-types

How to create new content-types in Plone using the Archetypes framework.

  1. Introduction
    1. What is Archetypes?
    2. Archetypes schemas
    3. What is ATContentTypes?
  2. A Simple AT Product
    1. Introduction
    2. Product package layout
    3. The interfaces module
    4. The configuration module
    5. The startup module
    6. The content package and its modules
    7. Adding a custom view for the content
    8. Installing the product
    9. Basic integration tests
    10. Troubleshooting
  3. Fields
    1. Fields Reference
    2. Widgets Reference
    3. Validator Reference
  4. Other Useful Archetypes Features
    1. How to use events to hook the Archetypes creation process
  5. Appendix: Practicals
    1. How-To Extend A Basic Archetype Content Type
    2. Implement Archetypes ComputedField and ComputedWidget on your Product and reference other Fields
    3. Making the view page of a content type use your schemata declarations
    4. Enabling versioning on your custom content-types
    5. b-org: Creating content types the Plone 2.5 way
      1. Introduction
      2. A whirlwind tour of Zope 3
      3. Overview of b-org
      4. To Archetype or not to Archetype
      5. The extension story
      6. Filesystem organisation
      7. Interfaces
      8. Test-driven development
      9. Setup using GenericSetup
      10. Using membrane to provide membership behaviour
      11. Writing a custom PAS plug-in
      12. Placeful workflow
      13. Sending and handling events
      14. Annotations
      15. Zope 3 Views

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This document was contributed by Veda Williams, and last modified 59 days ago.

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