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Attention

This document was written for an old version of Plone, Plone 3, and was last updated 1204 days ago.

To learn how to upgrade to the current version of Plone, read the upgrade manual.

Plone 3 User Manual

A User Manual for Plone content creators and managers.

  1. Introduction
    1. Conceptual Overview
    2. Visual Design of Plone Web Sites
    3. Plone User Accounts and Roles
    4. Logging In
    5. Setting Your Preferences
    6. Your Dashboard
  2. Adding Content
    1. Adding New Content
    2. Adding Folders
    3. What's in a Web Name?
    4. Adding Images
    5. Adding Pages
    6. Adding Files
    7. Adding Links
    8. Adding Events
    9. Adding News Items
    10. Setting Basic Properties
    11. Restricting Types in a Folder
    12. Preparing Images for the Web
  3. Managing Content
    1. Cutting, Copying and Pasting Items
    2. Editing Content
    3. Folder View
    4. Folder Contents
    5. Reordering Items
    6. Previous - Next Links
    7. Deleting Items
    8. Automatic Locking and Unlocking
    9. Versioning (Plone v3.0 - Plone v3.2)
    10. Versioning (Plone v3.3+)
    11. Working Copy
    12. Presentation Mode
  4. Collaboration and Workflow
    1. Basic Publication States
    2. Advanced Control
    3. Workflow Policies
    4. Collaboration through Sharing
  5. Using Collections
    1. Introduction to Collections
    2. Adding Collections
    3. Adjusting the Display Settings
    4. Definition of Criteria
    5. Setting the Sort Order
    6. Using and Understanding Dates
  6. Portlet Management
    1. Portlet Hierarchy
    2. Managing Portlets
    3. Portlet Types
  7. Next Steps
    1. Other Useful Basic Documentation
    2. From User to Site Administrator and Beyond

All content on one page (useful for printing, presentation mode etc.)

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About
  • Use with:
    • Plone 3
  • Relevant for:
    • End Users
  • Author: JoAnna Springsteen
  • Last modified: 1204 days ago.

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