Documentation — Plone CMS: Open Source Content Management

General

Adding products to your new Plone site: This HowTo covers how you can install products (that are eggified) into a Plone site that was created using Unified Installer (if you installed from Plone's download page, any version 3.2 or higher) or any buildout-based site. It is meant for people new to Plone and primarily in a testing process (if you are working on a production site, please back up first!!!).
Asking for help: How to ask for help (in IRC or on the mailing lists) when you have a problem. Following these simple steps will make everything easier both for yourself and us.
What documentation should I read?: This how-to is intended as a brief overview of what documentation you should read - and when - to get you started.

Plone 2.5 User Manual: A User Manual for Plone content creators and managers.
Plone 3 User Manual: A User Manual for Plone content creators and managers.
How to create a Plone Blog in 5 steps: A Plone portal may require a blog area. Let's see how you can create it in an easy way using Plone as you get it out-of-the-box.

Definitive Guide to Plone: Andy McKay's Definitive Guide to Plone in PDF format

Allow all inline styles in Kupu: How to disable Kupu's filtering of all inline styles
Content Creation with Kupu and Other WYSIWYG Editors: This tutorial introduces the Kupu interface and explains how to insert images, create FAQ pages, and use Kupu's ResolveUID feature. It was written by Quintagroup content manager for end-users and is compatible with Kupu 1.4.x.
Creating links to content: How to link to resources located inside and outside the site.
Embedding videos in kupu: Kupu 1.4+ supports embedding videos. Here's how to make Plone play nicely, too.
Enable fancy zoom view for all content types embedding images: This How-to shows you in which way you have to customize view templates in order to allow a fancy zoom of its embedded images. This includes all "texts" which have images inserted by kupu (the plone wysiwyg-editor).
Getting ExternalEditor (zopeedit) working on Windows: How to get the External Editor feature of Plone to work on Windows.
How to Add New Class Styles to Kupu: This document explains how to add and define new custom class styles for use in kupu.
Kupu - enabling color chooser: Use this how-to to enable a color chooser in Kupu. And you can enter content incorrectly to your heart's content.
Resizing images in Kupu: How to enable image resizing in Kupu editor
Working with Structured Text: A cheat sheet for the different Structured Text formatting commands.

Create a Photo Album: How to use Plone's thumbnail display mode to create a photo album.
Uploading multiple files and HTML pages with Enfold Desktop: This free Windows tool helps end users to edit and manage multiple content items more easily. This tutorial covers configuration and usage tips; it also discusses the pros and cons of using a visual editor (Kupu) vs. a desktop WebDAV tool like Enfold Desktop

Collaboration: Using the Sharing Tab: This tutorial explains many common use cases for collaborating within Plone. You will find examples of the many ways you can control content editing and adding by users.
Enable a user to add collections in shared folders: A user or group with contributor role ('can add' permission) given via sharing tab still cannot add a collection. Here's how to enable them to add collections.
Set your member preferences: How to configure your member preferences after you have joined a Plone site.

Enable a user to add collections in shared folders: A user or group with contributor role ('can add' permission) given via sharing tab still cannot add a collection. Here's how to enable them to add collections.
Using topics and Smart Folders: Things you should know about topics and Smart Folders in order to make sensible use of them.