Creating Workflows in Plone

This Tutorial applies to: Any version.
This Tutorial is intended for: Site Administrators, Integrators, Customizers

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1. Introduction Credits. What is workflow? Basic concepts of workflow.
2. Defining Workflow States Using workflow states you can add state to your content that is specific to your business process.
3. Defining Transitions Transitions are changes between workflow states.
4. Defining Variables A variable is a piece of information that transcends states. Most variables are persistent. A variable might hold a counter, a flag, the name of the last user who did some action, or any other simple object.
5. Defining Worklists and Scripts Worklists add links to users' actions box when there are items in a certain state. Scripts perform actions when users execute specific transitions.
6. Defining Permissions Permissions control who can do what in a workflow.
7. Workflow Expressions You can use TALES expressions in workflow definitions.

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ArchGenXML 1.x- Getting started

ArchGenXML is a code-generator for CMF/Plone applications (Products) based on the Archetypes framework. It parses UML models in XMI-Format (.xmi, .zargo, .zuml), created with applications such as ArgoUML, Poseidon or ObjectDomain. This tutorial will help you get started developing applications with the aid of ArchGenXML.