7 Tech NW: Online - Plone Content Management Fundamentals

by Richard Amerman — last modified Feb 02, 2009 04:06 PM
This 3 day online training will explore how to leverage Plone as a powerful Content Management system by understanding how it works, what addon products are available, how to leverage the Plone community, and how to get effective help from Plone developers.
When Mar 10, 2009 10:00 AM to
Mar 12, 2009 02:00 PM
Where Online: GoToWebinar
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Contact Phone 360-931-2721
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Learn the fundamentals of using Plone effectively as a Content Management System. This basic course is for anyone interested in Plone, those looking for more detail on being effective and efficient with Plone from a users perspective, and for decision makers trying to understand how they might use Plone as a solution for some of their needs.

Who should consider this training?

This training is ideal for users of a Plone site, Content Managers, Decision Makers, and as a first step for Plone Site Administrators. The value for Plone users is simple, for those completely new to Plone you will be given the basics of how to effectively use this great Content Management System. For Decision Makers we will cover the basics of what a CMS IS, how it may be used, what are the key features of Plone, and how to leverage the extensive Plone community and resources to help in your project. We will be looking at a variety of add-on products for Plone to help highlight the versatility and expandability of this great system.

Basic Training Outline

  • Plone Basics
    • Review of Web Usage Fundamentals
    • What is a Content Management System?
    • Tour of the Standard Plone User Interface
    • The Basics of being a Logged In User
  • Content Management with Plone
    • Knowing When to Use Plone

      + The concept of a Use Case

      + Thinking toward the Future

      + The KISS Principle

    • Content Creation and Management

      + Built in Content Types

      + Managing Content

      + Information Strategies

    • Workflow Fundamentals
    • Plone Add On Products
  • Managing a Plone Site

    + Managing Users

    + Managing Groups and Roles: The process of delegation

    + Content Rules

    + Advanced Topics

    • Having a Plone Site Built

      + Designing Content Objects using UML

      + Designing Workflow using UML

      • Leveraging the Plone Community

        + Getting Help

        + Effective use of Additional Plone Products

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