Presentation Collateral
Materials for the presentations at the Plone Symposium 2005
An Outside Perspective of Plone
Paul Tindall works mainly with large scale CMS systems. He discusses his views of Plone as a enterprise content management system
Mozilla/XUL and Plone Integration
Using Mozilla/XUL as a rich client for the Plone Content Management System
Hands On: Build an Extranet
Rob Miller gave this excellent tutorial to a packed room. The talk revolves around customizations and process to customize the Plone Content Management System to be used as a customer-oriented extranet.
Caching Strategies
Geoff Davis talks about various caching strategies using reverse proxy servers. One focus is on correctly using E-Tags.
Open Source Licensing
Ron Chichester presents a survey of Open Source licensing. Some may find it controversial. Everyone walked away with a better understanding of copyright law. The GPL is a subject of focus.
Case Study: UNC Medical School
University of North Carolina's success with the Plone Content Management System
Web Services in Plone
Benjamin Saller talks about SOAP/Web Services integration into Plone. General ideas of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) is discussed and DOs and DONTs are discussed.