Introduction to Plone

A 2 day introductory course to Plone content management system that aims for users to quickly get up to speed with using and getting the most out of their site

    Prerequisites

    Skills

    • Ability to use web browser and web based applications

    Technical

    Objectives

    • Site managers and users to have an overall understanding of the application
    • Site managers to understand basic site administration and configuration
    • Site users to understand how to organize and share content with standard features of Plone
    • A basic intranet or or public site content layout ready to be used by users

    Course Outline

    1. Introduction
    2. Getting Started
    3. What is Plone
    4. Site Setup
    5. User Management
    6. Basic Content and Knowledge Management using Plone
      1. Organizing content and different content types
      2. Permissions and Intranet Workflow
    7. Basic Customization (logo, footer)

    Schedule

    Day 1
    • Introduction to Plone
    • Site Setup
    • Basic Customization (logo, footer)
    • User Management
    Day 2
    • Content Types
    • Organizing Content
    • Permissions and Intranet Workflow