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Exploring Zope and Plone: A Comprehensive Overview of SCC Website's Capabilities

Discover the power of Zope and Plone in managing your content through the SCC website. Zope serves as an application server built on Python, featuring an object database, customizable access control, and web-based management. Plone enhances this with a robust content management system, allowing for multiple sites, user groups, built-in extensions, and tools such as news, calendars, and wikis. With support for various document formats and versatile editing options, SCC empowers users with an efficient and flexible platform for information sharing and collaboration.

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Exploring Zope and Plone: A Comprehensive Overview of SCC Website's Capabilities

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  1. Using the SCC website community.computerhistory.org/scc

  2. Zope and Plone • Zope is an application server • Open-source www.zope.org • Python-based (scripting language) • Object database • Access control, undo • Web server, ftp server • Customizable, extensible • Web-based update and management

  3. Zope and Plone • Plone is a content management system • Open-source www.plone.org • Built using Zope, multiple “sites” in the server • Templates, extensible data types • Users, groups, access control • Many built-in and user-developed extensions • News, events, calendar • Wiki, Epoz, external editor interface

  4. Overall site organization • SCC Projects folder for public, shared • FORTRAN, LISP, NLS so far • SCC Meetings folder • Calendar • Help, About SCC, info • Members have own folders • Use form to request account

  5. Documents vs. Files • Documents • HTML, reformatted by browser • Convenient web-based or remote editing • Files • Binary or text, not reformatted • E.g., MS Word documents, downloadable • E.g., source code, viewable, downloadable • Upload source code as Files

  6. Editing HTML • Four ways to edit HTML • Simple • Epoz • my preferences | Personal preferences • Content editor: none  Epoz • External editor (Frontpage, others?) • Download and install ZopeExternalEditor • Configure for your editor • Click on pencil to edit • Edit locally, upload using edit tab or FTP

  7. FTP • Use Internet Explorer or FTP client • Can handle subtrees of files • Uses file names to decide types • Source code  text files • Can add extensions • Note differences in folder names • Can also be used for HTML development

  8. Status • Paul McJones most content experience • FORTRAN, LISP • Kathe Gust and Bill Selmeir starting • Mike Powell admin • Security, Account request • Other features (News? Wiki? Discussions?) • Public face needs work • Home page, mission statement, etc.

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