What this book covers

Chapter 1, Background introduces you to Python, the version that may already be on your computer, or the version you may choose to install if it is not. After Python installation, installation of various tools such as Distribute, PIP, and Buildout is covered. Finally, an installation of Python using Buildout is covered.

Chapter 2, Site Basics covers a variety of Plone site basics including the creation of the Plone site object itself (inside the Zope database), followed by some simple customizations of some of Plone's navigational elements and content types.

Chapter 3, Appearance covers the first thing everyone wants to do after installing Plone—change the appearance. In addition, various aspects of through the web versus filesystem theming are covered.

Chapter 4, Administration describes various mail settings used in development, plus users and groups management with out of the box features versus LDAP add-ons.

Chapter 5, Deployment and Maintenance starts off with the creation of a production buildout, in which various database and log-related tasks are incorporated and automated throughout.

Chapter 6, Optimization optimizes site deployments with various techniques to add caching agents, load balancers, process monitors, and performance analyzers.

Chapter 7, Security secures site deployments with various techniques to manage hosts, ports, users, permissions, and security fixes.

Chapter 8, The Future looks to the future with various techniques to ensure we can manage our buildouts successfully now, as well as one year from now.