Brenda Bell wrote:
I've inherited a Plone project and I'm having some trouble sorting
things out. I first headed for the documentation which proved to be
somewhat overwhelming. So my first question is whether I can start with
the Plone documentation or whether I need to start with the Zope
documentation.
I'd start with the Plone documentation. The Zope Page Template chapters
of the Zope Book (see plope.com) are reasonably useful, but the Plone
docs are typically most relevant.
I have a clear idea of what I need to accomplish and I actually have a
Plone site up and running on Mac OS X 10.5. Clicking on the Control
Panel gives me the following version info:
Zope Version
(Zope 2.10.5-final, python 2.4.4, darwin)
Python Version
2.4.4 (#1, Dec 20 2007, 22:27:19) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build
5370)]
Which version of Plone? I'd guess 3.0.x since you have Zope 2.10.5, but
best to be sure.
So my second question is how does one determine which version of Plone I
have?
:-)
It should say in "Site Setup".
I didn't install anything -- all I did was check out a bunch of
files from SVN, follow some instructions to run a setup.py, bootstrap.py
and buildout, and it basically came up running.
In that case, you probably have the latest 3.0.x or maybe even 3.1.1,
depending on when you ran it. 3.1.1 is in the process of being released
and is the latest and greatest.
I have a long list of "Products", but the indicated versions don't seem
to tell me whether I'm running Plone 3.x or 2.5.
Once you've added a Plone site, go to "site setup" and you'll get more
useful information.
What I'm trying to accomplish is relatively simple: I need to populate
a Plone Site from files (text and images) stored in the file system and
have users be able to modify those files, either by editing the text or
uploading a new image. I've successfully used ExternalFile, but all I
see in my Plone Site is a bunch of empty folders. And ExternalFile is
only available from the management interface -- not from my Plone Site.
Plone doesn't typically deal directly with files stored on the
filesystem. Things like ExternalFile (as far as I know) still presume
the files were created by and are managed by Plone. There's a product
called Reflecto that can view a filesystem folder, but I'm unsure
whether it lets you edit content.
The usual way to work with Plone, is to create the content from within
Plone. You can upload files (as File objects, or as the body text of a
Page object), of course. Using WebDAV you can drag-and-drop things into
Plone and have them turn into content objects of various types. But the
data then lives in Plone. Plone isn't primarily a system for managing
files external to itself.
I'm more than willing to consume the documentation -- I just need to
know where to start.
Well, I hope this helps!
Martin
--
Author of `Professional Plone Development`, a book for developers who
want to work with Plone. See http://martinaspeli.net/plone-book
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