Plone facilitates web development by providing a highly usable and customizable interface to a feature-rich content management system (CMS). Plone uses these ready-made tools to enable you to create, publish, and retrieve content within your website. You will find Plone-based websites behind corporate Intranets and educational departments, as well as high-traffic, high-profile Internet sites. Plone Content Management Essentials serves as an introductory guidebook for working with Plone 2.0, from installation to ongoing administration and customization. You will quickly learn the basics of how to use Plone through examples and practical applications. Geared toward readers with little or no knowledge of Plone, the Zope Application Server, or the Python scripting language, Plone Content Management Essentials explains how to work with the core feature set of Plone, as well as how to integrate numerous third-party add-ons, enhancing the user's browsing experience.

1 Introduction to Plone and Content Management
2 Installing Plone
3 Using Your New Plone Site
4 Additional Plone Elements
5 Customizing Plone
6 Creating and Implementing a Custom Skin
7 Advanced Content-Related Techniques
8 Technical Administration