Expand our wikipedia entry

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Our wikipedia entry is short compared to Drupal and Joomla, two other open
source CMS offerings participating in GHOP.  In addition, the information
seems to be somewhat out of date.

This task is to extend or rewrite the entry with a target of being of a
similar length as the Drupal and Joomla entries.  It would be a good idea
to research other CMSs on wikipedia to get an idea of what people expect to
know.

Be sure to include information about the Plone foundation, conferences and
other aspects of the community, not just the software.

-- Important note for this task --

Wikipedia is a community too, and that communiy insists on a neutral point
of view, be sure to include plone's weak points, we want a wikipedia
article, not an advert.  To that end we'll be asking people external to
plone to advise us on if they think any submissions are written from a
netural point of view.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mw4...@googlemail.com on 18 Dec 2007 at 12:35

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I claim this task. Is there anywhere I can find some history about Plone and its
development?

Original comment by wjki...@gmail.com on 19 Dec 2007 at 5:22

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There will be some information on plone.org, and I'm sure you can find things on
google, such as the keynote address from this year's conference.  I'll see if I 
can
rustle up a few other members of the community who've been around a long time 
for you
to ask questions of.

There's always #plone on irc though, if you showed up there (probably during 
business
hours in the US or EU would be best) and asked if you could talk to somebody 
about a
certain topic that would work too.

We're quite friendly, really :)

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Hi wjkim10,
Can you let us know how you're doing with this?  We can give you an extra 3 
days if
needed.

Original comment by mw4...@googlemail.com on 22 Dec 2007 at 12:48

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yeah, i've been really busy recently, but I can have it done by Sunday night. 
Thanks!

Original comment by wjki...@gmail.com on 22 Dec 2007 at 8:56

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okay, the wiki page should be updated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plone_(content_management_system)

Original comment by wjki...@gmail.com on 22 Dec 2007 at 11:13

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Hi, firstly I can't help noticing the vast majority of the updates were in a 2 
hour
period.  Most of the original information is still there and additional things 
you've
added are in the form of throwaway remarks and not actual information.

Things such as a description of the music of the band Plone isn't relevant in 
this
context, I'd like to see more flowing prose in the history section, not one line
paragraphs.  The design section doesn't actually have any details on the 
technologies
used in Plone (such as workflows, zope 3 views, adapters, utilities, PAS, etc), 
it
just states Zope/Python.

Although you have added some citations, other things such as "Plone is known to 
be
easy to install, user friendly, and very strong" are strongly POV and will be 
removed
by wikipedians.

Hopefully this will give you some guidance as to how to develop it, don't be 
afraid
to ask for more clarification

Original comment by mw4...@googlemail.com on 23 Dec 2007 at 6:02

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thanks, I had some trouble finding a lot of background on Plone. You mentioned
referring to the keynote address for 2007 earlier in this post, but I couldn't 
find
it. Could you post a link to it?

Original comment by wjki...@gmail.com on 23 Dec 2007 at 9:15

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Sorry for the problems earlier. Here is a slightly updated version, although I 
am not
done. I am still having trouble finding more background on Plone. Is my given 
history
section enough?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plone_(content_management_system)

Original comment by wjki...@gmail.com on 24 Dec 2007 at 3:38

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Hi! I've made updates on the page; does this look better?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plone_(content_management_system)

Original comment by wjki...@gmail.com on 27 Dec 2007 at 5:11

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Hi, can I move on to more tasks now? No one has responded to this task yet.

Original comment by wjki...@gmail.com on 28 Dec 2007 at 9:26

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I'll get somebody external to check it for NPOV.  If there isn't a message on 
here
saying otherwise within 12 hours (i.e. 1000 GMT on the 28th), consider it 
finished.

Original comment by mw4...@googlemail.com on 28 Dec 2007 at 9:57

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It's getting much better indeed.

It would be good to summarize the differences with other CMS'es (e.g. Drupal and
Joomla) by adding a Strengths/Weaknesses section. You can use the reviews, your 
own
experience and/or http://www.cmsmatrix.org/ for information.

Friendly community, irc channel information, might also be mentioned.

Use Google to find more about Plone awards.

The Plone keynote 2007 can be found at:
http://limi.net/articles/plone-conference-2007-keynote/

When in doubt, just ask.

Original comment by Piet...@gmail.com on 28 Dec 2007 at 10:16

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Strengths/weaknesses sounds good.

Original comment by mw4...@googlemail.com on 29 Dec 2007 at 12:15

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Hi, I have updated the page again. I'm afraid I couldn't add too much to the
community section, would that be enough? Also, I didn't want to mention any 
other
CMS's in the strengths and weaknesses section, as it seemed like it would give 
to
much of a bias to the article.

Original comment by wjki...@gmail.com on 29 Dec 2007 at 12:42

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Hi, is this task considered finished now?

Original comment by wjki...@gmail.com on 30 Dec 2007 at 1:31

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Yeah, closed.

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For google:

The source of the wiki entry when this was closed was:

__NOTOC__
{{Infobox Software
| name       = Plone
| logo       = [[Image:Plone-logo-cropped.png|60px]]
| screenshot = [[Image:Plone.png|200px]]
| caption    = [[Screenshot]] of default Plone install
| developer  = Alan Runyan, Alexander Limi, Vidar Andersen and the Plone Team
| latest_release_version = 3.0.4
| latest_release_date    = [[2007-12-10]]
| latest_preview_version =
| latest_preview_date    = 
| operating_system       = [[Cross-platform]]
| platform   = [[Zope]]
| genre      = [[Content management system]]
| license    = [[GNU General Public License]]
| website    = http://plone.org/
}}
'''Plone''' is an [[open source]] [[content management system]] built on top of 
the
[[Zope]] [[application server]]. Plone is [[free software]] and is designed to 
be
extensible. It is suited for an [[intranet|internal website]] or may be used as 
a
[[server (computing)|server]] on the Internet, playing such roles as a 
[[document
management system|document publishing system]] and [[collaborative
software|groupware]] collaboration tool.

Plone is released under the [[GNU]] [[General Public License]]. Major 
development is
conducted periodically during [[hackathon|special meetings]] called ''Plone
Sprints.''  Additional functionality is added to Plone with ''Products'', which 
may
be distributed through the Plone website or otherwise. The Plone Foundation 
owns and
protects all [[intellectual property]] and [[trademarks]]. Plone also has legal
backing from the council of the [[Software Freedom Law Center]].

The name ''Plone'' is an homage to the [[Warp Records]] band [[Plone 
(band)|Plone]],
whose music is both simple and playful. The logo represents collaboration with 
three
dots together in a group.

[[MediaWiki]]'s "Monobook" layout is based partially on the Plone style
sheets.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/style/monobook/main.css</ref>

== History ==
The Plone project was begun in 1999, by Alexander Limi, Alan Runyan, and Vidar
Andersen. It was made as a usability layer on top of the [[Zope]] Content 
Management
Framework. The first version was released in 2001. The project quickly grew 
into a
community, receiving plenty of new add-on products from its users. The increase 
in
community led to the creation of the annual Plone conference in 2003, which is 
still
running today. In addition, "sprints" are held, where groups of developers meet 
to
work on Plone, ranging from a couple days to a week. In March 2004, Plone 2.0 
was
released. This release brought more customizable features in Plone, and 
enhanced the
add-on functions. In May 2004, the Plone Foundation was created for the 
development,
marketing, and protection of Plone. The Foundation has ownership rights over the
Plone codebase, trademarks, and domain names. Even though the foundation was 
set up
to protect ownership rights, Plone remains open source.
<ref>http://plone.org/foundation/about/faq</ref>
In March 12, 2007, Plone 3 was released. This new release brought inline 
editing, an
upgraded visual editor, and strengthened security among many other
aspects<ref>http://plone.org/news/plone-3.0-released/</ref>. Up to September 
2007,
there have been over 200 developers contributing to Plone's code.

== Design ==
Plone is built on the [[Zope]] application server, which is written in [[Python
(programming language)|Python]]. Plone is made such that all information stored 
in
Plone is stored in Zope's built in transactional object database (ZODB). Plone 
comes
with installers for [[Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], and [[Linux]], along with other
operating systems. New updates are released regularly on Plone's website. Plone 
is
available in over 35 languages. Its interface follows the government standard 
WAI-AAA
and U.S. section 508, which allows people with sight disabilities to properly 
access
and use Plone. A major part of Plone is its use of skins and themes. When 
working
with Plone, templates can be used to customize the websites' look. These 
templates
are written with [[Cascading Style Sheets]]. In addition, Plone comes with a 
user
management system called Pluggable Authentication Service. Introduced in Plone 
2.5,
"PAS" is used to properly sort actions from different users to their respective
folders or accounts. PAS is also used to search for users and groups in Plone. 
Most
importantly, PAS covers the security involved for users, requiring 
authentication in
order to login to Plone. This gives users an increase in both security and
organization with their
content.<ref>http://plone.org/documentation/manual/definitive-guide/definitive_g
uide_to_plone.pdf</ref>

A large part of Plone's changes have come from its community. Since Plone is 
open
source, the members of the Plone community regularly make alterations or 
add-ons to
Plone's interface, and make these changes available to the rest of the 
community via
Plone's website.

== Community ==
Since its release, many of Plone's updates and add-ons have come from its 
community.
Events called Plone "sprints" consist of members of the community coming 
together for
a week and helping improve Plone. The Plone conference is also attended and 
supported
by the members of the Plone community. In addition, Plone has an active IRC 
channel
to give support to users who have questions or concerns. Up through 2007, there 
have
been over one million downloads of Plone. Plone's development team has also been
ranked in the top 2% of the largest open source communities.

== Strengths/Weaknesses ==
Plone offers customization options in all its features, and provides many free 
add-on
products on its website. In addition, one of the benefits of Plone is its
availability on almost any OS. Also, Plone's administrative interface works with
almost all internet browsers; many content management systems fail to allow for 
this.
Plone also comes with a fairly simple installation, known to be easier than most
other CMS's. One of Plone's greatest strengths is its accessibility: Plone is 
built
following government standards such that it is user friendly with people with
disabilities. Some have complained about Plone's learning curve, saying that
experience in both [[Zope]] and [[Python (programming language)|Python]] is 
necessary
to properly use Plone. Also, some have complained that there is not enough
documentation available for
Plone.<ref>http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200503/content_management_with_
plone/</ref>

== Features <ref>http://plone.org/products/plone/features/3.0/</ref> ==
These are some of the features available in Plone 3.0
*Inline editing
*Working Copy support
*Link and reference integrity checking
*Automatic locking and unlocking
*Collaboration and sharing
*Versioning, history and reverting content
*Upgraded visual HTML editor
*Workflow capabilities
*Authentication back-end
*Full-text indexing of Word and PDF documents
*Collections
*Presentation mode for content
*Support for the search engine Sitemap protocol
*Support for multiple mark-up formats
*Wiki support
*Automatic previous/next navigation
*Rules engine for content
*Auto-generated tables of contents
*Portlets engine
*Support, development, hosting & training
*LiveSearch
*Multilingual content management
*Time-based publishing
*Human-readable URLs
*Powerful graphical page editor
*Navigation and updated site maps
*Resource compression
*Caching proxy integration
*Drag and drop reordering of content
*XML exports of site configurations
*Localized workflow configuration
*Adjustable templates on content
*Standard content types
*Content is automatically formatted for printing
*Standards-compliant XHTML and CSS
*Accessibility compliant
*RSS feed support
*Automatic image scaling and thumbnail generation
*Free add-on products
*Cross-platform
*Comment capabilities on any content
*Microformat support
*Installer packages for multiple platforms
*WebDAV and FTP support
*In-context editing
*Backup support
*Cut/copy/paste operations on content

== Websites using Plone ==
Some sites that use Plone
* http://www.acm.org
* http://www.amnesty.ch
* http://www.chicagohistory.org
* https://www.cia.gov
* http://community.ni.com
* http://www.discovermagazine.com
* http://www.nierstichting.nl
* http://www.siggraph.org
* http://www.sightline.org
* http://www.smeal.psu.edu
* http://www.trolltech.com

== See also ==
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* [[Content management system]]
* [[Open source]]
* [[List of content management systems]]
* [[Zope]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://plone.org/ Plone website]
* [http://plone.net/sites Sites that use Plone]
* [http://plone.org/products/ Plone products]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/SeanKellyIntroducingPlone Introducing Plone, a
Screencast]
*
[http://plone.org/documentation/manual/definitive-guide/definitive_guide_to_plon
e.pdf
''The Definitive Guide to Plone''] — free PDF book (3.3MB)
* [http://www.openadvantage.org/articles/oadocument.2005-04-25.0390317971/view 
Plone
review]
* [http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200503/content_management_with_plone/ 
Plone
review]
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Original comment by mw4...@googlemail.com on 1 Feb 2008 at 4:08