Extend Plone

Description

A simple tutorial introducing the basics of Plone development.

• Create an add-on package
• Files and Directories
• Add a simple form
  • Register the form
  • Python code
  • Access the form
• Add a content-type
  • Install code template with ZopeSkel
  • Build the content-type
  • Add content to the site
• Add a custom view
  • Register the view
  • Create Python class
  • Create page template
  • Access the view

In these examples the tutorial extends Plone. First, we create an add-on package on the filesystem to put our code. Then within that package, we add a simple form, a content-type, and a custom view.