Hello Plone

Step 1 - Setup

Create a directory called hello_plone and inside it create a virtualenv:

$ mkdir hello_plone
$ cd hello_plone
$ virtualenv-2.7 .

Then install Buildout:

$ bin/pip install zc.buildout

Then create an empty buildout:

$ bin/buildout init

Then add a Plone buildout:

[buildout]
extends = https://raw.github.com/plock/pins/plone-4-3

Now run Buildout:

$ bin/buildout

And start Plone:

$ bin/plone fg

Open http://localhost:8080.

Click the button and follow the steps. You don't need to select any additional add-ons from the list. Afterward, you should see your Plone site here: http://localhost:8080/Plone.

Step 2 - Develop

Plone is customized via Python packages called Add-ons (née Products). So first we need to create a Python package:

$ mkdir -p my.app/my/app
$ touch my.app/my/app/__init__.py
$ touch my.app/my/__init__.py

Next we add our Python package to the buildout. The develop line makes the buildout aware of the Python package. The eggs line makes Plone aware of it:

[buildout]
develop = ./my.app
extends = https://raw.github.com/plock/pins/plone-4-3

[plone]
eggs += my.app

Now we can add some view code:

from Products.Five.browser.pagetemplatefile import
    ViewPageTemplateFile
from zope.publisher.browser import BrowserPage

class Hello(BrowserPage):
    """
    """

    template = ViewPageTemplateFile('hello.pt')

    def __call__(self):
        return self.template()

And load the view code via ZCML:

<configure
    xmlns:browser="http://namespaces.zope.org/browser">

    <browser:page
        class=".hello.hello"
        for="*"
        name="hello"
        permission="zope2.View"
        />

</configure>

And add a template:

<div metal:use-macro="here/main_template/macros/master">

    <div metal:fill-slot="main">

        <h1>Hello world!</h1>

    </div>

</div>

Step 3 - Next steps

• Easy through-the-web form generation with PloneFormGen.
• Content types with Dexterity.
• Theming with Diazo.