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Utilize Available JavaScript in Plone without Knowing JavaScriptUtilize Available JavaScript in Plone without Knowing JavaScript
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October 14, 2010

Utilize Available JavaScript in Plone without Knowing JavaScript

There are a few automagical scripts in Plone of which many developers may not be aware. These helpful scripts are used throughout the default Plone skin, and are available for you to use in your templates as well. The nice part is that you don't need to know JavaScript to be able to use them, you just have to know how to structure your code properly for the existing JS to find it...

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PSE2010 - Page TemplatesPSE2010 - Page Templates
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October 14, 2010

PSE2010 - Page Templates

For the first break-out session of the day, I attended Gregory Angle's talk on Page Templates. Greg works for PSU in the research department. He showed us a few specific pages on their website and talked about the customized templates he created to achieve the desired functionality. Along with each of the main examples, he also showed us the code used to make it work...

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Is your web publishing CMS easy to use?Is your web publishing CMS easy to use?
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October 14, 2010

Is your web publishing CMS easy to use?

A strong Content Management System must be accessible to as many people as possible. One of the areas that doesn't get much attention is that the CMS you choose must be easy to use. If it isn't, why bother to have one? A good CMS will not stand in your way of producing great content for the site; it will not complicate the process, only improve it. After all, the content is who you are, and you won't want to fight the tool to get things done...

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It's a Small Six Feet Up WorldIt's a Small Six Feet Up World
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October 14, 2010

It's a Small Six Feet Up World

As I was coming to the office the other day, and I heard that one of Six Feet Up's clients, American Red Ball, was sponsoring an exhibit for another one of our clients, The Indiana Historical Society...

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10 Reasons Why Plone Can Improve Your SEO10 Reasons Why Plone Can Improve Your SEO
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October 14, 2010

10 Reasons Why Plone Can Improve Your SEO

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a hot topic these days and you want to ensure that your site is discoverable by the crawlers that index the World Wide Web. One of the most frequent questions we get from new clients is "How will the public find our site?" You are going to want your on-site SEO be as easy and automated as possible...

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Plone 4 Addresses SpeedPlone 4 Addresses Speed
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October 14, 2010

Plone 4 Addresses Speed

One of the common concerns with Plone has been whether its complexity causes it to perform more slowly than other Content Management Systems. This complexity gives Plone more security, better enterprise controls and ease-of-use for end users, but in the past has lead some to call Plone "heavy"...

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How I Met PloneHow I Met Plone
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October 14, 2010

How I Met Plone

This month, Six Feet Up's blog will feature "How I Met Plone" entries. It is our hope that these short narratives will introduce new CMS users to Plone and remind seasoned Plone users what makes Plone unique....

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Can Plone "Scale"?Can Plone "Scale"?
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October 14, 2010

Can Plone "Scale"?

Every website will have different scaling needs. The site may have the need to sustain hundreds or thousands of concurrent users, or it may need to be able to store and index massive amounts of content. It may even have both concerns at the same time...

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How Chrissy Met PloneHow Chrissy Met Plone
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October 14, 2010

How Chrissy Met Plone

After working with websites professionally, I felt confident that I could do the job. A few days later I started at Six Feet Up, which threw me into the deep end of Plone. I was replacing Six Feet Up's Template Developer, and I was able to work with him for only two days before he left...

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