Set up IPython for Plone Development
IPython is a powerful interactive Python shell that can be used with Zope to aid in debugging issues. Syntax highlighting, tab completion and code introspection are just a few reasons to use it...
Clayton Parker |
January 12, 2012
Why PEP8 Makes your Python Development Easier
Hardly any software is maintained by the original author for its whole life and some claim that 80% of the lifetime cost of a piece of software comes from maintaining that code.
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
January 9, 2012
Six Feet Up’s Take-Aways from the 2011 Plone Conference
Six Feet Up was in full force at the Plone Conference this year and here is what we learned.
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
December 7, 2011
Why Learning Traditional Plone Theming is Important
Many fundamental theming methods must be mastered for creating themes that maintain full control over the display of Plone elements and content...
Chrissy Wainwright |
October 3, 2011
Automating Plone site creation with collective.recipe.plonesite
The Plone site recipe allows you to automate creating and maintaining a Plone site using zc.buildout, allowing everyone working on a project to start from the same point and improving build quality by reducing the need for human interaction.
Clayton Parker |
September 14, 2011
Transmogrifier: A Pipeline for Easing Migration into Plone
Moving Content Management Systems can be daunting. Will it have all the tools you need? Will it be able to handle my needs? Learn how to migrate to Plone with Six Feet Up...
Clayton Parker |
August 30, 2011
Why Open Source Makes Sense
An interesting reality of working for a company rooted in Open Source software is that while most people have heard of Open Source, many of still unaware of what that actually means and how it differs from proprietary commercial software.
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
May 11, 2011
3rd FedEx Day: 7 Projects in 24 Hours
On April 28-29, 2011 Six Feet Up held its third FedEx Day, a quarterly internal event that fosters creativity, intrinsic motivation and team collaboration. This time 7 teams worked on a variety of outstanding projects...
Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker |
May 5, 2011
Answering the recurring question, "How do I get started using Plone?"
Recommended reading list for those new to the Plone Content Management System.
Carol Ganz |
April 28, 2011
Localizing Subsites with Lineage and LinguaPlone
The combination of Lineage and LinguaPlone offers the ability to customize the look and feel of subsites, yet still update, manage and localize their content as part of the main site.
Thomas Massmann |
March 31, 2011
Keys to Successful Mass Software Patching
Six Feet Up successfully applied more than 70 software patches to help organizations address the recent critical security vulnerability announced in Plone...
Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker |
February 8, 2011
FedEx Day #2 Delivers
Over the course of 24 hours, the Sixies worked on 10 projects of their choosing and delivered an outstanding variety of tools and solutions to improve productivity...
Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker |
January 21, 2011
Plone Theming: Comparing Diazo, Deliverance and Themeeditor
Some products have recently been developed to make the Plone theming process easier. I took a little bit of time this FedEx day to look into Deliverance, Diazo, and Plone Themeeditor...
Chrissy Wainwright |
January 20, 2011
Plone vs. Drupal: Core Features Comparison
Comparing Plone and Drupal looking at user interface, content structure, features and speed.
Thomas Massmann |
January 13, 2011
Installing python-ldap with buildout and a system installed OpenLDAP
In our use of buildout, we try not to compile every dependent library that is needed. One example of this is LDAP...
Clayton Parker |
January 6, 2011
How Wikileaks Sets the Bar for a New Age of Knowledge Dissemination
We have definitely entered a new age and the opportunities are amazing. I can easily see how a technology, well applied, has the ability to start to change the world and how we can quite literally publish and share with any audience - whether around the office or around the world.
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
December 8, 2010
Six Principles for a Successful Enterprise Web Project
So, you have just been handed a major enterprise-level web development project? Congratulations! While you finish sipping this glass of champagne, let's review a few things that will make sure your project is successful...
Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker |
November 30, 2010
Plone vs. Drupal: Installation
Let's start with software fundamentals: the deployment of a basic instance. I will look into every step a neophyte would have to follow to deploy and access a functional instance of a Plone/Drupal distribution on their computer.
Thomas Massmann |
November 23, 2010
Plone vs. Drupal
Who doesn't know about Drupal, one of the "top 3" Open Source CMS? Every day, we hear about multi-million Drupal deployment for major corporations, associations, or administrations. How could we not try and take a look at Drupal to see how it compares to Plone and what we can learn from it?
Thomas Massmann |
November 17, 2010
