How to build CMS Infastructure

Objective:

To explore and understand how to establish a server on the internet that has the required open source technologies to support Plone  and to provide a basic web presence.

Expected Results:

Knowledge about the various components of web serving and be able to deploy and maintain a virtual environment that supports Plone content management system.

Topics Include:

Renting a space on the web

Explain how to choose a server hosting service

Email support

Install OS, Apache, Zope and Plone

Using Middle Way Group as an example:

Explain buildout

Explain dev and prod instance of plone

Where to obtain Linux?

Why Apache? Any security concerns?

How to setup Build Out?

url re-direction explained

- How to redirect and external url such as middlewaygroup.com to an internal plone url

In Depth Discussions On

• Build a CMS like Middle Way Group
• How to build CMS Infastructure
• Plesk Control Panel
• Power Panel
• Zope Dev
• Google Analytics
• Plone.org
• Buildout Tutorial
• GIMP
• Flickr: Creative Commons
• Cascading Style Sheets

W3C's overview of Web style sheets: CSS.

• Firebug :: Firefox Add-ons
• CSS align Use CSS to align elements vertically and horizontally.
• FileZilla