Plone Kickstart Talk: Top Add-on Products

Plone Kickstart 2: Top Modules Christopher Johnson ifPeople www.ifpeople.net

About Me • Co-founder, ifPeople • Plone Foundation member • Collaborator and Marketing, not developing • Making technology accessible Resultsdrive Web Strategies and Tools

Outline • Evaluating Modules • Finding Modules on plone.org • How to Add Modules • Highlights & Demos •Q & A

Jargon Watch • Products = Modules • Buildout = Build/config tool • Portlet = widget/box

Evaluating Products • How is product presented? • Are people using it? • Try it – On a test site first! – Make a backup!

• Content Management System • UserFriendly • Open Source • International Community links • Extensive functionality • Customizable

Categories • Auth and User • Import/Export Management • Layout and presentation • Basic content types • Media • Buildout • Migration scripts • Commerce • Miscellaneous • Communication • Polls/Surveys • Calendars/Events • Portlets • Code examples • Database integration & • Project management external storage • Statistics & reporting • Development tools • Services • Documentation • Theming tools management • Themes • Educational • Versioning, Staging and • Fields and widgets Deployment • Geospatial • Weblogs • Internationalization • Workflow

How to Add a Module • Download the product to your server/computer – Automated via buildout • Restart Plone • Install via Quick Installer Doc: http://bit.ly/addproductsdoc

LinguaPlone • Category: Internationalization • Multi-lingual content management • Link: plone.org/products/linguaplone

Create Translations with LinguaPlone • Allows multilingual content • Editors easily insert translated pages • No hierarchy of content links • Works with any layout

Create Translations with LinguaPlone Sidebyside links translation view

PloneFormGen • Category: Forms • Point-and-click form creation! • Link: plone.org/products/ploneformgen

Generate Dynamic Forms with FormGen • Integrate forms onto site • Send data via email links • Export data to spreadsheet

Add a Form Folder links Easily added from “add new”

Add a Fields to Form

Generate Dynamic Forms with FormGen • Create customized fields • Rearrange fields by dragging and dropping links

Plone4Artists Calendar • Category: UI, Calendar • Make any folder a calendar, provides new views, color code event types. • Link: plone.org/products/plone4artists calendar

Manage Events with Plone4Artists Calender links

Alternate Views: Calendar List Click to edit Master subtitle style links

ATSuccessStory • Category: Content Type • Share and features stories with rotating image+text • Link: plone.org/products/atsuccessstory

Share Stories with ATSuccessStory • Features photos, text of success stories on site • Provides portlet to showcase random stories from Success Story folder • Add multiple collections, links then add portlets to display contents

Success Stories Managed in Folder links

SubSkins • Category: UI, Theme Tool • Point-and-click configure a theme for your site • Link: plone.org/products/subskins

Site Built with SubSkins

SubSkins is a PointandClick Theme Tool

Carousel • Category: UI • Add rotating images to any page/folder of site • Link: plone.org/products/carousel

PloneGetPaid • Category: Commerce • Simple shopping cart, many extensions • Link: plone.org/products/getpaid

• Integrates with PloneFormGen • Integrates with Salesforce CRM

RedirectionTool • Category: Admin Tool • Create aliases and redirects for any part of site • Link: plone.org/products/redirectiontool

ifSearchMonitor • Category: Report & Analytics • Track searches on site and provides way to provide recommended results • Link: plone.org/products/ifsearchmonitor

How to Add a Module

Plone-Salesforce Integration • Category: Integration • Send data to CRM with point- and-click tools • Link: http://bit.ly/plonesalesforce

PloneSalesforce Integration • Webtox Forms • Events RSVP • Ecommerce • Data from salesforce.com in Plone Authentication

The Problem Managing multiple and complex relationships is hard! Different (and same) data in many places Data collected from several sources Duplication frequent

PART I Sending Information from Plone to Salesforce

Online Forms links

Van Jones Click to edit Master subtitle style

Requests come in through form Built in Plone Easy to edit Dumps directly to Salesforce

Request dashboard in Salesforce

Form Creation Click to edit Master subtitle style

Event RSVPs links

Create campaign in Salesforce Click to edit Master subtitle style

Allow RSVPs in Plone event Click to edit Master subtitle style

Registration form Click to edit Master subtitle style

Campaign members in Salesforce Click to edit Master subtitle style

Ecommerce links

Client: Trees for Life Click to edit Master subtitle style

Goal: Grow online revenue Make the giving process easier Make tracking and reporting on giving easier Reduce technical staff, costs of data management

Online catalogue Click to edit Master subtitle style

Shopping cart & additional donations

Checkout

User data 04/23/09

user data 04/23/09

user data order payment 04/23/09

user data order payment  contact  opportunity  donation details 04/23/09

Contact record with donation

Donation details

Web donations create campaign reports

Online Directory

Client: Oregon Environmental Council

Volunteer Management

Client: Center for Economic Progress

Developer-Oriented • plone.app.blog – plone.org/products/plone.app.blob • ATVocabularyManager – plone.org/products/atvocabularymanager • collective.portletpages – pypi.python.org/pypi/collective.portletpage • Deliverance and XDV

Thank you! Christopher Johnson ifPeople | www.ifpeople.net Atlanta, GA USA 678-608-3408x16 | cjj@ifpeople.net

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