Re: Initial buildout doc proposed/looking for collaboration

Aloha,

Thanks, and...I get 'insufficient priveleges' trying to check this out...

cheers,
John S.

cjj wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Inspired by the tuneup day, I created a first draft. I'm not sure how perms
> work on the docs section, so hopefully you can see it. Check it out here: 
> 
> http://plone.org/documentation/kb/adding-products-to-your-new-plone-site
> 
> Note: I don't know what style people use to highlight code generally, so
> that's missing. 
> 
> -chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> aclark wrote:
>> FTR, this is essentially what my book aims to do. Unfortunately, it will 
>> probably be marketed for Plone 3, but the message of "this is how you get 
>> things done with buildout" applies to future versions (in practice, if not
>> in marketing).
>>
>> On 2009-12-29, cjj <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I was recently testing Plone 4 (a3) and walking through the process that
>>> hopefully a new person would be seeing. One of the things I noticed is
>>> that
>>> after I get it installed, there is a link to how to find out how to
>>> customize the buildout (in the README.txt in zinstances after UI
>>> finishes).
>>> It says: 
>>>
>>> Customizing the installation
>>> ----------------------------
>>> You may control most aspects of your installation, including changing
>>> ports
>>> and adding new packages and products by editing the buildout.cfg file in
>>> your instance home at /home/cjohnson/Plone/zinstance.
>>>
>>> See Martin Aspelli's excellent tutorial "Managing projects with
>>> zc.buildout":http://plone.org/documentation/tutorial/buildout for
>>> information on buildout options.
>>>
>>> Apply settings by running bin/buildout in your instance directory.
>>>
>>> While that is a great tutorial, I have tried to use it a few times and
>>> found
>>> it rather un-newbie-friendly and instead more oriented towards developers
>>> managing a project using buildout. 
>>>
>>> I was thinking to propose a HowTo (customize your new buildout) that we
>>> could point to in initial documentation.  I attempted to write something
>>> along those lines based on my experience helping a friend after install
>>> with
>>> UI, which has been one of my more popular posts over the course of the
>>> year
>>> (see http://ifpeople.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/after-plone-installe/ and
>>> really the helpful part I forgot to include and put in the comment!).
>>> What
>>> do others think?
>>>
>>> If there is support for the idea, I'm willing to contribute what I know,
>>> but
>>> that's not going to be enough because I don't use Windows (and haven't
>>> for
>>> almost a decade), and nor do I use Mac (though Linux knowledge proved
>>> enough
>>> to muddle through the experience). So if I can get some help, I'm game :)
>>>
>>> Anyway, hope all of you are well and having a great holiday season with
>>> lots
>>> of merriment! 
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Chris
>>> --
>>> ifPeople
>>> www.ifpeople.net
>>> t: 678-608-3408
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> ---
>> Alex Clark · http://aclark.net
>> Practical Plone 3 · http://tinyurl.com/practical-plone
>>
>>
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