News from Plone-land
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ifPeople is active in the Plone open source community. As there is a lot happening in this international community, many of our clients find it helpful to get a summary of relevant news. Here is a brief snapshot of important news recently.
If you want to get the latest news on Plone, you can check out http://planet.plone.org/ (or its RSS feed).
New book: Practical Plone 3
Practical Plone 3 is the first Plone 3 book targted specifically at beginning Plone site builders. Practical Plone 3 weighs in at over 550 pages and includes 21 chapters that cover all major aspects of installing Plone, building a site, customizing it, and putting it into production. Hard copy and e-book editions are available, along with various multi-copy and bundled discounts. You can find the table of contents here. To purchase the book or ebook, go here.
New release of Plone
Plone's previous release was 3.1.7, which was the latest in a series of enhancements in the 3.1 branch. The flow tapered off a bit while the shift was made to Plone 3.2. This new version of Plone is mostly a change in the way the different components of Plone are packaged. It continues as a smooth transition for Plone 3.1 sites (products will work in all current 3.x editions). For more on the release or to download, see the release announcement here.
Next big event: World Plone Day 2009
Following quickly on the heals of the 2008 WPD (in November), the 2009 WPD event is April 22. An international selection of events will occur on that day! You can find a list of events from 2008 here. To track the latest on the 2009 plans, see plone.org/wpd
Additional Conferences and Trainings
There are 2 regional symposia coming up this year. In October will be the Plone Conference 2009, hosted in Budapest, Hungary.
Also of Interest
ifPeople's cofounder Christopher Johnson posted on the ifPeople blog about free skins/themes for Plone, which has been one of our most popular posts yet! Read more about free Plone themes.
