C2E: Creating Plone 3 Skins and Custom Views March 18, 2009

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"We hired Donna to come train and consult our web team in the College of
Public Programs. Our group is very diverse, including exprienced
graphical designers, web programmers, and inexperienced office workers
who were tasked with keeping web content updated. Donna was great and
tackling and solving problems, finding solutions and making
recommendations. Her experience and connections with the plone
community were invaluable to us in helping our diverse user group
better manage their various plone sites."
David Bear, College of Public Programs at ASU

About the course
C2E: Creating Plone 3 Skins and Custom Views is a 3 day course where we will start with a standard
photoshop file and convert it to a Plone template including
adding/hiding/removing viewlets and adding portlets (portlet
management).
Course Information
Course fee: $400.00
Length of course: Three days
Registration
(Once you have registered you will be added to a private course
mailing list and a syllabus and other information for the course will
be provided)
Audience
This course is designed for the integrator/designer tasked with
converting the Plone look & feel to a company or organization
branded look & feel.
You will benefit from this course if you are comfortable with the
design aspect of web development and not afraid of the command line.
This course is not designed for the developer/programmer looking for
advanced Plone development techniques.
What you will learn from this course

Intimate knowledge of Plone and the Zope Management Interface (ZMI)
How to create a custom installable Plone skin based on a static mockup
Creating custom views for various content types
Viewlets, portlets and xml
CSS, lots and lots of CSS
Up-and-coming third-party tools to help make your customization job easier
Troubleshooting and how to ask for help when you get stuck

Benefits

Reduce the learning curve associated with customizing a Plone site
Immediate access to expert knowledge in both CSS and Plone skinning
Discover best practices in the Plone community
Insider tips & tricks from experts in Plone customization

Requirements
Students must have some background in html and preferably have worked with Plone in some capacity.
You'll need a laptop computer as this will be a hands-on course.
About the Instructor

Donna M Snow started her love affair with Plone in 2002. A long-time
community member and evangelist for Plone Ms. Snow spends 95% of her
time converting static designs into Plone skin products. Ms. Snow has
provided onsite training for many organizations in the Bay Area and
nationwide.



Organized by C Squared Enterprises

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Ticket Info:  Student - Special Price, $409.95

Official Website: http://c2etraining-upcoming.eventbrite.com