Plone 4 Open Source Content Management System

plone4.jpgplone4-edit.jpgPlone 4 - is a next major release of Plone Open Source Content Management System. It comes with lots of improvements and new features. Plone 4 focuses on updates in the underlying Zope and Python technologies, it brings substantial speed improvements, better support for large data volumes, and a variety of end-user features. Even though it is still under development, you can try its beta version right now. A final release is to be expected in first half of 2010.

Plone 4 had the largest number of improving proposals accepted in the history of the project - so it is expected to be really very good. Some Plone 4 improvements include:

  • Plone 4 uses Python 2.6, which gives a speed increase as well as more flexibility for developers.
  • Plone 4 comes with a new plonetheme.sunburst default skin, based on plone.org site theme.
  • Plone 4 uses TinyMCE editor as the default WYSIWYG editor instead of Kupu. This is most noticeable improvement for users - it enables users to use more buttons and additional formatting features TinyMCE has.
  • New Image Handling settings was added to the Site Setup area to control allowed image sizes.
  • Content creation in general was not changed and it is carried out in the same way as in previous Plone versions.
  • The user interface of advanced search for content is improved.
  • Management of portlets is also improved in Plone 4. There is now better control over portlet visibility with a new 'Show/Hide' feature. It is easier in Plone 4 to configure rules that control portlet displays on pages.
  • Plone's group management was extended with the ability to delegate groups management role from site manager to group owners.
  • Custom Join Form creation. Users and Groups management are in Site Setup now includes one more tab for managing site's Join Form.
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