[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”||0px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.9″]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.9″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.9″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.9″]<\/p>\n
This is a small tutorial on how to create a Plone theme, using Plone 4 and the Plone installer. It is a long article but it is aimed at web designers or Plone administrators with just a basic knowledge of Plone.<\/p>\n
Download the Plone installer from\u00a0<\/span>plone.org<\/a>: (Tip: make sure there is no older version of Plone installed in applications folder in your computer)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,1_5,1_5″ _builder_version=”4.0.9″][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.0.9″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.9″]<\/p>\n Open the\u00a0<\/span>terminal<\/strong>\u00a0(an application that can be found in your computer\u2019s Applications\/Utilities folder) and start the Plone instance. Alternative for the mac terminal is iTerm, it has a more pleasant User Interface.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TerminalApp.png” _builder_version=”4.0.9″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.0.9″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Terminal.png” _builder_version=”4.0.9″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.0.9″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/iTerminal.png” url=”https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1613630166\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1613630166&linkCode=as2&tag=lyrboo-20&linkId=166cfc04b5d5cf113f1ed59e96601617″ _builder_version=”4.0.9″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.9″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.9″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.9″]<\/p>\n Navigate<\/strong> inside the terminal to zinstance<\/strong> (located in Application\/plone\/zinstance):<\/p>\n YourComputer-Name:<\/span>Plone user$ cd zinstance\/<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Start-up<\/strong> this Plone Instance by typing: bin\/instance fg:<\/p>\n YourComputer-Name:<\/span>zinstance user$ bin\/instance fg<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2026now wait till you see something like this in the terminal: “2013-11-05 15:56:54 INFO Zope Ready to handle requests”<\/p>\n Important note: Before quitting the terminal at the end of a working session, remember to shutdown the instance from inside the terminal: enter \u2018control + c\u2019<\/p>\n Or you can shut down from the browser, in the Control Panel click on “Shutdown” button:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Diazo-Shut-down-instance.png” _builder_version=”4.0.9″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.9″ hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n My conclusion though: Diazo might be a great help to get Plone themed, but not a low enough bar for the average (and also higher than average) designer.\u00a0Plone is hard to customize which translates to expensive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.9″ column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.0.9″ type=”1_2″][et_pb_video src=”http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/djay\/5-things-still-too-hard-in-plone-5-54158231″ _builder_version=”4.0.9″ hover_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.0.9″ type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.9″ hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n 5 things STILL! TOO! HARD! in Plone 5<\/a>\u00a0 Getting started is hard \u201cI create an empty site but how do I make it into shop\/blog\/intranet\/brochureware site?\u201d \u201cI just want to start with a simple blog, do I really have to run my own server?\u201d \u201cI want to try a plugin. Do I really have to use this command line thing?\u201d \u201cadding this plugin broke plone by upgrading something\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.9″ custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.0.9″ type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.9″ hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Theming\/Customisation \u201cI want to script something. buildout\/packages\/mr.bob wtf?\u201d \u201cwhy do I need these rules when I can hack an html file?\u201d \u201cwhy do I need to hack an xml file when wordpress has so many themes?\u201d \u201cWhy do I need to theme the backend? No other CMS does.\u201d \u201cI have to do what to change this wording?\u201d \u201cI have to do what to change a LESS variable?\u201d \u201cgrunt\/bower\/bootstrap\/registries\/jbot\/\u2026?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Plone & DiazoThis is a small tutorial on how to create a Plone theme, using Plone 4 and the Plone installer. It is a long article but it is aimed at web designers or Plone administrators with just a basic knowledge of Plone. Download the Plone installer from\u00a0plone.org:http:\/\/plone.org\/products\/plone\/releases\/4.3.1 (Tip: make sure there is no older […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet-en","category-plone-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1525,"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions\/1525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
http:\/\/plone.org\/products\/plone\/releases\/4.3.1<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/span><\/strong>from\u00a0<\/span>Dylan Jay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n