PAQ Quick Guide to Generating SSL Certificates Quick Guide to Generating SSL Certificates with Six Feet Up using our hosting or your own provider. Read More October 30, 2014 Lineage Plone 5 Plone Lineage 2.0 for multisite is Plone 5 & Dexterity compatible We've seen a lot of activity around Lineage this year and wanted to make sure that before PloneConf we had a fresh new version of Lineage for Plone 4.x and Plone 5. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | October 29, 2014 Diazo How To Plone How to use Diazo for Plone Theming This is an introduction to how to use Diazo for Plone theming. Diazo allows you to map dynamic content from a CMS to a static theme. Diazo is supported in Plone 4.1 and beyond with plone.app.theming. Read More Chrissy Wainwright | October 28, 2014 PAQ New PAQs start with how to submit your Emergency Six Feet Up inaugurates new PAQ (problems and questions) features on blog. Find out what issues other users are facing and how they fixed, the processes we use to fix them, and what you can expect moving forward. Read More October 23, 2014 Python SaltStack How To Using SaltStack for server configuration management and more SaltStack (Salt) is currently one of the fastest growing configuration management systems. It is written in Python and uses ZeroMQ to communicate nearly instantaneously with all of the servers in your infrastructure that it calls minions. Here is how we use Salt and why. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | October 21, 2014 Humans vs. Robots: Testing for Quality Six Feet Up is frequently asked about including human-powered Quality Assurance (QA) as a part of our testing process. Find out when automated tests or humans are best at catching issues. Read More Christine Shaw | October 16, 2014 Release Plone 1.9.0 release brings new features and documentation to collective.recipe.plonesite The 1.9.0 release of collective.recipe.plonesite is now available on PyPi. This release brings several new features and some improvements to the documentation. Read More Clayton Parker | October 14, 2014 How To Plone Learning Plone as a SysAdmin I recently started learning to develop for the Python-based CMS, Plone. This is my perspective on learning to be a Plone developer with years of experience as a SysAdmin and Python developer. Read More Rob McBroom | October 14, 2014 ShipIt Day ShipIt Day 13 rocked the sixie house, literally Wow, we got a lot of awesomeness done during this ShipIt Day! It was tons of fun and some of us worked tirelessly until 6 am. Here's a recap of the projects that we took on Read More October 10, 2014 Python Python Event Pyramid Django Python Django Training Course Now Available We’ve taken the challenge of finding well-trained Python developers into our own hands. Clayton and I will be teaching 5-day immersive trainings on Python and Django at Eleven Fifty in Carmel, Indiana. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | October 8, 2014 How To Plone Forms in Plone - PloneFormGen vs. Formstack When displaying forms in a Plone site, you can choose a hosted service like Formstack, or go with a Plone add-on like PloneFormGen. I'll take a look at how each of these options work from the perspective of a marketer or content creator. Read More October 7, 2014 WebUnity Multisite Plone Performance Is a Web Consolidation Strategy Right For You? Web consolidation projects provide an incredible opportunity for cutting expenses, improving performance, and simplifying content management across websites. Here are 7 key factors to consider if consolidation is right for your organization. Read More Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker | September 30, 2014 Conference Planet Plone Plone Being an "active sponsor": The Plone Conf survey app We are excited this year to not only be attending and sponsoring Plone Conf 2014, but we are also donating our Survey App to the conference. We believe in actively helping grow our communities. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | September 18, 2014 Plone "Mastering Plone" Documentation - A Great Online Resource This online training resource walks you through the process of creating a Plone site and setting up custom content. Read More Chrissy Wainwright | August 21, 2014 Python Indianapolis IndyPy Python Myths Dispelled Python is used by major organizations for mission critical applications in Indianapolis and around the U.S. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | July 30, 2014 jQuery How To Planet Plone Javascript Plone Intro to jQuery within Plone jQuery is a JavaScript library that allows you to do many of the same things as regular JavaScript, but in a much easier way that also results in less code. Recently the jQuery library was split out of Plone into a separate package (plone.app.jquery) in order to make updating jQuery itself easier. Read More Chrissy Wainwright | July 23, 2014 Planet Plone Plone Plone and Drupal Coexistence in Higher Ed (PSM14 Recap) 70% of Higher Ed institutions running Plone also use Drupal. While some universities go down the path of consolidating onto one platform, there is another simpler and cheaper option: integrating the two CMSs. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | July 15, 2014 Multisite How To Planet Plone Plone Merging 120 Sites into a Multisite Plone Solution (PSM14 Recap) Discover how the Penn State College of Liberal Arts moved over 120 separate websites running on their own Plone installation into a single system utilizing Lineage in less than 90 days. Read More Clayton Parker | July 10, 2014 Plone 5 How To Plone Diazo Planet Plone The Future of [Plone] Theming (PSM14 Recap) See what's new in Plone 5 theming, how to future-proof your Plone theme, and how to make a Diazo theme. Read More Chrissy Wainwright | July 2, 2014 Sprint Planet Plone Plone Plone "Cheese Sprint" a Success A "Cheese Sprint" followed the annual Plone Symposium Midwest hosted at the University of Oshkosh on June 20-21-22, 2014. About 30 people from various parts of the US and the world tackled six specific projects to advance Plone... Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | June 23, 2014 Diazo Plone Theme Planet Plone Plone Updating a Traditional Plone Theme to Diazo for Plone 5 Read More Chrissy Wainwright | June 17, 2014 Planet Plone Plone Improving the Plone Setup Process Updates to SixieSkel allow for quick and easy buildout creation. Read More Chrissy Wainwright | June 4, 2014 Postgresql Relstorage ZFS replication FreeBSD Replication with ZFS and PostgreSQL When clients have high availability requirements for their Plone site, we recommend using the RelStorage implementation for the ZODB, combined with the PostgreSQL database platform. This post describes how to combine ZFS replication with PostgreSQL. Read More April 29, 2014 5 Great Reasons to Syndicate Content Across Your Websites Content syndication maximizes the value of your content, provides a simple way to maintain consistency, and saves time. Read More March 31, 2014 Why Content Marketing is Key to Developing Patient Trust Patients rely heavily on search and hospital websites in the decision making process. Healthcare organizations should consider syndicating informational content to physician sites and pages to grow trust and aid in physician selection... Read More March 10, 2014 Five reasons why waiting isn't the best upgrade strategy We recommend upgrading to the latest stable version of Plone (emphasis on "stable"). Here's why: Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | March 5, 2014 WebUnity Multisite Plone Why Consider Consolidating Your Websites? If you have multiple websites scattered across CMSs you might want to consider consolidating them to control them in one place, share across them and save time. Here's a few reasons you should consider consolidating your websites. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | February 11, 2014 Integration PushHub Why Consider Integrating Your Websites? 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PAQ Quick Guide to Generating SSL Certificates Quick Guide to Generating SSL Certificates with Six Feet Up using our hosting or your own provider. Read More October 30, 2014
Lineage Plone 5 Plone Lineage 2.0 for multisite is Plone 5 & Dexterity compatible We've seen a lot of activity around Lineage this year and wanted to make sure that before PloneConf we had a fresh new version of Lineage for Plone 4.x and Plone 5. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | October 29, 2014
Diazo How To Plone How to use Diazo for Plone Theming This is an introduction to how to use Diazo for Plone theming. Diazo allows you to map dynamic content from a CMS to a static theme. Diazo is supported in Plone 4.1 and beyond with plone.app.theming. Read More Chrissy Wainwright | October 28, 2014
PAQ New PAQs start with how to submit your Emergency Six Feet Up inaugurates new PAQ (problems and questions) features on blog. Find out what issues other users are facing and how they fixed, the processes we use to fix them, and what you can expect moving forward. Read More October 23, 2014
Python SaltStack How To Using SaltStack for server configuration management and more SaltStack (Salt) is currently one of the fastest growing configuration management systems. It is written in Python and uses ZeroMQ to communicate nearly instantaneously with all of the servers in your infrastructure that it calls minions. Here is how we use Salt and why. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | October 21, 2014
Humans vs. Robots: Testing for Quality Six Feet Up is frequently asked about including human-powered Quality Assurance (QA) as a part of our testing process. Find out when automated tests or humans are best at catching issues. Read More Christine Shaw | October 16, 2014
Release Plone 1.9.0 release brings new features and documentation to collective.recipe.plonesite The 1.9.0 release of collective.recipe.plonesite is now available on PyPi. This release brings several new features and some improvements to the documentation. Read More Clayton Parker | October 14, 2014
How To Plone Learning Plone as a SysAdmin I recently started learning to develop for the Python-based CMS, Plone. This is my perspective on learning to be a Plone developer with years of experience as a SysAdmin and Python developer. Read More Rob McBroom | October 14, 2014
ShipIt Day ShipIt Day 13 rocked the sixie house, literally Wow, we got a lot of awesomeness done during this ShipIt Day! It was tons of fun and some of us worked tirelessly until 6 am. Here's a recap of the projects that we took on Read More October 10, 2014
Python Python Event Pyramid Django Python Django Training Course Now Available We’ve taken the challenge of finding well-trained Python developers into our own hands. Clayton and I will be teaching 5-day immersive trainings on Python and Django at Eleven Fifty in Carmel, Indiana. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | October 8, 2014
How To Plone Forms in Plone - PloneFormGen vs. Formstack When displaying forms in a Plone site, you can choose a hosted service like Formstack, or go with a Plone add-on like PloneFormGen. I'll take a look at how each of these options work from the perspective of a marketer or content creator. Read More October 7, 2014
WebUnity Multisite Plone Performance Is a Web Consolidation Strategy Right For You? Web consolidation projects provide an incredible opportunity for cutting expenses, improving performance, and simplifying content management across websites. Here are 7 key factors to consider if consolidation is right for your organization. Read More Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker | September 30, 2014
Conference Planet Plone Plone Being an "active sponsor": The Plone Conf survey app We are excited this year to not only be attending and sponsoring Plone Conf 2014, but we are also donating our Survey App to the conference. We believe in actively helping grow our communities. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | September 18, 2014
Plone "Mastering Plone" Documentation - A Great Online Resource This online training resource walks you through the process of creating a Plone site and setting up custom content. Read More Chrissy Wainwright | August 21, 2014
Python Indianapolis IndyPy Python Myths Dispelled Python is used by major organizations for mission critical applications in Indianapolis and around the U.S. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | July 30, 2014
jQuery How To Planet Plone Javascript Plone Intro to jQuery within Plone jQuery is a JavaScript library that allows you to do many of the same things as regular JavaScript, but in a much easier way that also results in less code. Recently the jQuery library was split out of Plone into a separate package (plone.app.jquery) in order to make updating jQuery itself easier. Read More Chrissy Wainwright | July 23, 2014
Planet Plone Plone Plone and Drupal Coexistence in Higher Ed (PSM14 Recap) 70% of Higher Ed institutions running Plone also use Drupal. While some universities go down the path of consolidating onto one platform, there is another simpler and cheaper option: integrating the two CMSs. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | July 15, 2014
Multisite How To Planet Plone Plone Merging 120 Sites into a Multisite Plone Solution (PSM14 Recap) Discover how the Penn State College of Liberal Arts moved over 120 separate websites running on their own Plone installation into a single system utilizing Lineage in less than 90 days. Read More Clayton Parker | July 10, 2014
Plone 5 How To Plone Diazo Planet Plone The Future of [Plone] Theming (PSM14 Recap) See what's new in Plone 5 theming, how to future-proof your Plone theme, and how to make a Diazo theme. Read More Chrissy Wainwright | July 2, 2014
Sprint Planet Plone Plone Plone "Cheese Sprint" a Success A "Cheese Sprint" followed the annual Plone Symposium Midwest hosted at the University of Oshkosh on June 20-21-22, 2014. About 30 people from various parts of the US and the world tackled six specific projects to advance Plone... Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | June 23, 2014
Diazo Plone Theme Planet Plone Plone Updating a Traditional Plone Theme to Diazo for Plone 5 Read More Chrissy Wainwright | June 17, 2014
Planet Plone Plone Improving the Plone Setup Process Updates to SixieSkel allow for quick and easy buildout creation. Read More Chrissy Wainwright | June 4, 2014
Postgresql Relstorage ZFS replication FreeBSD Replication with ZFS and PostgreSQL When clients have high availability requirements for their Plone site, we recommend using the RelStorage implementation for the ZODB, combined with the PostgreSQL database platform. This post describes how to combine ZFS replication with PostgreSQL. Read More April 29, 2014
5 Great Reasons to Syndicate Content Across Your Websites Content syndication maximizes the value of your content, provides a simple way to maintain consistency, and saves time. Read More March 31, 2014
Why Content Marketing is Key to Developing Patient Trust Patients rely heavily on search and hospital websites in the decision making process. Healthcare organizations should consider syndicating informational content to physician sites and pages to grow trust and aid in physician selection... Read More March 10, 2014
Five reasons why waiting isn't the best upgrade strategy We recommend upgrading to the latest stable version of Plone (emphasis on "stable"). Here's why: Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | March 5, 2014
WebUnity Multisite Plone Why Consider Consolidating Your Websites? If you have multiple websites scattered across CMSs you might want to consider consolidating them to control them in one place, share across them and save time. Here's a few reasons you should consider consolidating your websites. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | February 11, 2014
Integration PushHub Why Consider Integrating Your Websites? If your organization has multiple websites, multiple teams, and/or multiple CMS technologies you need to integrate those sites to easily manage and syndicate content across them. Read More Calvin Hendryx-Parker | February 3, 2014
WebUnity Plone 4 Plone Top Reasons to Migrate to WebUnity If you are looking to upgrade your existing Plone installation, you should consider WebUnity, the complete multisite Plone package. Here are the top benefits of WebUnity over vanilla Plone Read More Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker | February 3, 2014
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