I suggest taking this to the Plone maillist, as this is no longer a general Zope issue. On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 17:51, John Poltorak wrote:
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 04:58:02PM -0500, Paul Howell wrote:
At 03:55 PM 2/10/2004, John Poltorak wrote:
Well I have Plone installed now, but don't have a clue about how it all hangs together. It seems pretty overpowering.
Where do I start trying to understand what is going on?
Play, John. At least "play" is what I consider it, because it is that fun to learn.
Yes, it's fun to learn, but it's no fun when things don't work.
I can't even get the hang of changing the skin of a basic site to see what difference it makes...
I've changed the the Skin selection under portal_skins->Properties to Mozilla New, saved it, but don't see any difference. The Plone book makes it sound so simple, and it probably is when it works. It says:-
If users are allowed to change their skins, they can go to the my preferences screen and change it there. <<
But what have I done at this particular point? The default skin is supposed to be set but I don't see any difference. When does the page get updated?
Build a site using Plone that starts to include some of the functionality that you require. Read through each of the howtos on the Plone site and try to use 5 or 10 of them, to see what they do for you -- doing so will give you ideas about what is possible in the world of Plone. Twiddle with various options to see what they do, and whether you like the result.
I'd prefer a few less options to begi with ;-)....
There will still be occasional moments of bewilderment, but try try try new things, and read read reread every piece of documentation you can find, both formal and in the list archives. This is how the rest of the Zope/Plone community learns. Read first, try four times, ask the list last when you are more sure of what the scope of your problem is, and what it is NOT.
=Paul