[Zope] Plone bewilderment

[John Poltorak]

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


-- 
John