NewsForge | Plone CMS for enterprise intranet applications

NewsForge | Plone CMS for enterprise intranet applications: "Plone CMS for enterprise intranet applications
Wednesday June 01, 2005 (09:01 AM GMT)
By: Donna M. Snow

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The open source Plone content management system is one of the best collaborative tools for enterprise intranets. Plone's core features include an enterprise-level content management system, a solid workflow engine, a wiki, role-based membership, and a search engine. It bring the benefits of sharing information to your enterprise intranet.

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Plone can handle basic CMS functions, but if that's all you want it for, there are smaller, lighter options such as Drupal and Mambo. Plone is better suited for larger enterprise implementations where there is a large user base and a need for customized application development within the organization.

Plone's workflow engine allows users to move vital documents through appropriate channels without the nightmare of passing documents through email. Plone users have the ability to work together on various types of content within the Plone interface.

Plone is easy to use and can handle many users. Non-technical employees will find the Plone interface easy to use for keeping content updated without having to learn HTML. You can add content types (such as events, news, links, documents, files, or photos) easily through a browser-based interface. An administrator can add a multitude of content types to the interface through the 200+ products available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/collective/. Plone also utilizes kupu, a visual editor that resembles a mini-version of Microsoft Word. Plone's advanced publishing feature allows users to prepare material ahead of time and schedule publication for a later date. You can also specify a date on which material is to expire, at which time it will no longer be visible to Web site visitors.

Plone's creators, notably Alan Runyan and Alexander Limi, based"