From: Anne B. <ann...@me...> - 2009-12-29 14:01:56
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Good idea! I'd be happy to comment on drafts. Anne cjj wrote: > Hi all, > > I was recently testing Plone 4 (a3) and walking through the process that > hopefully a new person would be seeing. One of the things I noticed is that > after I get it installed, there is a link to how to find out how to > customize the buildout (in the README.txt in zinstances after UI finishes). > It says: > > Customizing the installation > ---------------------------- > You may control most aspects of your installation, including changing ports > and adding new packages and products by editing the buildout.cfg file in > your instance home at /home/cjohnson/Plone/zinstance. > > See Martin Aspelli's excellent tutorial "Managing projects with > zc.buildout":http://plone.org/documentation/tutorial/buildout for > information on buildout options. > > Apply settings by running bin/buildout in your instance directory. > > While that is a great tutorial, I have tried to use it a few times and found > it rather un-newbie-friendly and instead more oriented towards developers > managing a project using buildout. > > I was thinking to propose a HowTo (customize your new buildout) that we > could point to in initial documentation. I attempted to write something > along those lines based on my experience helping a friend after install with > UI, which has been one of my more popular posts over the course of the year > (see http://ifpeople.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/after-plone-installe/ and > really the helpful part I forgot to include and put in the comment!). What > do others think? > > If there is support for the idea, I'm willing to contribute what I know, but > that's not going to be enough because I don't use Windows (and haven't for > almost a decade), and nor do I use Mac (though Linux knowledge proved enough > to muddle through the experience). So if I can get some help, I'm game :) > > Anyway, hope all of you are well and having a great holiday season with lots > of merriment! > > Best wishes, > Chris > -- > ifPeople > www.ifpeople.net > t: 678-608-3408 > > > > > |