Plone Makes Sharing Feedback Easier

One of the reasons we use Plone CMS is for its strong community of open source developers. Its members are always quick to answer questions and share their latest Plone innovations.
Recently, Plone made this community even stronger by creating a feedback system that allows users to discuss, suggest, and ultimately vote on ways Plone can [...]

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New report out comparing open source content management systems

The report aims to help nonprofits make decisions on open source CMSs, but would be useful to anyone evaluating a content management system. Idealware, who provides objective information on software for nonprofits, has released a new version of its report comparing Plone, Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress. This report is more detailed than ever and encompasses [...]

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ifPeople to present Open Source models of collaboration at Pegasus conference on systems thinking in action

We are very excited to announce that our session on open source as a model of collaboration got accepted to one of the premier conferences on systems thinking in action! We decided to go to our core experience and crafted a really solid session that Tirza and I are very excited about. It builds on [...]

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Registration open for Atlanta trainings!

You can now register online for the upcoming trainings from ifPeople at the Georgia Center for Nonprofits. Those trainings include:

Techniques and Tools for Online Fundraising (Feb 10)

Social Media 101: Online Communication as Stakeholder Engagement (Feb 20)

Open Source Content Management(April 2)

Creating a Social Media Plan (April 23)

You can get to the registration form from any of [...]

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Free Plone Themes: A hidden treasure trove

I occasionally trawl the free Plone themes (skins, templates, etc) to see what kind of options are available for Plone. Historically this has been a weakness of Plone relative to other open source Content Management Systems (CMS), like Joomla. To my surprise, the Plone community has come a long way! A big contribution to this [...]

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Forthcoming: Open Source CMS Research and Comparison

Targeted at nonprofit organizations, Idealware is planning a new research report comparing the open source content management systems (CMS) Plone, Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress.Idealware produced a similar report in 2006 entitled “Comparing Open Source CMSs: Drupal, Joomla, and Plone“. The new report will update the review of each system and also include WordPress in the [...]

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New lineup of trainings for nonprofits in Atlanta announced

We’re excited to see our local trainings and webinar series shaping up quickly in 2009! Our first training at the Georgia Center for Nonprofits in December was a big hit and we were asked to do six more, each on a new topic. We thought that was plenty for the year…but they are all scheduled [...]

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We love to complain about Plone…until we actually use other CMSs!

Plonistas love to complain about the problems with Plone. I have been working on the system for the last almost 5 years…and I have done my share of complaining, I admit. But what has amazed me more than anything else this year is how bad other CMSs are. This year I have tried to help [...]

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Getting ready to head to DC for Plone Conference 2008!

I’ll be traveling to DC on Monday morning for the week-long Plone Conference (and related) activities. The conference itself is 3 days long, preceded by some trainings, and followed by a sprint over the weekend. This will be my third Plone conference – and the closest one to home so far (last year I went [...]

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