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How to Install, use, and customize this powerful, free, Open Source Java-based Enterprise CMS

In Detail

Alfresco offers true Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and aspires to be “Documentum fast and free”, and was founded by a former Documentum executive. Alfresco can store a wide range of digital content in flexible, smart “spaces”. Content is accessible through a web interface, shared network folders, FTP, WebDav, and other methods.

Users can set up Alfresco to process content in certain ways, according to business rules and workflow requirements. It can also apply version control to documents automatically, making it easy and safe to collaborate and update documents.

Alfresco is regarded as the most powerful open-source enterprise content management system. Using Alfresco, administrators can easily create rich, shared content repositories. This book shows you how to unleash this power to create collaborative working systems in your enterprise. Download Now »

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Zen Cart is a popular open-source PHP/MySQL-based e-commerce solution available under GPL that is designed to put the merchants’ and shoppers’ requirements first. Not only does Zen Cart offer a very long list of features, but the system is designed with both store owners and web developers in mind. There’s no sacrifice of usability or power.

This easy-to-follow book will teach you how to install, configure, and customize a Zen Cart shop and use its promotion and public-relations tools to attract customers to the shop. It will also teach you to customize the look and feel of the Zen Cart shop by localizing and customizing templates. With this excellent tutorial, you will be able to extend and tweak the Zen Cart store.

What you will learn from this book?

• Install and configure your Zen Cart shop
• Manage, import, and export products in bulk
• Configure zones, currencies, payment processors, and shipping modules
• Use discounts, salemaker, cross-sell and up-sell to promote products
• Use gift certificates, discount coupons, and newsletters to attract customers
• Localize your shop by translating and adding new language and locales
• Create or customize templates for your shop
• Migrate products and customers from osCommerce to Zen Cart
• Integrate Zen Cart shop with other CMSs like e107, xoops, gallery2, WordPress, phpBB, etc. Download Now »

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The first book to reveal the vulnerabilities and security issues that exist in the sites that have been built with Drupaland how to prevent them from continuing Drupal is an open source framework and content management system that allows users to create and organize content, customize presentation, automate tasks, and manage site visitors and contributors. Authored by a Drupal expert, this is the first book to reveal the vulnerabilities and security issues that exist in the sites that have been built with Drupaland how to prevent them from continuing. The main goal of this guide is to explain how to write code that avoids an attack in the Drupal environment, while also addressing how to proceed if vulnerability has been spotted and then regain control of security.

From the Back Cover
Uncover threats and protect your Drupal® site with proven strategies

What is the worst-case scenario if your Web site gets attacked and the security is broken? By following the strategies in this guide, you don’t have to find out. It first walks you through the vulnerabilities you’ll face and the steps you should take to protect a basic Drupal site. You’ll then discover how to review a module to find weaknesses and fix them. And you’ll learn how to keep your site running securely by implementing more advanced techniques.

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The Practical, Complete Guide to Customizing Drupal Sites with Behaviors, Themes, and Templates

Drupal is now the world’s #1 open source content management system: Thousands of individuals and organizations are using it to build and update Web sites of virtually every kind. As Web designers and developers adopt Drupal, they need ways to quickly customize the visuals and interactivity of their sites. Drupal offers powerful tools for doing so, but little guidance on using them effectively. Front End Drupal is the solution. In this book, two expert Drupal developers cover everything you need to know to create great visual designs and state-of-the-art interactivity with Drupal’s behaviors, themes, and templates.

Front End Drupal is 100% focused on issues of site design, behavior, usability, and management. The authors show how to style Drupal sites, make the most of Drupal’s powerful templating system, build sophisticated community sites, streamline site management, and build more portable, flexible themes. You’ll also gain hands-on experience through several case studies that walk you through the customization of everything from page templates to Web site forums.

• Prepare and organize content so it’s easier to integrate into Drupal Web sites
• Structure Drupal page templates that are easy to work with
• Configure Drupal with the modules and browser tools you need to customize your site
• Utilize Drupal’s Starter Themes and themes converted from WordPress, Joomla!™, and Drupal 5.x Download Now »

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The Definitive Guide to Plone, Second Edition has been completely updated to cover the latest version of Plone and its newest features. This book provides a complete and detailed overview of Plone. It is divided into three parts, which cover using, configuring, and developing and customizing Plone. After the coverage of Plone’s features, the case studies in the final part of the book reveal the true power of Plone. These case studies demonstrate Plone’s ability to handle all kinds of requirements, while retaining an easy–to–use interface for users. As when you’re working with Plone itself, you can choose where to start in this book and how best to apply it to your own needs.

With Plone, anyone can manage a website or work with an efficient intranet. Start reading The Definitive Guide to Plone, Second Edition right away, and the World Wide Web will be yours!

• Fully covers content management with Plone in Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
• Shows how to configure, administer, and maintain Plone
• Details the development of custom applications with Plone
• Includes case studies that show how Plone is already being deployed across networks and businesses

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Book Description

Build a django content management system, blog, and social networking site with James Bennett as he introduces version 1.1 of the popular Django framework.

You’ll work through the development of each project, implementing and running the applications while learning new features along the way.

Web frameworks are playing a major role in the creation of today’s most compelling web applications, because they automate many of the tedious tasks, allowing developers to instead focus on providing users with creative and powerful features. Python developers have been particularly fortunate in this area, having been able to take advantage of Django, a very popular open source web framework whose stated goal is to “make it easier to build better web applications more quickly with less code”.

Practical Django Projects introduces this popular framework by way of a series of real–world projects. Readers follow along with the development of each project, implementing and running each application while learning new features along the way. This edition is updated for Django 1.1 and includes a new chapter on unit testing in Django. Download Now »