Schools Plone Theme
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This skin was designed and developed on order of Haywood Community Schools, Waynesville, NC. Quintagroup was tasked to prepare the skin for free distribution presenting it for the Plone community. Much appreciation to Haywood County Schools and Michael S. Williams personally.
You can see the real look and feel of the Schools Plone Theme installed on Plone 3 website here. If you install the Theme on your Plone instance it will look exactly as it is on our website.
Starting from 4.0 version Schools Plone Theme is distributed as a Python Package and is available for download as a full egg. It contains all the Zope Page Templates, CSS and images with design implemented.
Use the following download links to get Schools Plone Theme for the Plone version you are using:
| Plone version | Latest version of Plone skin | How to install Plone skin |
|---|---|---|
| Plone 4.0 |
Download Schools Theme 4.2 | Install Theme on Plone 4 |
| Plone 3.3 |
Download Schools Theme 4.0 | Plone Theme Installation |
| Plone 3.2-3.3 |
Download Schools Skin 3.3.2 | Plone Skin Installation |
| Plone 3.0-3.2 |
Download Schools Skin 3.2 | Plone Skin Installation |
| Plone 3.0 |
Download Schools Skin 3.0.4 | Plone Skin Installation |
| Plone 2.5 | Download Schools Skin 1.0.1 | Plone Skin Installation |
| Plone version | Latest version of Plone skin | How to install Plone skin |
|---|---|---|
| Plone 4.0 |
Download Schools Theme 4.2 | Install Theme on Plone 4 |
| Plone 3.3 |
Download Schools Theme 4.0 | Plone Theme Installation |
| Plone 3.2-3.3 |
Download Schools Skin 3.3.2 | Plone Skin Installation |
| Plone 3.0-3.2 |
Download Schools Skin 3.2 | Plone Skin Installation |
| Plone 3.0 |
Download Schools Skin 3.0.4 | Plone Skin Installation |
| Plone 2.5 | Download Schools Skin 1.0.1 | Plone Skin Installation |
| Plone version | Latest version of Plone skin | How to install Plone skin |
|---|---|---|
| Plone 4.0 |
Download Schools Theme 4.2 | Install Theme on Plone 4 |
| Plone 3.3 |
Download Schools Theme 4.0 | Plone Theme Installation |
| Plone 3.2-3.3 |
Download Schools Skin 3.3.2 | Plone Skin Installation |
| Plone 3.0-3.2 |
Download Schools Skin 3.2 | Plone Skin Installation |
| Plone 3.0 |
Download Schools Skin 3.0.4 | Plone Skin Installation |
| Plone 2.5 | Download Schools Skin 1.0.1 | Plone Skin Installation |
Schools Plone Theme is distributed with ZPL license.
Features
- Front page includes image area with rotating photos. This works thanks to Products.Carousel product.
- Additional portlet manager at the site top right area allows adding any type of portlet there.
- Configurable top area height and second column width.
- Changeable site width. Schools Plone Theme is optimized for 1024px screen width.
Outdated Features
The following are Schools Theme features supported up to 3.3.2 release:
- 'Contact info' and 'School Links' static portlets, displaying information from the corresponding documents, were replaced by additional portlets manager starting from version 4.0.
- The theme was initially designed to rotate photos randomly with every page reload. There were 2 views developed for that purpose: 'document_with_photo_view' view for pages and 'folder_with_photo_summary_view' for folders or smart folders.
- Editable site slogan displayed under the photo.
- 'Weather Portlet' introduced for Plone 2.5 skin removed in 3.0 skin version.
Installation
To install Schools Plone Theme - follow installation instructions provided in INSTALL.txt file within /docs directory of the theme package.
Screencast
You can watch Schools Plone Theme Screencasts to learn how to use this skin on your Plone instance. Theme's basic features, installation instructions and main customizations are discussed there. You will learn how to manage site's carousel banners, how to use additional portlets manager, how to change top area image and logo.
Latest version of Schools Plone Theme for Plone 4 was tested in IE7, IE8, FF, Google Chrome, Safari 4, and Opera 10 on Windows platform.
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