Plone is a open source content management system developed in the Python which is used to create the any kind of website, including blogs, internet sites, webshops and internal websites. This tag is related to the Plone's version 4.0.
Plone runs on the Zope application server, which is written in Python. Plone by default stores all information in Zope's built-in transactional object database (ZODB). It comes with installers for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, along with other operating systems.
New updates are released regularly on Plone's website. Plone is available in over 35 languages. Since version 4.0, it claims conformance to (the now outdated) WCAG 1.0 AA and U.S. section 508, which allows people with disabilities to properly access and use Plone. An update to make Plone conform to WCAG 2.0 has been planned.
A major part of Plone is its use of skins and themes. When working with Plone, templates can be used to customize a website's look. These templates are written with Cascading Style Sheets. In addition, Plone comes with a user management system called Pluggable Authentication Service. Introduced in Plone 2.5, "PAS" is used to properly sort actions from different users to their respective folders or accounts.
PAS is also used to search for users and groups in Plone. Most importantly, PAS covers the security involved for users, requiring authentication in order to login to Plone. This gives users an increase in both security and organization with their content. A large part of Plone's changes have come from its community. Since Plone is open source, the members of the Plone community regularly make alterations or add-ons to Plone's interface, and make these changes available to the rest of the community via Plone's website.
