[NGO] Starting out

[Martin Aspeli]

Hi Josh,

Don't be so timid :)

I *think* what you're asking for is a way of getting into Plone and learn
more about it. http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/read-documentationshould
be a good starting point. Plone Live is a good book, as well. And
really, you should just get it installed! :)

For general plone questions, the plone-user mailing list (
http://plone.org/support) is probably the best place to ask (this list is
about NGOs using Plone more specifically) - and also very friendly and full
of people like yourself that are just starting out. The #plone chatroom on
irc.freenode.net is another great place to get help.

Martin

On 6/23/06, Josh Milane <jmilane at ulem.org> wrote:
>
> I am a true beginner with CMS tools, and I really hesitate to send this
> email because it is so obviously beginner. However, I am kind of treading
> water and don't like to if I don't have to.
> I was a developer for a few years (PowerBuilder, SQL...) and am getting
> back into it after doing some general IT consulting for a few years. I've
> been reading a lot about Open Source tools but reading about them isn't what
> will get me what I need. I need to start working with them. These listservs
> are too advanced, but the introductory 'marketing' pieces out there are not
> useful in the way I would like.
> If anyone has any ideas as to what a good practical step would be, I would
> love to hear it. Plone interests me a lot, as does one other tool in
> particular... and I am thinking about trying to implement them but need to
> get my hands on them and train myself.
>
> I am not sure, since they are rather incipient, if there are any
> structured guides in place?
>
> Thank you for your time and I am sorry to make such a request for what is
> probably very boring information.
>
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