This is an update on training courses Obsidian will be offering in the new year. There are a couple of changes from what we'd originally planned, to suit what people seem to be most interested in. Firstly, we're moving the course date back a bit - to the end of February. It turns out holding them at the end of January is probably a little too close to the start of the year for most people interested. So the new dates are 23rd Feb to 27th Feb.

Secondly, we've had some discussion regarding exactly which courses are most valuable to people. The Plone courses are the ones raising the most interest, and we're strongly considering therefore switching the "Developing Zope Products in Python" course over to another couple of days of Plone.

If people are particularly interested in the "Developing Zope Products in Python" course, can they please let me know ASAP, so we can organise something around that?

Below is the draft outline for the first two days of Plone tutorial - this is the "First Steps in Plone" course. There is a second two days to follow this, which cover more advanced plone topics. An outline for that will be available shortly.

Finally, we are now taking bookings for these courses. Phone (03) 9355 7844, or drop us an email at "contact@obsidian.com.au", to book and organise payment. Costs are $550/person/day inc GST for the courses (group bookings or five-day bookings will attract a discount, please contact me for details), payment can be made via credit card, cheque, or bank deposit, and we can send out invoices first if required.

A reminder, if you're looking for details on the courses (or want to point someone else at details , the website is at http://www.obsidian.com.au/training/

Thanks, KevinL

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Plone course outline:

Introduction

Stand-Alone Plone or CMFPlone? Creating and Accessing the PloneSite First Steps in Plone

Joining the Site, Member Settings, Navigating Through Plone, Adding New Objects, The PloneSite Objects, Structured Text, Text Formatting and Headings, Character Formatting, Lists, Hyperlinks, Configuring Plone

Error Log, Install Products, Mail Host, Portal Settings, Portal Skin, Users and Groups, Adapting Plone I

The Management Screen, Portal Tools, The Portal Properties I, The Portal Properties II, Form Properties, Navigation Properties, NavigationTree properties, Site wide properties, Actions, Workflow - Part I

The Default Plone Workflow, Portal Migration, Syndication, RDFRSS Feeds with CMFSin, Installing the EPOZ WYSIWYG Editor, Multi-Language Support - The Localizer, Internationalization for PloneSites, Using the MessageCatalog, Creating New Skins - Part I, Adapting Plone II

Creating New Skins - Part II, Example: The New Skin ProjectsSkin, Adding new tabs, Workflow - Part II, Creating Your Own Workflow Definition, Content Types

Factory-based Type Information, Example: A HowTo Content Type and HowTo Slot, Scriptable Type Information, Creating a Content Type With ArcheTypes, Example: The Content Type Profile

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