Intro to CastleCMS

About CastleCMS 

CastleCMS (https://castlecms.io) is an open source distribution of Plone that includes:

• an enhanced user interface that streamlines creating and managing content on large, complex sites
• many integrated backend services, such as Elastic Search, Google Analytics, Amazon S3 bulk archival storage
• improved security, such as login/lockout support, two factor authentication, and login shield

CastleCMS was created by Wildcard Corp., the cybersecurity-focused web development company that creates and manages large-scale web sites for government, universities, and businesses.

What You Will Learn

In this class, we will work through a set of exercises in which you will learn:

• the streamlined UI: the many new content editing features introduced by CastleCMS
• the new integrated backend services that come with CastleCMS
• slots, tile layouts, and page designs: the differences between CastleCMS themes and Plone Diazo themes
• how to create and modify themes for CastleCMS 

We will also cover:

• the CastleCMS development and release roadmap
• the differences between the publicly available CastleCMS and CastleCMS Advantage
• how to deploy CastleCMS on your own servers or as part of a managed service 

What to Bring

• a laptop with VirtualBox installed
• your questions!