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Although Plone 3.3 is a minor release in the Plone 3 series, it does offer several refinements. Highlights of the 3.3 release include the ability to localize navigation, tabs, sitemaps and searches within folders. According to an announcement by Steve McMahon "this makes it much easier to develop autonomous sub-sites within a Plone site". The new Lineage add-on provides management facilities to exploit the new feature.

Some additional new features and refinements include:

• Automatic redirection when accessing link objects;
• Resource registry improvements that make it easier to organize IE fixes;
• Improvements to the Windows installer, so it asks for password when it doesn't have the right permissions when being run;
• Improvements to document locking behavior and timeouts, as well as the ability to disable it entirely;
• Fixes for Internet Explorer 8;
• A new view to render calendar events using the iCalendar standard;
• Improved access to content histories; and;
• Auto-discovery of ZCML configuration directives for add-on products.

Windows, Linux and OS X installers for the new release — and instructions for upgrading existing installations — are available on the Plone download page.

Packt is pleased to announce Plone 3 Theming, a new book, which helps web designers build new templates as well as refactor their existing ones using Plone's templating system. Written by Veda Williams, the editor of the documentation section of Plone.org, this book is a step-by-step guide which will help create a customized Plone website and ensure that the concepts are well understood.

Plone is a free open source Content Management System (CMS) that’s built on top of the Zope application server. Plone lets non-technical people create and maintain information for a public website or an intranet using only a web browser. It is because of its superior security and advanced back-end, that it holds a technological edge over many major CMSes.

Plone 3 Theming provides designers with handy tips and tricks, thereby simplifying the theming process. This book provides a sneak peek into the future of Plone's theming system as well as provides useful information which will help designers create a robust and flexible Plone theme. Designers can then set up a productive development environment which will help them build a quality theme product.

Packt is pleased to announce Practical Plone 3 , a new book that will guide users in building powerful and robust websites using the Zope CMS platform. Written by a team of 13 Content Management experts, this book will give users a clear understanding on using Plone 3 to meet their content management needs.

Plone is a highly extensible Content Management System built on the Zope application server, which is written in Python. Plone makes it easy to build and maintain powerful, user-friendly websites with cutting-edge collaboration and content management features. Like Plone itself, this book is a community effort, with prominent leaders in the Plone community like Jon Stahl, who serves on the Plone Foundation board of directors, sharing their extensive knowledge of the subject to ensure users gain a deep and effective understanding.