What kind of content can I post?
As a member of a Plone site, you have been automatically been granted access to add/edit/delete content from your personal folder.  Based on the security needs of your group, you may also granted access to other folders in your portal.

The following table lists the basic types of documents that Plone can store.  There may be others based on your group’s needs.

Anytime you click on the my folder link on your personal bar, you will be taken to your personal folder area.  Below is a description of the items you may find there.  By default the content will appear under the view tab in the Plone bar.

Contents tab

• A listing of the content arranged within a table showing title, size, modified, state and order
• By clicking on the up or down icon, an item can be moved up or down in the list
• Buttons along the bottom of the table allow items to be copied, cut, renamed or deleted
• The Change State button allows the document metadata to be updated.  See "setting the document metadata" section for more info.
  
  

View tab

• Shows a listing of the content arranged by Title
  
  

Edit tab

• Allows the user to edit the items Title and Description for this item
  
  

Properties tab

• Allows the user to set/edit the metadata for this item.  This is discussed further in the “setting the document metadata” section.
  
  

Sharing

• Allows the user to add users who can view this item.  This is discussed further in the “Sharing your document” section.

There are two ways to add information to Plone:

• Add a pre-existing document or file such as Word or a PowerPoint presentation
• Create a new document using the Plone interface

The instruction below describle the steps to add a pre-existing file to the Plone site.  The steps are similar for other types of content such as images.

1. Make sure that you are logged into Plone
2. Click the my folder link on your personal bar (just under the banner)
3. You should now see the contents of your folder with several tabs running across the top.  These tabs as well as the links to the right make up the Plone bar.
4. Select file from the add item menu on the Plone bar.
5. Fill in the form.  Only the fields with a red box are required.
6. Use the browse button to select the file from your computer or another location. 
7. Click the save button to finish.

 You should now see a message saying that your changes have been saved.  There will be a link labeled: Click here to get the file.  If you click on this link you will be able to download the file to your computer.  Extra details regarding the files type, size and data modified are also listed.

Follow the steps listed below in order to create a new document (page) in Plone.

1. Make sure that you are logged into Plone
   
2. Click the my folder link on your personal bar. You should now see the contents of your folder with several tabs running across the top. 
   These tabs as well as the links to the right make up the Plone bar.
   
3. Click the Add New Item menu, and you will see a list of document types that you can choose.
   
4. Choose the appropriate type of file from the drop-down menu.  Fill in the form.  Only the fields with a red box are required.  See setting document metadata for more information on how to fill in the fields.

Each item in Plone has specific properties called "metadata" that are associated with it.  This metadata allows documents to be found easily via searches and other queries to the system.   Although the metadata requested will vary from one content type to another, in general you will find the following values for an item.

In order to aid the advanced searching capabilities of Plone, you can add additional metadata to describe your item.  To add this metadata, click the properties tab of any document.  The metadata items are described below.