General Buildout

1. Check out the latest Plone4Artists buildout

svn co http://plone4artists.org/svn/projects/Plone4ArtistsSite/buildout/ p4a-buildout

2. Run the bootstrap script

cd p4a-buildout
python bootstrap.py

Please note that you must use a Python that is version 2.4.2 or higher (2.4.x).

3. Run the buildout script

bin/buildout -v

It should gracefully start up the instance and shut it down (by itself).

4. Start up the Zope instance

bin/instance1 fg

5. Browse to your Plone site and login

http://localhost:8080/p4a/
un: admin
pw: admin

Next step -> Try out the Plone4Artists features

Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 Simple Install

-Install Apple's developer tools, either from Apple's site, or your OS X/restore CDs. Main thing needed is GCC, other items optional.
-Download Subversion DMG package from:

http://metissian.com/projects/macosx/subversion/

-Open DMG, and run subversion installation package
-Download and install MacPorts from:

http://svn.macosforge.org/repository/macports/downloads/MacPorts-1.5.0/MacPorts-1.5.0-10.4.dmg

-Open a terminal window.
-Add /usr/local/bin and /opt/local/bin to your path, using the following command.

sudo pico /etc/profile

-Run the following commands from the terminal.

source /etc/profile
sudo port install python24
sudo port install libxml2
sudo port install py-pil
svn co http://plone4artists.org/svn/projects/Plone4ArtistsSite/buildout/ p4a-buildout
cd p4a-buildout
/opt/local/bin/python2.4 bootstrap.py
bin/buildout -v
bin/instance1 fg

To kill Plone, just hit CTRL-C in the terminal.

To work with Plone, use a graphical web browser to go to:

http://localhost:8080/p4a/

The default un: admin
The default pw: admin