Presented on the 2020 PloneConf

1. Institutional Website
the longest project of my life
Ramiro Batista da Luz
December 9, 2020

2. • Human being born in Florianópolis - SC
• I like to work as a teacher or developer
• I know how to brew beer
• I love to surf and nature
• I rater like to ride by bike than by car

3. • Saw the first source code in 1980’s, 85 I think.
• First programming language was Pascal.
• First professional programming language was Clipper
Summer.
• Fisrt Plone site was my personal website, Plone 2 as far
as I can remember.

4. • And there was a website....
• Made with Lotus Notes 4
• Before that, it was another domain name, could not take
screenshots.
• Only developers could change pages.

5. Figure: January 24th, 2001

6. • In 2002 a new design, Lotus Notes 5.
• Some improvment in content.
• Part of the content come from systems.
• Less intervention by developers, but still some content
needed to be maintained by developers.

7. Figure: July 26 th, 2002

8. • Then, there was a migration ....
• Smooth and easy.
• Low use of rich text.
• Easy to export and migrate using csv files.

9. Figure: Dec 10th, 2004

10. • Using Free Software LAMP.
• One admin interface and the web site itself.
• Very fast as each url is just one script.
• Tons of repeated code as the scripts were generated using
a proprietary software.
• Every new menu item needed to be developed.

11. Figure: Feb 09th, 2005

12. • The website grew in number of scripts.
• Got a new design.
• Agregatated services, like streamming.
• The backend archtecture was almost the same, just more
scripts.

13. Figure: Jul 15th, 2010

14. • Another webdesign change in 2013.
• No relevante change in the backend.

15. Figure: Aug 12th, 2013

16. • And it is comming to and end ....
• Plone Portal Modelo launched in August, 2020.
• Portal Modelo Customized theme made by the Forcontent
Content Management Solutions.
• https://www.forcontent.com.br/

17. Figure: Portal Modelo Plone Portal

18. But, it still lives today....

19. Figure: News URL to embed in the Portal Modelo

20. • Thanks to my Mom, Maria Angela and my father Jaime,
for all the support in my life.
• Thanks to my Uncle, Miguel Ângelo+, that showed me
my the first source sode.
• Thanks to Dorneles Tremea+ for supporting me as
PythonBrasil 2010 chairman.
• Thanks to Jean Rodrigdo Ferri+ for all the work on the
Portal Modelo and being an amazing friend.

21. • Thanks to Osvaldo Santana Neto for all the life advices.
• Thanks to Erico Andrei, always motivating me as a
human and member of this amazing community.
• Thanks to you, for giving some of your lifetime to listen
this history.

22. THANK YOU ORGANIZERS.
YOU MADE MY YEAR
BETTER.