Installing Plone-4.1.2 on Windows

Recent Plone installers for Windows have changed somewhat, so it's time for a new report on how they work:

  1. Download the installer from this page on plone.org: http://plone.org/download.
  2. Save it in a place you can remember, such as your Desktop.
  3. After the download is completed, double-click on the installer file to run it.
  4. Go through the installation wizard. The installer creates a folder in C:\Plone41 and installs Plone there.
  5. Wait while the installer extracts files and sets up your Plone instance.
  6. The newer installer automatically installs Windows services for Plone and starts the services so there's no need to start Plone by hand. If you need to start or stop the new services they are called "Plone 4.1" and "Plone 4.1 Zeo" and are listed in the Services controller window.

Accessing Plone

Note: You may need to tell your firewall to open TCP Port 8080 before you can access Plone's web interface.

  1. Open a browser window and browse to http://localhost:8080 and click the "Create a new Plone site" button.
  2. You'll be asked to login next. The default username is "admin" and the password is also "admin" (no quotes).
  3. On the "Create a Plone site" page scroll down and click the "Create Plone Site" button.
  4. After the site is created you'll be redirected to the site at http://localhost:8080/Plone. You can use this URL the next time you want to visit your site.

Let's all give the kind folks over at Enfold Systems a big cheer for maintaining the Plone Windows installer!

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