Screencast: example application for Plone out of the box

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In this post (initially categorized as PloneEdu), I show a screencast of a simple yet powerful "job application dropbox" built using Plone out of the box (well, with PloneFormGen too).

The client asked for a way to receive uploaded documents from job applicants and letters of recommendation from their references, while automatically organizing all uploaded documents.

The site consists of two forms (including mailer adapter and custom script adapter) and makes use of Plone's built in search, recent items portlet, and security.

Screencast: a job application dropbox built with Plone...out of the box)

This is Plone site that allows job applicants to upload materials (such as their résumé) and their references to upload letters of recommendation. It consists of two PloneFormGen forms, each with a mailer adapter (to send confirmation emails to the submitter) and a custom script adapter. The custom scripts create a folder, as necessary, for each applicant (keyed on their email address) into which the attachments are stored as Plone File objects. Built-in Plone security allows viewing of the …