在过年前，Plone3.0的第二个alpha版就已经放出了。这个版本相对alpha1来说，改变还是挺大的。基本上大部分功能都已经实现，估计在alpha3版中会对UI进行改进。
以下是已经完成的功能：
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#8: Versioning (Francesco Ciriaci, Alec Mitchell) - #118: Portlets engine based on PlonePortlets and Viewlets (Alexander Limi, Geir Bækholt, Dorneles Treméa)
- #121: Asynchronous loading of content views (Alexander Limi, Martin Aspeli)
- #122: Edit-in-place mode for all basic field types (Alexander Limi, Martin Aspeli)
- #125: Ensuring link/reference integrity (removing 404 links) (Alexander Limi, Andi Zeidler)
- #127: Move properties to Edit screen using pre-loaded fieldsets (Alexander Limi, Florian Schulze)
- #134: Reader and Editor roles (Martin Aspeli, Alexander Limi)
- #142: Componentise the global content menu (Martin Aspeli, Alec Mitchell)
- #144: Generalized Next / Previous navigation (Alexander Limi, Martin Aspeli)
- #145: Locking (Raphael Ritz, Alexander Limi)
- #146: Improve sharing page (Alexander Limi, Danny Bloemendaal)
- #148: Move to CMF 2.1 (Hanno Schlichting, Alexander Limi)
- #149: Improved Markup Support (Tom Lazar, Alexander Limi)
- #157: Content rules engine (Martin Aspeli, Markus Fuhrer)
- #161: Remove migration code for old releases (Hanno Schlichting)
- #168: integrate iterate for checkin/checkout/staging (Kapil Thangavelu, Alexander Limi)
- #171: Include KSS / Azax to Plone (Balazs Ree, Godefroid Chapelle)
- #172: Wiki syntax support for all content (Whit Morriss, Alexander Limi)
- #173: OpenID support (Wichert Akkerman, Alexander Limi)
- #174: More configurable and reusable i18n features (Hanno Schlichting)
- #178: Return to using getIcon for content type icons (Michael Davis, Alexander Limi)
编辑页面更方便了，通过使用了ajax技术，让编辑设置之间的速度更快了。