[Zope-PTK] Publishing and expiration of content

[Paul Everitt]

Kevin Dangoor wrote:
>     One thing that is probably worth considering is the automatic publishing
> and expiration of content. Automatic release of news stories at a specific
> time is a feature of KM|Net News that I use all the time. I don't know if
> anyone else thinks this type of feature would be useful. (If not, I can
> always just make my own portal class that has those features).

I think this is a natural fit.  Kevin, do you think this should be
pushed down into the common PTK architecture?  We certainly get asked
about it all the time on the consulting side.

Can you explain, both from the user's perspective and under the hood,
how it works in KM|Net News?

Also, if you could please read the bullet in the "PTK Architecture"
section that talks about reviewing, and see if this model could be
extended to include automatic publishing.  Meaning, the idea of
status-matched-to-role could be extending to automatic publishing as
well.  Thus, a piece of content might be visible to a Reviewer on one
date but not a Member or a Guest until a later date.

>     Will it be easy to subclass an existing portal class (such as News Item)
> and then add your own properties?

Uhh, dunno.  Mike won't be answering emails until later today (he's
travelling).

--Paul