[Zope-CMF] Various newbie questions.

[Ignacio Valdes]

This thing is GREAT! The discussable Link type is going to work well for my purposes.
How would one add fields to the link type such as Documentation URL, and other
fields? -- IV

Ivan Cornell wrote:

> I've only been playing with the CMF for a week, but I'll have a go at
> answering your Q's:
>
> > Here are some random building questions: 1) I've seen the news box in
> > action on the dogbowl site, but I don't see that news items are
> > discussable, actually I haven't been able to find a discussable content
> > example via search.  Is discussable items a work in progress, or am I
> > just missing it? 2) How does one make news type items discussable?
> Look in the portal_types at the root of your site. There should be an
> entry for each content type & at the bottom of the page for each one a
> checkbox 'Discussable'. Turn this on et voila!
>
> > How would one restrict the choices available to a logged-in user to one
> > of three inputs: a form submission, a sub-folder or a discussion
> > attached to a form submission?
> Also in portal_types, call up the Folder entry, chose to filter types &
> select the content you want to limit to.
>
> > 3) ...and restrict access to a single
> > directory tree that is common to all users?
> Or is that 4? You can create portal folders 'outside' of the Member tree
> by going in to zope management & going Add -> CMF Core Content -> Portal
> Folder. You can then enter the new folder & set the permissions on it for
> your members on the Security tab, eg 'Add Portal Content', etc. I can't
> recall exactly what to set - read the source!
> HTH,
>
> Ivan
>
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