[Zope-CMF] Member preferences

yuppie y.2010 at wcm-solutions.de
Wed Jun 30 08:12:29 EDT 2010


Hi!


Charlie Clark wrote:
> Am 30.06.2010, 12:26 Uhr, schrieb yuppie<y.2010 at wcm-solutions.de>:
>> In general the svn history is quite useful for understanding old and
>> complex code. But browser/utils.py isn't that old and that complex so I
>> think it would be fine if you just add the correct svn properties.
>
> On my checkout (CMF.buildout) the properties are set:
>
> fuchsia:browser charlieclark$ svn propget svn:eol-style utils.py
> native
> fuchsia:browser charlieclark$ svn propget svn:keywords utils.py
> Id

??? I just did a brand-new checkout and still can't see any properties.

>>> * the preferences form points the user in the direction of the password
>>> change form. Shouldn't this also be a user action?
>> I usually disable the preferences action completely and use
>> change_password and change_email actions instead. But I was never in the
>> mood to start a discussion about the CMFDefault policy.
>
> I don't see this as policy but a necessity for proper skin support. If the
> join form has an action for the preferences, then change_password should
> be an action. I'm thinking of this in removing hard-coded urls from
> templates where possible. The _setRedirect() method you wrote for forms is
> a good example of the power of actions.
>
>   From a policy point of view: changing passwords is probably of greater use
> than changing the other settings. But you're right, there's little to be
> gained from a discussion of this. FWIW I never really understood the
> "portal" mania and I disable joining on all my sites. But I will add
> change_password to user actions.

I had *visible* actions in mind, but you didn't say that you want to add 
a *visible* action.

+1 for an invisible change_password action

>>> * where are the user folder security settings? local_roles for a user's
>>> home folder?
>> Don't understand these questions. First you talk about the user folder
>> and than about user's home folders. What kind of security settings are
>> you looking for?
>
> Sorry: "Your Member folder will still be publicly accessible unless you
> change its security settings."
>
> If we're linking to other forms like change_password then we should do the
> same here. This has to be local_roles form for the member's folder, hasn't
> it? Although I don't see how you can hide your folder there.

Now I see what you mean. And I also have no idea how a normal member 
could make his home folder inaccessible.


Cheers,

	Yuppie


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