[Zope] standard_html_header difficulties

Art Hampton arth@pacsg.css.mot.com
Fri, 03 Dec 1999 16:19:07 -0600


Chris McDonough wrote:
> 
> > What I want to do seems like it should be simple, but from my
> > newbie/non-Zen/still-confused-by-acquisition perspective I am stumped.
> >
> > I have a standard_html_header in / folder :
> >
> > <HTML>
> > <HEAD>
> >    <TITLE>
> >      <!--#var title_or_id-->
> >    </TITLE>
> > </HEAD>
> >
> > <BODY>
> >
> > In the /mse250 folder, I have a method index_html with
> > title="The MSE250
> > Homepage" as follows :
> >
> > <!--#var standard_html_header-->
> >
> > <H2><!--#var document_title--></H2>
> >
> > blah, blah, blah ....
> >
> > What I want to do is have my standard_html_header file use <!--#var
> > document_title--> (i.e. "The MSE250 Homepage") instead of the root
> > folder <!--#var title_or_id--> (i.e. MSE250)  between the    <TITLE>
> > </TITLE> tags. This seems like a logical thing to want to do - to cut
> > down on the amount of repetitive code by using a standard
> > header, but at
> > the same time, having the header change depending on what method is
> > calling it.
> >
> > any help is greatly appreciated ,
> >
> > Darcy
> 
> DTML methods have no attributes of their own.  What you're seeing is the
> title_or_id of the containing folder.  You'll need to spend some time
> with the Zope Content Manager's Guide to get a feel for why this is
> happening.

But is there a way to do it?  I want to do the exact same thing, and
asked about it (as my first question to this list).  Although I received
a few responses with suggestions, none of them worked out.


p.s., as a side note to the Zope developers, the more I look at this
thing, the cooler it gets....  Thanks for what so far looks like an
incredible product.