[Zope] DISCUSS: Improving default content

[Andy Smith]

How about shipping it with a 'frozen' copy of the zope site in a folder
somewhere, with the downloads stripped out? Kind of like the way the
O'Reilly python CD contained a copy of www.python.org. People without good
net access could have a good zope reference, and they could also see how a
nice site has been implemented. (Plus the zope site is content that already
exists, so it'll involve less manpower than otherwise!).

The Zope dowload is already about 4 meg, so unless the DTML for the site is
*huge*, it probably won't bloat the size of the distribution by too big a
percentage.

Also, if you're thinking distribution on CDs, I can't imagine them objecting
to this little bit extra... Redhat for one boasts about the size of the
content on their cds! ;)

Just my two pence worth..!

Cheers,

A.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Paul
> Everitt
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 1999 11:10 AM
> To: 'zope@zope.org'
> Subject: [Zope] DISCUSS: Improving default content
>
>
>
> Howdy folks.  Amos and I have a task for the final 1.10 release to
> overhaul and improve the default database that ships with Zope.
>
> Zope should provide, out of the box, attractive content that is
> effective in introducing new users to Zope.  Since we are on track to be
> in the RH 6 Powertools CD and the Debian distribution, the 1.10 database
> needs to be pretty good.
>
> Obviously there is an overlap to our in-progress overhaul of the
> zope.org site, where we want to make it very easy for people to quickly
> find out what Zope is and why they should invest time and energy in
> exploring it.
>
> Thus, I'm soliciting comments for how we can improve the default
> content.
>
> As a postscript, I'd like to reiterate our apologies for our drop in
> attention over the last two weeks.  We really are fighting off the
> disaster of getting screwed by our InfiNet, our (now previous) ISP.  Our
> entire office is dialed up over one modem as one IP address.  Hacking
> around this has consumed much of the engineering time around here :^(.
>
> --Paul
>
> Paul Everitt       Digital Creations
> paul@digicool.com  540.371.6909
>
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