[Zope] Some newbie questions
David C. Morrill
dmorrill@austin.rr.com
Thu, 2 Sep 1999 10:10:48 -0500
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I've been following Zope for a couple of months now, and in the last =
week or so I've started using it seriously for building a web site for =
my wife's business. After creating quite a few folders and DTML =
documents, I'd like to find a way to streamline the management =
interface.
My first thought was to reorganize some of the management pages, but I'm =
having some trouble trying to figure out where they are defined (e.g. =
manage_workspace) and how to go about changing them once I find them. =
Acquisition is really cool, but it can make tracking things down =
somewhat problematic at times. Anyone got any pointers about where I =
should be looking?
I also saw the article John Udell(?) wrote at Byte.com about Zope and =
some of the forum discussion there that followed. One forum article =
mentioned that Web-DAV could be used with IE5 by opening Zope as a Web =
Folder. This sounded intriguing, so I tried it (after having to =
completely re-install IE5 to get Web Folder support to work right :-(.=20
=20
However, I must be missing the point, or have the wrong idea about what =
it will allow me to do. If I open 'http://MyZopeSite:8080/' I get a nice =
file folder view of my Zope site. But when I try to drag a DTML document =
to an editor, I get an error dialog saying 'An error occurred copying =
some or all of the selected files'. If I try to open =
'http://MyZopeSite:8080/manage' I get an error saying it can't open the =
page as a Web Folder. What am I doing wrong? And when it works right, =
what should I be able to do? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
BTW, I found the mini-HOWTO's on DTML Document/Method differences and =
Namespace management to be very helpful. They cleared up several points =
that had been pretty murky in my understanding of Zope. Hopefully these =
will be added to the main documentation at some point.
Dave Morrill
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've been following Zope for a couple =
of months=20
now, and in the last week or so I've started using it seriously for =
building a=20
web site for my wife's business. After creating quite a few folders and =
DTML=20
documents, I'd like to find a way to streamline the management=20
interface.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My first thought was to reorganize some =
of the=20
management pages, but I'm having some trouble trying to figure out where =
they=20
are defined (e.g. manage_workspace) and how to go about changing them =
once I=20
find them. Acquisition is really cool, but it can make tracking things =
down=20
somewhat problematic at times. Anyone got any pointers about where I =
should be=20
looking?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I also saw the article John Udell(?) =
wrote at=20
Byte.com about Zope and some of the forum discussion there that =
followed. One=20
forum article mentioned that Web-DAV could be used with IE5 by opening =
Zope as a=20
Web Folder. This sounded intriguing, so I tried it (after having to =
completely=20
re-install IE5 to get Web Folder support to work right :-(. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>However, I must be missing the point, =
or have the=20
wrong idea about what it will allow me to do. If I open '<A=20
href=3D"http://MyZopeSite:8080/'">http://MyZopeSite:8080/'</A> I =
get a nice=20
file folder view of my Zope site. But when I try to drag a DTML document =
to an=20
editor, I get an error dialog saying 'An error occurred copying some or =
all of=20
the selected files'. If I try to open '<A=20
href=3D"http://MyZopeSite:8080/manage">http://MyZopeSite:8080/manage</A>'=
I get an=20
error saying it can't open the page as a Web Folder. What am I doing =
wrong? And=20
when it works right, what should I be able to do? Any help will be =
greatly=20
appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>BTW, I found the mini-HOWTO's on DTML=20
Document/Method differences and Namespace management to be very helpful. =
They=20
cleared up several points that had been pretty murky in my understanding =
of=20
Zope. Hopefully these will be added to the main documentation at some=20
point.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dave=20
Morrill</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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