[Zope] How to force root context thru URL acquisition?

[Andy McKay]

Have a look at Transparent Folders:
http://www.zope.org/Members/hathawsh/TransparentFolders

Cheers.
--
  Andy McKay.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Burton" <jburton@scw.org>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 8:53 AM
Subject: [Zope] How to force root context thru URL acquisition?


>
> I have a simple DTML Method, Dig, which produces a sitemap by
> recursively digging into objectValues. I keep this at the root level
> of our site so that I can give it a URL like
>
>   http://foo.com/about/stencils/Dig
>
> and get a sitemap of everything in & below /about/stencils
>
>
> However, my root dir is getting very full, so I was moving some
> administrative tools to subfolders where they are used. I want to move Dig
> to the admin folder. If I do this, I can still get a sitemap of stencils,
> now with
>
>   http://foo.com/admin/about/stencils/Dig
>
> (assuming that admin doesn't have an about section, of course)
>
> However, how do I get a sitemap of the whole site? How can I put into the
> URL that I want to go back to the top?
>
>
> a) I know I can crete a DTMLDocument that does something like
>
>     <dtml-with "PARENTS[-1]"><dtml-var Dig></dtml-with>.
>
>    I want to do this in the URL, not have to create a special method for
>    root digging.
>
> b) I tried creating an object in the admin folder to represent the
>    root level. This was called "root", and contained
>
>     <dtml-return "PARENTS[-1]">
>
>    but if I try
>
>      http://foo.com/admin/root/Dig
>
>   I don' get anything.
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Joel Burton   <jburton@scw.org>
> Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington
>
>
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