[Zope] User friendly templates

[Robert Jean]

I am looking for a templating mechanism that would:

1) Separate the template (“class”) from the instances
(“objects”)
2) Separate content from presentation
3) Separate locked and editable areas
4) Present a user-friendly (possibly WYSIWYG)
interface to the author
5) Be simple enough so that designers can start being
productive in 5 minutes

(1) For example, the designer can create a “Job
Posting” template with 3 editable areas “Job Title”,
“Job Description” and “Requirements”. Then an HR
person can use the template to create multiple
instances of “Job Posting”: “Network Engineer”,
“Receptionist”, and so on.

(2) The designer can modify the presentation of
multiple instances by modifying the template only

(3) and (4) The author gets access to the editable
areas “in context”

(5) The designer can use something simpler than ZPT.
It can be as simple as defining “editable areas” in a
page. Dreamweaver templates are a good example of what
I would like to achieve. Once we agree on markers for
the editable areas, adding new templates should be
very simple.

I am new to Zope, so I may miss something. Does what I
have described above already exist? If not, any
suggestion on how to do that?

Thanks,
Robert

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