[Zope] Win2k Pro SP4, Zope 2.7.0, WebDAV, web folders, and local tools

Jerome R. Westrick jerry at Westrick.com
Thu Apr 15 04:46:18 EDT 2004


I don't know how to use webdav to edit Zope, but....

Have you seen the ExternalEditor product?
I suspect that this is what you really want anyway!

Jerry


On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 09:55, dpchrist at holgerdanske.com wrote:
> zope at zope.org:
> 
> I am evaluating Zope for building collaborative web sites.  My
> background is HTML, CGI, and Linux-Apache-MySQL-Perl (LAMP), mostly
> using ssh/vi.  I have downloaded and installed Zope-2.7.0-win32.exe on
> Win2k Pro SP4, gone through the Zope tutorial, and am now trying to
> figure out how to edit Zope source documents using WebDAV via Windows
> web folders.  I have successfully created a web folder for
> http://localhost:8080/ using Windows Explorer and can browse around my
> Zope instance.
> 
> 
> Mozilla 1.6 is configured as my default browser and HTML editor.  If I
> double-click on a page template, the rendered page opens in the Mozilla
> HTML editor.  I can make changes.  I can also carry out a save
> operation, and it appears to work.  However, when I look at the same
> object using ZMI, my edits are not there.  If I close Mozilla and
> double-click on the template again, Windows Explorer complains that the
> file does not exist.
> 
> 
> If I open a template by Send To -> Microsoft Word, it also opens the
> rendered page.  Word adds a whole bunch of XML stuff at the top.  Saves
> do get posted to the Zope instance, but because Word opened the rendered
> page this only serves to destroy functionality.
> 
> 
> If I attempt to open a Python script by Send To -> Notepad, nothing
> happens.  This also seems to break Mozilla's ability to open a template
> until I open a template using Word.
> 
> 
> I would like to be able to create/edit/move/delete Zope objects using
> local text editors, WYSIWYG editors, and/or command-line utilities.
> WebDAV sounds like a nice idea, but I can't get it to work.  I tried
> creating a web folders for http://localhost:8021/ and
> http://localhost:9800/, but this just hangs Windows Explorer.
> 
> 
> WS_FTP works fine connecting to localhost port 8021.
> 
> 
> In my RTFM and STFW efforts, I did see statements about WebDAV being
> broken on Windows.  I was just wondering if this has been fixed and/or
> somebody knows of a work-around.
> 
> 
> Any comments or suggestions?
> 
> 
> TIA,
> 
> David
> 
> 
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