[Zope] Can Zope Do....?

[Jerry Westrick]

On Thursday 02 December 2004 18:05, Alan Snyder wrote:
> I'm in love with zope from what i've seen of this Elvis Sightings
> interactive demo. It's so friggin' easy to build functionalities into
> pages. Holy smokes!!
>
> Before I go further with this, I have some questions...
>
> 1) I am creating all of these pages through the zope manager interface
> which is great, but is it possible, and if so how, to do what I'm
> doing here and update a client remotely through something like a CVS
> or some pre-packaged zope update? Is it a matter of just copying files
> and such from a folder (like the parent elvis sightings folder), or do
> i need to grab stuff from different zope config areas and work it.
> Bottom line - is there any synchronization or update mechanisms
> available that let me develop and fix sites locally and effect those
> changes on a remote server, i.e. at a client?

Yes, there is a nifty synchronization product, which once installed on 
2 zope instances, will show you a diff, and synchronize them for you!

Search zope.org products section for synch...

> 2) I saw in one of the chapters that each page can reference a
> template (like standard_template.something)... This looks really cool
> for giving a similar layout to pages in a "folder". Can sub-folder
> templates "over-ride" parent folder templates. In other words, if i
> copy the "standard_template" file to a sub folder and slightly modify
> it will that version be picked up by those folder's pages, or will the
> parent version be used?

That is one of the main purposes of the whole thingy!
Now you got the Idea!

> 3) What are the items in that drop down list of things in the upper
> right corner of every folder called? It has stuff like "DTML Document,
> Mai Host..." Are those "products"? Where can I find more of those.
> They're wonderful. Also - how hard are they to install at a client?
> What mechanisms are available for producing "install scripts" for
> clients who want to use the stuff I build?
>

They are prodcuts, usually installation consists of copying an additional 
directory to the products directory, and restarting zope.   Some products are 
a little more complex (require special python packages, or linux/windows 
dlls)  

You can find most on zope.org download zope products section.

You rest you have to google for!

I suggest you look into zetadb, it sounds like it might be usefull to you!

Jerry
> Thanks again.
>
> Lovin' Zope so far!
>
> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:04:51 -0500, Alan Snyder <alan8373 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm in love with zope from what i've seen of this Elvis Sightings
> > interactive demo. It's so friggin' easy to build functionalities into
> > pages. Holy smokes!!
> >
> > Before I go further with this, I have some questions...
> >
> > 1) I am creating all of these pages through the zope manager interface
> > which is great, but is it possible, and if so how, to do what I'm
> > doing here and update a client remotely through something like a CVS
> > or some pre-packaged zope update? Is it a matter of just copying files
> > and such from a folder (like the parent elvis sightings folder), or do
> > i need to grab stuff from different zope config areas and work it.
> > Bottom line - is there any synchronization or update mechanisms
> > available that let me develop and fix sites locally and effect those
> > changes on a remote server, i.e. at a client?
> > 2) I saw in one of the chapters that each page can reference a
> > template (like standard_template.something)... This looks really cool
> > for giving a similar layout to pages in a "folder". Can sub-folder
> > templates "over-ride" parent folder templates. In other words, if i
> > copy the "standard_template" file to a sub folder and slightly modify
> > it will that version be picked up by those folder's pages, or will the
> > parent version be used?
> > 3) What are the items in that drop down list of things in the upper
> > right corner of every folder called? It has stuff like "DTML Document,
> > Mai Host..." Are those "products"? Where can I find more of those.
> > They're wonderful. Also - how hard are they to install at a client?
> > What mechanisms are available for producing "install scripts" for
> > clients who want to use the stuff I build?
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Lovin' Zope so far!
> >
> > On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 17:40:28 +0100, bruno modulix <bruno at modulix.org> 
wrote:
> > > Alan Snyder wrote:
> > > > Ok - I think I'll play with Zope 2 - I have a book on it and can flip
> > > > through that. I'll play with the base Zope packages first and then
> > > > hop onto Plone. I love the layout and look and feel of Plone and I'm
> > > > curious about the visuals of naked zope.
> > >
> > > 'naked' Zope doesn't have much visuals - unless you're talking about
> > > the ZMI !-)
> > >
> > > > There's no better way to find
> > > > out than to play so I'm hopefully able to dedicate today to that
> > > > task.
> > >
> > > Have fun, and don't despair : beginning with Zope is known to be
> > > somewhat difficult, but the reward is worth the time invested.
> > >
> > > Bruno
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > Bruno Desthuilliers - Analyste-programmeur
> > > bruno at modulix.org
> > > www.modulix.com
>
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