[Zope3-Users] Help us! Calling a Python Script from ZPT

Wade Leftwich wade at leftwich.us
Mon Oct 31 06:19:28 EST 2005


Jean-Marc Orliaguet wrote:
> Wade Leftwich wrote:
> 
> 
>>Stephan Richter wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Why not have those templates on the file system? Is there a need for
>>>users to modify those templates?
>>
>>
>>Yes, users with the job description "web producers", which is to say
>>people who can do HTML and a bit of scripting, but who do not get
>>access to the file system. Kind of like the Zope 2 model. We even use
>>acquisition.
>>
>>Also, it seemed to me unwieldy to put 50 directories in the filesystem
>>to contain the templates for all the sites. But because of my
>>experience with Zope 2, I assumed TTW was the best way to customize
>>the application for each site, and I guess I should re-examine that
>>assumption.
>>
> 
> Hi!
> there is indeed such a category of users, i.e. somewhere between
> filesystem developers and application users. There will be support for
> this kind of TTW editing in cpsskins (cf Custom Portlet), but it will be
> purely limited to "simple" presentation  logic.
> 
> cf. http://www.z3lab.org/sections/front-page/design-features/custom-portlet
> 
> the difference with the Zope2 model I think is that "web producers" are
> not going to be ZPT programmers, but more like "site composers" with the
> ability to do minimal TTW template editing such as shown in the animation.
> 
> /JM
> 
> 

Yes, that's the kind of user I'm talking about, and the Custom Portlet 
tool looks really good. Cool animation, too. I've been planning to check 
out the Z3ECM project, but am trying to get a better grasp of Zope 3 
itself first.

-- Wade Leftwich



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