Zope-Announce November 2001

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zwiki 0.9.8 released
by Simon Michael 30 Nov '01

30 Nov '01

0.9.8 2001-11-29 * auto-cataloging no longer requires DTMLDocumentExt and adding a zwiki page no longer gives "AttributeError: index_object" if it's not present. (IssueNo0054). Zwiki uses the catalog specified by the SITE_CATALOG property, or "Catalog", or none. * the add zwiki web form complained "list.remove(x): x not in list" due to missing ZWiki/wikis/DEFAULTS, fixed (IssueNo0043) * includes the experimental 'issuedtml' render method used by ZwikiTracker * zwikidotorg template: UserOptions was not displaying the username field properly * a somewhat important change that also went in last release: responsibility for generating the page header and footer has been moved into the render_* methods download: http://zope.org/Members/simon/ZWiki, http://zwiki.org/releases

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Virtual Host Folder 0.1.0
by Gary Poster 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

I'm excited to announce the release of the first beta of the Virtual Host Folder, a product building on and intending to replace the Virtual Host Monster by Evan Simpson (in his SiteAccess package) and modified by iMeme. It includes the great basic functionality of the VHM as well as grouping of domain mappings into host objects, regular expression mapping, dynamic regex group template mapping, flexible mostly-standard Zope interface, property tab for each host, help files, and many other goodies. A Zope 2.4+ product. Tested only behind Apache. Please try it out: http://www.zope.org/Members/poster/VHF First Beta: class interface in flux/not yet using explicit declaration. Everything I can find so far works except the registration of the help file needed by the Virtual Host configure page--ideas, anyone? Meanwhile, glance at VHF_Configure.stx for help with that part of the system. Gary Poster

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[Zopera] Paul Everitt Interview Online
by Olivier Deckmyn 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

Hi all ! The whole Zopera Team is very proud to announce that the interview we made with Paul Everitt (one of the father of Zope) is published ! The questions of this interview were made by the french speaking community of Zope, on the initiative of Zopera Team. Let's speak about Zope 3, Zope Corp, Selling Zope, and so on ! The interview is both available in English and French language : French : http://www.zopera.org/site/Members/odeckmyn/iv_paul_2001_vf English : http://www.zopera.org/site/Members/odeckmyn/iv_paul_2001 Have a nice reading. Olivier, Zopera Team. http://www.zopera.org

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Zope 2.5 Beta 1 is available
by Matthew T. Kromer 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

Zope 2.5 Beta 1 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0b1/ Particular features of interest in 2.5 Beta 1 * Preview field in Image objects * Editable File objects under 64K for text files * New User management API * User folder password encryption * Path indexes on objects * Security machinery accelerations * Document template rendering accelerations * Page Templates, an alternate page markup * Distutils infrastructure support for addons * Session Tracking * New Examples For more information on what is new in this release, see the CHANGES.txt and HISTORY.txt files for the release: * http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0b1/CHANGES.txt * http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0b1/HISTORY.txt For more information on the available Zope releases, guidance for selecting the right distribution and installation instructions, please see: http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Misc/InstallingZope.html

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zwiki 0.9.7.2 released
by Simon Michael 26 Nov '01

26 Nov '01

Despite a careful check, I left out a file. Thanks for the bug reports. -Simon 0.9.7.2 2001-11-26 * blank extra revision on each edit fixed; browsing diffs now works like it's supposed to (credits-to: Geoff Gardiner) * included TextFormatter.py in tarball * updated README, removed mention of zwikiwebs.zexp * added download link to announcements (credits-to: Ray Lance, Dietmar Gaffling) 0.9.7.1 2001-11-23 * zwikidotorg template: remove "BookMarks" page reference from footer * ack it's going to be one of *those* releases :) zwikidotorg template: UserOptions page_type should be structuredtextdtml download: http://zope.org/Members/simon/ZWiki , http://zwiki.org/releases

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exUserFolder now has I18N support
by Andrew Kenneth Milton 24 Nov '01

24 Nov '01

exUserFolder now allows installing and operating in different languages, using ZBabel as the I18N product. ZBabel is not required for operation, XUF will install a dummy set of ZBabel support tags if it detects that ZBabel is not installed. Currently we are waiting for some volunteers to complete translations for various languages, which will be made available seperately. More importantly the icon for XUF has changed to something more recognisable as a Folder icon. The users are still daemons though. exUserFolder: http://www.zope.org/Members/TheJester/exUserFolder/ ZBabel: http://www.zope.org/Members/srichter/Products/ZBabel/ -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | | ACN: 082 081 472 ABN: 83 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm(a)theinternet.com.au|

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zwiki 0.9.7 released
by Simon Michael 24 Nov '01

24 Nov '01

Aha, found the bug that was preventing my zope.org news announcements from being cataloged. This shall be the.. "Peaceful Mountain" release. Please enjoy in good health. All bug reports and assistance appreciated. -Simon 0.9.7 2001-11-23 * another zwikiwebs change. The 'Add ZWiki Web' form now looks for wiki templates in both the filesystem (.../ZWiki/wikis/) and the ZODB (/Control_Panel/Products/ZWiki/), with filesystem taking precedence. The zwikidotorg template is shipped (via filesystem) as the default; additional templates can be installed in either place, or not, at user discretion. Auto-import of zexp's has been disabled. (credits-to: CMFWiki) * new comment method added, just like append but convenient for adding standard comment headings * misc wikimail & comment heading tweaks; mail-outs now discard the comment heading if present; don't display fractional seconds in comment headings (credits-to: 1Jerry) * stopped antidecapitationkludge appearing in html source; no longer used in 2.4 * misc 2.4 compatibility updates; added workaround to disable stxNG's footnote links on 2.4 * zwikidotorg template: UserOptions cleanup; added workaround for zope 2.4.x-2.4.2's stx underline problem; added site logo option & presets * automatic cataloging is supported again. Currently, the DTMLDocumentExt product is assumed to be present. It's SITE_CATALOG property is required to activate this. (credits-to: DTMLDocumentExt) * textDiff now reports more localised changes, instead of spraying out the whole page; misc diff tweaks & fixes (credits-to: ndiff/difflib) * long lines are wrapped before diffing, and long diff chunks are abbreviated, for better readability in email. Currently it displays up to 10 deleted lines and up to 50 added lines. (credits-to: Hamish Lawson's TextFormatter) * lasttext and the diff methods accept one or more revision arguments (counted backwards from the latest revision). * the old html-format diff has been demoted to oldDiff. The new one colourizes textDiff's output and adds whizzy navigation links for stepping through the edits. (Click on the page timestamp). * zwikidotorg template: automatic comment headings now available on all pages and enabled by default on *Discussion pages; horizontal rules now used * zwikidotorg template: header & footer tweaks; don't display ip address for last editor * zwikidotorg template: subscribe form email address integrated with UserOptions * improved default subscribe form's layout; remember email address via cookie if possible

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Initial Release of Product Manager
by Andrew Kenneth Milton 23 Nov '01

23 Nov '01

This is my first cut at building a Product Manager for Zope. It is by no means complete, but, it is functional, it will definitely have bugs. ONLY USE WITH A SCRATCH ZOPE INSTALL OR FROM AN INSTALL YOU'RE HAPPY TO RESTORE FROM BACKUP TAPES. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED http://www.zope.org/Members/TheJester/ProductManager/ This is obviously very very very very very very pre-release. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are two modes of operation, only one of which is currently implemented. Concrete Mode: This is where the package meta-data is inserted into an archive with the package. The package can then be directly imported by the Product Manager. Virtual Mode: This is where a list of download sites for the data is supplied, and the Product Manager fetches the archive and unpacks it itself. This is the only mode currently supported. o Generating the metadata for the available products. It's possible to do this one product at a time, but, there's nowhere currently that generates the meta-data necessary. There's a demo xml in the root directory you can import. o There's no external dependency handling, I need to add that in, but, I'm not sure of the best way to go about that. I can simply list the external dependecies to the user, and make sure they know they have to install those things. o It needs a 'post-install' script function to hook into distutils in case things need to be built. o It asks for database dependencies, but, doesn't check for installed DAs to prompt you to install one if you don't have a relevant one installed. It also asks for platform, cpu dependencies, but, doesn't check those either. o Zope should also be a dependency, and it should eliminate those products that don't work with this version of Zope. Python should also be a dependency as well I suppose. o It only really handles installing 'Products', it needs to be extended to deal with .zexp files, and Extensions. I'll probably need to gather some more meta-data to fix this up. Hotfixes need to be handled too. It does do somethings though; o It handles specified dependencies, and all version of a product are stored, so you can specify an older dependency if something doesn't work with the latest and greatest version. o It handles listing multiple download sites for fetching the archives. o It handles .tgz, .tar, and .zip, I'm not sure if it'll work for windows or macs, I hope it does. o You can install or upgrade a product without restarting (although the mechanism by which it does this, is somewhat err dodgey, so be warned). In my tests it's worked fine for me, without any adverse effects. o You can import one product, or the whole tree (or a subset) including the fixed meta-data types. o You can export your whole tree, or a sub-set. o Importing/Exporting is done using xml_pickle, so objects are fairly simple to build by hand (if you really have to), or to create from a script. o You can ZODB or (Postgres) RDBMS backed. ZODB is quick, but, isn't as flexible in its implementation. SQL is slow, but, is more flexible in its implementation, which will allow better searching (when that gets done). o You can browse and install products by catgory. o You can see what products are installed, and what the Control Panel sees as installed. TODO: o General clean-up -- the code is somewhat weird so that the same set of dtml files can be used by both ZODB and SQL interfaces. o ZODB mode re-written in a cleaner more flexible fashion o SQL mode re-written in a faster fashion o Product Search option. o Partial DB syncing (give me everything new or changed since yyyy-mm-dd) o Uninstalling. we can store the manifest when a product is installed. o Post Install scripts to allow setup or building of extensions o Partial Exports. o Bulk Install. o Concrete Package Creation, where the metadata is stored with the package, so you can simply upload the file into Zope and have it installed. o Hotfix, Extension, .zexp handing o Upgrading Zope source installs. o Proper dependency handling (minimum version, maximum version, recommended (version) o HTML Interface fixes esp. dependencies. -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | | ACN: 082 081 472 ABN: 83 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm(a)theinternet.com.au|

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New IE Document
by Arvid A. Patyupin 20 Nov '01

20 Nov '01

Description. IEDocument is a product based on IEMethod and HTMLDocument products. IEDocument allows to edit the text with HTML tags inside using a built-in visual HTML editor from Internet Explorer version 5 and higher. Two objects, standard_html_header and standard_html_footer, call automatically when IEDocument displaying. So, the main design of the current page must be generated from standard_html_header and standard_html_footer objects. For example, look at Standard product which is created as a ZClass. Installation. Install IEDocument product into lib/python/Products and restart Zope. Import Standard.zexp into Zope Products folder. Create a new StandardSite instance and create IEDocument and IEFolder inside it. You can read more about and download IE Document and Standard Product at http://www.zope.org/Members/arvid/IEDocument -- Arvid Patyupin Executive Technical Sum of Technologies Company mailto:arvid@summatech.ru www.sumoftech.com tel/fax:+7-421-2-315483 cellular:+7-902-403-2934

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Bizar Shop 1.1.6 - bugfix release
by Richard Jones 19 Nov '01

19 Nov '01

Note: This release fixes a bug which stopped shopper logins from working. What is Bizar Shop? Bizar Shop is an e-commerce product targeted at the SME market. Version 1.1.6 fixes a major bug caused by the switch to CoreSessionTracking in 1.1.5. Some other minor bugs have also been fixed in this release. See the CHANGES file accompanying the software for more details. Bizar Shop has already made quite an impact in the web development industry as the software incorporates outstanding features, usability, value for money and ease of hosting. Running on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD platforms, Bizar Shop is developing a reputation as very powerful, reliable and secure eCommerce program for small to medium sized business. Initial reports from companies using Bizar Shop have been overwhelmingly positive. Getting Bizar Shop Bizar Shop is distributed in two forms across its four platforms. There is an 'out of the box' application version which includes all supporting software, and a 'Zope Product' version which may be plugged into an existing Zope server. The software downloaded from our web site is fully functional for the web developer, allowing complete shop design and implementation before any purchase. Downloads are available from: http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/products/download_form.html Check out the demos and live stores See Bizar Shop in action by visiting the demo and live stores via our web site: http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/resource_centre/store_showcase.html For more information please contact Mike Clucas Bizar Software Phone: +61 3 9530 9182 mike(a)bizarsoftware.com.au http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/

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Zope-Announce November 2001