April 2002 - Zope-Announce

VanPyz meeting: May 7th
by Andy McKay 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

Come and join what will likely be a lively debate as XML and Python guru Paul Prescod will be giving us his opinions on using different Web Services with Python. "Web Services in Python: SOAP, XML-RPC and Alternatives"... Date: Tuesday, April 2nd Time: 7pm Location: ActiveState, 580 Granville, Vancouver, BC (http://www.activestate.com/Contact/) VanPyZ is the Vancouver Python and Zope users group. We meet every month to discuss Python, Zope and other stuff. Mailing list: http://lists.zpug.org/mailman/listinfo/vanpyz Web site: http://vanpyz.agmweb.ca -- Andy McKay

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Amphora light 2.0 beta for Zope available
by Tanel Tammet 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

IT Meedia (www.itmeedia.ee, itmeedia(a)itmeedia.ee) has made available the 2.0 beta version of the Amphora light groupware system. Amphora light 2.0 is covered by GPL. See http://www.amphora.ee/freeware/ Amphora light is a powerful groupware server for small and medium sized enterprises, based on Linux, Zope, python, Postgresql and Apache, to name the most important components. The functionality of Amphora light is similar to, and in several respects exceeds MS Exchange and Lotus Notes, providing: - Browser interface for Netscape, Mozilla, MS IE - Simple file (document) sharing capabilities - Calendars - Tasks - Contacts - Discussions - Simple databases - Web-based email - Integrating front page - An optional MS Windows client for synchronisation with MS Outlook - Hierarchical system or rights, management of rights Version 2.0 introduces a number of improvements over the version 1.0 made available last year: - Full source available, licenced under GPL. - Supported on RedHat 7.2 - Based on Zope 2.4.x and new versions of postgresql, etc. - Does not require a devoted server machine - Should be much easier to port and install than version 1.0 - Simple file (document) sharing capabilities added - Simple database creation and usage capabilities added - By default, mail is based on sendmail instead of qmail - Numerous improvements to functionality, scalability and stability The web-mail client of Amphora light by Indrek Järve has been submitted earlier as a separate Zope module. Amphora light as a whole is not a Zope module: it uses a number of additional systems not present in Zope. A devoted Bugzilla site has been made available for bug reports, see http://www.amphora.ee/freeware/amphoralightdevelopment.html IT Meedia is also marketing a professional version of Amphora (see http://www.amphora.ee/eng/) which contains powerful additional components: - Full-fledged document management - CRM (clients, contacts, sales, etc connected to the rest) - Message registration and delegation system - ASP mode Contact: itmeedia(a)itmeedia.ee www.itmeedia.ee

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EuroPython Conference 2002 Press Activity
by Paul Everitt 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

Pixel Creations, a magazine focused on designers, is the first to carry a mention of the upcoming EuroPython Conference 2002: http://www.pixelcreation.fr/services/agenda/agenda.asp?Mois=juin&Section=JU… The announcement will also appear in their online version. Help spread the word! The EuroPython Conference 2002 will be held in Charleroi, Belgium June 26-28. This is the first major European conference for Python and Zope, and turnout is expected to be strong. For more information about the conference: http://www.europython.org/ If you would like to present a talk on Zope or Python, please send an email to the program committee at europython(a)python.org or contact Paul Everitt (paul(a)zope.com) for the Zope track. --Paul

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[ANN] TextIndexNG V1.0 alpha 1 released
by Andreas Jung 26 Apr '02

26 Apr '02

I am pleased to announce the first alpha release of TextIndexNG V 1.0. TextIndexNG is a pluggable index for the ZCatalog that enhances the full text indexing capabilities of Zope by providing the following features: * support for document converters (HTML, PDF, WinWord, PowerPoint, Postscript). Custom converters can be easily added * stemmer support for 12 languages * optional support for right truncation * similarity search (soundex, metaphone support) (for english) * NEAR search * phrase search * pluggable query parsers (two parsers included) * stop words support * new test tab for interactive testing * 2-3 times faster than Zopes TextIndex (more to come ;-) ) * compatible with ASCII, ISO-8859-1 Requirements: * Zope 2.5 or Zope CVS trunk checkout Documentation: * http://www.zope.org/Members/ajung/TextIndexNG/wiki Download: * http://www.zope.org/Members/ajung/TextIndexNG/ Installation: * The installation is described in the Wiki (see above) Contact: * Andreas Jung, Email: andreas at andreas-jung.com

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Zope Binary Installers for MOSX
by Steve Spicklemire 25 Apr '02

25 Apr '02

Zope Binary Installers for MOSX Silicon Prairie Ventures is happy to provide Zope binary installers for MacOSX. There are also installers for Andy Dustman's MySQLdb, ZMySQLDA and Steve Alexander's TransactionAgents. You can find it all at: "http://opensource.spvi.com":http://opensource.spvi.com Silicon Prairie Ventures makes no guarantee of the fitness of these binaries for any particular purpose. Silicon Prairie Ventures accepts no responsibily for damage or data loss that may occur while using this software. It's free! What do you expect? ;-)

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ANNOUNCE: Career opportunites at Zope Corporation
by Brian Lloyd 24 Apr '02

24 Apr '02

Zope Corporation is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Software Engineer to deliver cutting-edge Zope solutions for external and internal customers. More information is available at: http://www.zope.com/Corporate/CareerOpportunities We are also seeking an experienced Project Manager / Technical Lead to manage project delivery to internal and external customers. Information on this position is also available at: http://www.zope.com/Corporate/CareerOpportunities Brian Lloyd brian(a)zope.com V.P. Engineering 540.361.1716 Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com

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Zope 2.4.4 Available
by Matthew T. Kromer 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

Zope 2.4.4 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.4.4/ The binary releases for Zope 2.4.4 contain the Python 2.1.3 final release. Users of the Zope source release should note that Python 2.1.3 is now the required platform. Python 2.1.3 includes a fix to an issue that could cause crashes in Zope. The Linux binary is linked against RedHat 5.2 libraries; users of more recent distributions are encouraged to install the source release instead of the binary release of Zope. Particular features of interest in Zope 2.4.4: * Fixed a crashing bug which affected sites making heavy use of DTML or Python scripts (Python 2.1.3 fixes this). * Miscellaneous bugfixes (see the changelog), including collector issues 185, 236, 254, 275, 278, 319, 341 and 343. 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/2.4.4/CHANGES.txt * http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.4.4/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 -- Matt Kromer Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com/

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Zope 2.5.1 Available
by Matthew T. Kromer 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

Zope 2.5.1 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.1/ The binary releases for Zope 2.5.1 contain the Python 2.1.3 final release. Users of the Zope source release should note that Python 2.1.3 is now the required platform. Python 2.1.3 includes a fix to an issue that could cause crashes in Zope. The Linux binary is linked against RedHat 5.2 libraries; users of more recent distributions are encouraged to install the source release instead of the binary release of Zope. Particular features of interest in Zope 2.5.1: * Fixed a crashing bug which affected sites making heavy use of DTML or Python scripts (Python 2.1.3 fixes this). * Miscellaneous bugfixes (see the changelog), including collector issues 17, 33, 166, 167, 185, 207, 210, 227, 236, 250, 254, 259, 275, 278, 303, 319, 325, 341, 343 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/2.5.1/CHANGES.txt * http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.1/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 -- Matt Kromer Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com/

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Launched: First Zope Magazine!
by Mark Pratt 17 Apr '02

17 Apr '02

Hello all, beehive's Education & Publishing division is pleased to announce the release of the first Zope magazine: "ZopeMag" -- focusing on Zope's developers and users. Available online: "ZopeMag" features interviews with industry leaders, tutorials and a new product review every two weeks. The feature article "Real World Workflow with Zope and MetaFlow" is available freely to all interested parties; all other content is available exclusively to our subscribers. The URL is: http://www.zopemag.com As we recently changed some Nameserver entries, you may want to try the IP address: http://212.42.249.24 (This descrepancy should resolve itself within 24 hours.) Regards, Mark and all the bees of beehive -------------------------------------------------------------- mark pratt (managing director) mark(a)beehive.de beehive elektronische medien GmbH http://www.beehive.de phone: +49 30 847-82 0 fax: +49 30 847-82 299

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Torped releases Easy Publisher 1.6
by Lennart Regebro 17 Apr '02

17 Apr '02

Easy Publisher is a complete professional web content management system developed with the Zope application server. Easy Publisher comes in a Personal Edition that is free for personal, non-commercial use and evaluation. For more information and dowloads see http://easypublisher.torped.se/english/ Among the features are: - WYSIWYG editor with link and image dialogs and upload (requires Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6.0) - Automatic menus - Publishing workflow - Strict design control through the template system - Multiple views of the same content for easy printing, support for disabled visitors and more. - Images with preview and scaling (requires Secret Labs PIL software). - Contact forms engine for easier form management. - File and image database - Getting started guide for fast start into content management Easy Publisher requires no Zope or HTML knowledge to get up and running. It is aimed at non-Zope people, while retaining the full flexibility of Zope for the Zopistas. The Personal Edition is only available for Windows. The Corporate Edition is available for both Windows and Unix environments.

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