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
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
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
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
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? ;-)
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
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/
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/
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
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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
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.