September 2005 - Zope-Announce

[ANN] TextIndexNG 3.0.6 released
by Andreas Jung 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

I am pleased to announce the release of TextIndexNG V 3.0.6. TextIndexNG V 3 is a complete new implementation based on Zope 3 technologies and can be used both in Zope 2.8 or 2.7 (with Five) or in Zope 3. What's new? - multi-field indexing and query support - multi-lingual support - configurable converters (through ZCML) - new indexing API (allowing you to hook your custom content types with TextIndexNG through Zope 3 adapters). Changes since V 3.0.5: - internal: refactored all exceptions (exceptions.py) - internal: new storage class StorageWithTermFrequency() implementing term-per-document frequency (required for upcoming relevance ranking support) - better integration to the Plone integration (default parameters + configlet settings), fixes for Plone integration - clear() could not be called multiple times properly due to a name clash - Extensions/Install.py: fixed problem with wrong 'textindexng' skin folder Requirements: - Zope 2.8 or Zope 2.7 (+ Five) or Zope 3 (Zope 3 has nothing like catalogs yet) TextIndexNG V3 will *not* run with bare Zope 2.7 installations without Five (and this will not be changed in the future). Download: http://sf.net/projects/textindexng For installation and documentation issues refer to doc/README.txt from the archive. It's basically the same procedure as with former versions except you *need* to recompile the extension modules. Windows binaries of the required extension modules are currently not available (any volunteers?). TextIndexNG V 3 is published under the ZPL. Andreas Jung ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - Andreas Jung ZOPYX Software Development and Consulting - - E-mail: info(a)zopyx.com Web: www.zopyx.com - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Stepper 1.2.0 Released!
by Chris Withers 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

This is a new release fixing several bugs and introducing two new features. Stepper is a framework for performing asynchronous tasks on Zope servers The major changes for this release were: - you can now control whether errors processing an object abort the processing of a whole sequence sequence on a step by step basis - you can control how objects are represented in error messages on a step by step basis - There is an improved Delete step in the base library - There is a new Workflow step in the base library for migrating CMF-like workflows - There is improved handling of ZODB transactions when errors occur. For more information, please see: http://www.simplistix.co.uk/software/zope/stepper cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk

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Sept 14 Fredericksburg, VA ZPUG: Packaging with zpkg, review of Python Cookbook 2nd ed
by Gary Poster 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Please join us September 14, 7:30-9:00 PM, for the fourth meeting of the Fredericksburg, VA Zope and Python User Group ("ZPUG"). This meeting has three features of note. - Fred Drake, Zope Corp Senior Software Engineer, Python core developer, and Python documentation maintainer and editor will present a discussion of zpkg, the Zope Packaging Tools (http:// www.zope.org/Members/fdrake/zpkgtools/) - Gary Poster, Zope Corp Senior Software Engineer, will present a brief review of the second edition of the O'Reilly Python Cookbook (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythoncook2/) - We will serve delicious fruit, cheese, and soft drinks. We've had a nice group for all the meetings. Please come and bring friends! An RSVP would be appreciated if you are coming, but is not necessary. More information http://www.zope.org/Members/poster/fxbgzpug_announce_4 and below. Upcoming meetings are already tentatively planned for presenters (although we can still use more, particularly lightning talks): see http://www.zope.org/Members/poster/fxbgzpug_announce_5 and http://www.zope.org/Members/poster/fxbgzpug_announce_6 Hope to see you there! Gary General ZPUG information ------------------------------------ When: second Wednesday of every month, 7:30-9:00. Where: Zope Corporation offices. 513 Prince Edward Street; Fredericksburg, VA 22408 (tinyurl for map is http://tinyurl.com/duoab) Parking: Zope Corporation parking lot; entrance on Prince Edward Street. Topics: As desired (and offered) by participants, within the constraints of having to do with Python. Contact: Gary Poster (gary(a)zope.com)

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Issue Dealer 0.9.84 released
by Morten W. Petersen 11 Sep '05

11 Sep '05

Issue Dealer (http://issuedealer.com) is a issue management tool featuring a weblog publisher (client), weblog (server), WebDAV client, WYSIWYG editing of HTML and Images and more. Changes since the last announcement: 0.9.84: - Enabled full screen view of issue contents - Added passphrase protection scheme to weblog comments 0.9.83: - Modified link saver to enable browsing to destination category - Fixed broken permissions page - Removed link category level options on settings page - Fixed bug where broken image tags would raise an error when editing issues 0.9.82: - Added support for viewing issue contents embedded in iframes - Refactored permissions into a separate module If you're interested in trying a demo, sign up at the demo site (http://demos.issue-dealer.net) To see the Issue Dealer Weblog Server in action, have a look at The Blogologue (http://www.blogologue.com) :) Nidelven IT (http://www.nidelven-it.no) and others use the product to manage their knowledge and action items, it's a great tool to keep track issues in different departments for example. Try it!

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Silva 1.3 released
by Guido Wesdorp 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

Infrae has just released Silva 1.3, the final release of this version. Silva 1.3 includes the following new features: * WebDAV support * Partial upgrading of (imported) Silva content * Users can now set the preferred language from their member settings page * Some shortcut buttons were added for certain actions, highly improving usability of certain views * Refactoring of the metadata tab * Added categories support for metadata sets * More properties are now imported and exported using the XML import/export mechanism Most important changes since the last beta: * CSS cleanups * Content workspace sidebar Of course a lot of bugs were fixed, too. (See the HISTORY.txt file in the Silva package for more a complete list). Download Silva can be downloaded here: http://www.infrae.com/download/Silva/ The easiest way is to download the Silva-1.3-all.tgz file, and unpack this in your products directory. There is also a Silva-1.3-extra-1.tgz tarball that contains some additional Silva extensions, such as SilvaNews and SilvaExternalSources. See the INSTALL.txt included in the Silva product for more information. Cheers, Guido Wesdorp

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Kupu 1.3 released
by Guido Wesdorp 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Kupu 1.3 released =================== The Kupu team has just released Kupu 1.3 final. Highlights for 1.3 ------------------ * i18n support * Sarissa upgrade * spell checking support * Plone 2.1 support Changes since 1.3rc3 -------------------- * disabled entity escaping * linkbyuid turned off by default * fixed linking to folder types What is Kupu? ------------- Kupu is a rich-text ('WYSIWYG') editor for browsers, written entirely in JavaScript. It runs on Internet Explorer and Mozilla based browsers, and produces well-formed, clean (X)HTML. It can (optionally) save to a page without reloading, provides generic browser interfaces to the server (so-called 'library drawers') to browse for images and links and has a large set of tools (functions) available, as well as providing an API to easily roll your own. Kupu is distributed under terms of a BSD-style license and is used in a number of commercial and open-source products. There's a friendly, active community and there's quite extensive documentation available. Download -------- Kupu 1.3 can be downloaded here: http://kupu.oscom.org/download/kupu13.html More information about usage and development of the product can be found on: http://kupu.oscom.org

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WSSE Authentication 0.1 released
by Morten W. Petersen 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

WSSE Authentication, available at http://www.nidelven-it.no/products/wsse_authentication/ is a collection of scripts intended to be used with the CMF or Plone, to provide secure logins using the WSSE authentication scheme. Support for PHP and other languages are planned in the future.

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Stepper1.1.0 Released!
by Chris Withers 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

Stepper is a framework for performing asynchronous tasks on Zope servers. This is a new release fixing some minor bugs and introducing some new features. The major changes for this release were: - a new 'finalise' hook has been added to steps - an option has been added such that processing of a sequence can continue even if an error occurs during the processing of a particular object For more information, please see: http://www.simplistix.co.uk/software/zope/stepper cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk

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CMF 1.5.4 released
by Jens Vagelpohl 04 Sep '05

04 Sep '05

(Sorry for the late note, my hosting provider was doing maintenance and I could not reach my mail server) The CMF developer community and Zope Corporation are pleased to announce the release of version 1.5.4 of the Zope Content Management Framework (CMF). This release marks the latest stable release in the CMF 1.5 series and should be suitable for production use. What is the CMF? The Zope Content Management Framework provides a set of services and content objects useful for building highly dynamic, content-oriented portal sites. As packaged, the CMF generates a site much like the Zope.org site. The CMF is intended to be easily customizable, in terms of both the types of content used and the policies and services it provides. Where do I get it? Download it from http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.5.4 Points of interest include: - "Windows ZIP file", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.5.4/CMF-1.5.4.zip - "Unix tar/gzip archive", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.5.4/CMF-1.5.4.tar.gz - "Release notes", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.5.4/README.txt - "Change history", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.5.4/CHANGES.txt - "Installation instructions", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.5.4/INSTALL.txt Where do I go to learn more? The "CMF mailing list":mailto:zope-cmf@zope.org has many participants who are active in supporting the CMF. ...to report bugs? The "CMF Collector":http://zope.org/Collectors/CMF is ths place to report bugs (please search for existing reports of your issue first!) --------- Jens Vagelpohl jens(a)dataflake.org

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Issue Dealer 0.9.81 released
by Morten W. Petersen 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

Issue Dealer (http://issuedealer.com) is a issue management tool featuring a weblog publisher (client), weblog (server), WebDAV client, WYSIWYG editing of HTML and Images and more. Changes since the last announcement: 0.9.81: - Implemented asynchronous pings on the weblog 0.9.80: - Implemented XML import/export feature for issues and relations 0.9.79: - Relicensed the Issue Dealer to GPL license If you're interested in trying a demo, sign up at the demo site (http://demos.issue-dealer.net) To see the Issue Dealer Weblog Server in action, have a look at The Blogologue (http://www.blogologue.com) :) Nidelven IT (http://www.nidelven-it.no) and others use the product to manage their knowledge and action items, it's a great tool to keep track issues in different departments for example. Try it!

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