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[ANN] TextIndexNG 2.0 alpha 1 released
by Andreas Jung 04 May '03

04 May '03

I am pleased to announce the release of TextIndexNG 2.0 alpha1 . What's new in TextIndexNG 2.0? - Relevance ranking of search results added. Searches are now ranked using an extended cosine measure. The cosine measure is based on a vector model and calculates the document "score" based on the frequency of the query terms inside the document result set. - Much faster phrase/near search: the old implementation of TextIndexNG had to perform a very expensive job at query time when phrase/near search was performed. Re-using the !WidCode module of !ZCTextIndex made this operation less expensive. - Left-truncation added: TextIndexNG can be configured creation-time time to support left-truncation (means you can search for "*suffix") - optional auto-expansion support: This optional feature also to get better search results when some of the query terms could not be found. The index expands a query term "foo" to "foo*" if there was no hit for "foo". This expansion is currently global for the index. This feature will be available on a per-query basis in a later version. (Auto-expansion will be extended in a later version to search for similiar terms) - improved HTML converter: now using Chris Withers "Strip-o-Gram" module instead of the Strip-Tag-Parser - added converter for text/sgml - Similarity search (soundex, metaphone, doublemetaphone) dropped and replace with a more general approach and language indepedant approach using the Levenshtein distance. - internal code cleanup, more unittests Not implemented yet - improved support for multilingual documents - range searches like "Fi..Foo" - substring searches "*substring*" - optional improved ranking for terms based on their relative positions inside a document Installation notes TextIndexNG 2.0 is *not compatible* with TextIndexNG 1.0 so there is currently no migration path for existing indexes. - **BACKUP YOUR Data.fs first!!!** - remove any existing TextIndexNG from your ZCatalog indexes - shutdown Zope - remove the old Products/TextIndexNG directory - untar the tarball in the Products folder - recompile and install extension modules (see InstallationInstructions) - restart Zope - re-create the indexes and re-index Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50052 Project Wiki: http://www.zope.org/Members/ajung/TextIndexNG/

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Releasing RevisionManager 1.2
by Philipp von Weitershausen 02 May '03

02 May '03

"Release early and often" Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome with me the 1.2 final release of RevisionManager, now live on stage! Changes since the release candidate two days ago are: * Many small bug fixes here and there. * Updated documentation If you are already running RevisionManager, I recommend upgrading to 1.2. Please follow the instructions in the INSTALL.txt file, section 4 Upgrading. You may download RevisionManager at: http://www.zope.org/Members/philikon/RevisionManager Best regards, Phil

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Zwiki 0.18 released
by Simon Michael 01 May '03

01 May '03

Summary: Full Plone and CMF skin, miscellaneous fixes. More information: http://zwiki.org/ReleaseNotes , http://zwiki.org/KnownIssues , http://zwiki.org Download: http://zwiki.org/releases/ZWiki-0.18.0.tgz or http://zope.org/Members/simon/ZWiki/ZWiki-0.18.0.tgz Peace, --Simon

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Silva 0.9.1.3 released
by Jan-Wijbrand Kolman 01 May '03

01 May '03

Hi there, Infrae is happy to have released Silva 0.9.1.3! This a maintenance release and includes a number of bugfixes. Thanks for all the feedback! You can find Silva 0.9.1.3 here: http://www.zope.org/Members/faassen/Silva More information can be found here: http://infrae.com/products/silva Regards, jw -- Jan-Wijbrand Kolman jw(a)infrae.com

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Releasing RevisionManager 1.2rc1
by Philipp von Weitershausen 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Hello everybody, Once again, I am proud to announce another RevisionManager release. A big thanks goes to ZopeMag which has been sponsoring development since the 1.0 release. The first release candidate for RevisionManager 1.2 brings the following changes: * Many performance improvements have been made. Performance has more than doubled for some actions. Thanks to Dieter Maurer for ZopeProfiler which made profiling very easy. * RevisionManager now has simple support for branches and sticky tags (creating a new branch, moving to a branch, reverting a sticky tag). * RevisionManager can use the name of the user that is currently logged onto Zope to connect to a pserver or RSH/SSH server. * RevisionManager can now append ZODB history information (changes to the object since the last RevisionManager action) to the log message upon committing objects. Be aware that this slows down committing because each objects has to be comitted independendly. * Added 'force checkout' action. This allows one to force a checkout and thus revert local changes. * Several bugfixes. Thanks to Christian Theune for helping debugging a very tricky bug. If you already have an instance of RevisionManager, please follow the instructions in the INSTALL.txt file, section 4 Upgrading. You may download RevisionManager at: http://www.zope.org/Members/philikon/RevisionManager Best regards, Phil

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Zope Advanced Training (ZAT), Zope TurboIntranet (ZTI), Zope Technical Solutions (ZTS)
by Stacey Reno 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Zope Corporation has three distinct Training offerings, the newest: Zope Advanced Training (ZAT), which is taught simultaneously with Zope TurboIntranet (ZTI). The difference is this: ZTI attendees pay for training plus the product and receive the ZTI software. ZAT attendees pay for training only and receive four intensive days. ZAT and ZTI attendees sign contracts in advance of attendance. Detailed information about the courses, including pricing, travel and accommodations, may be found at: http://www.zope.com/Training/ZopeAdvancedTraining and/or http://www.zope.com/Training/TurboIntranetTraining Our third offering, Zope Technical Solutions (ZTS) is given quarterly, delivering a full-featured open source environment to develop and manage robust corporate internet or intranet web sites. For more detailed information, please see http://www.zope.com/Training/ZopeTechnicalSolutions We look forward to seeing you at our June sessions.

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Zope Technical Solutions: June 2-5, 2003
by Stacey Reno 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Zope Technical Solutions -------------------------- Zope Corporation will hold the next 2003 session of ZTS June 2nd-5th at our headquarters in Fredericksburg, VA. This four day course will familiarize students with Zope software from introductory through advanced topics. We will demonstrate the flexibility and effectiveness of Zope as an Open Source web development and content management environment. We will also explore Zope architecture and provide hands-on exercises using Zope to develop and manage a robust web site. We offer several opportunities to meet with Zope's engineering teams as well as share ideas over lunch with Jim Fulton (CTO) and Guido van Rossum (Director of PythonLabs). Course Objectives: After completing this course students will understand: - Zope's use of objects, methods, etc. - Zope's Management Interface. - Zope's server-side scripting language (DTML). - Page Templates. - Web site content creation and management. - Web site security through user privileges and roles. - Using Zope to integrate web sites with existing + relational databases. - Downloading/installing a Zope Product, and - Introduction to CMF. The course is intended for those interested in using a full-featured open source environment to develop and manage robust corporate internet or intranet web sites. This includes web site designers, content creators, content managers and web developers. Participants should be familiar with HTML and basic web architecture (e.g., how a web server and web browser work together). Knowledge of object-oriented concepts and SQL is recommended. For more detailed information about the course, including pricing, travel and accommodations, please go to our website www.zope.com. Sincerely, Rob Page

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NAA/NEXPO ZUG Announcement
by NAA Zope Users Group 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Zope Corporation is delighted to be sponsoring a Zope User's Group meeting (ZUG) Friday, June 20th following 2003 NEXPO SuperConference in Las Vegas. We will meet in Ballroom F of the Las Vegas Hilton from 9am-3pm. Take advantage of this opportunity to hear case studies and presentations from media companies of all sizes, about their use of Zope. We will have three or four 10-15 minute lightning talks / demonstrations in the morning. If you would like to present during this session, please let Lois Snitkoff (lois(a)zope.com) know via email as soon as possible. This event is provided compliments of Zope Corporation. For space and refreshment planning purposes, please RSVP for the event via email to naa-zug(a)zope.com before May 30, 2003. The Newspaper Association of America has offered complimentary one-day passes to the NEXPO Exhibit Hall to ZUG attendees. If you plan to attend the ZUG and not register for the full NEXPO/Superconference, this is an ideal way for you to see the latest in Newspaper Operations and Publishing technology. NAA/Las Vegas ZUG Agenda --------------------------------------- 8:00-9:00am Lightning Talks/Demonstrations - TBA 9:00-9:45am What's new with Zope? - Rob Page, CEO, Zope Corporation 9:45-10:45am Rapid Application Development using Zope and A Relational Database - Chris Muldrow, Editor, Fredericksburg.com 10:45-11:00am Break/Refreshments 11:00 - NOON Python, Zope, Perl and Squid = Online Newspaper at Boston.com - Marc Lavalee, Senior Developer, Boston.com NOON-1:00pm LUNCH 1:00-2:15pm Leveraging AP Digital XML Content in Zope - Sean Upton, Site Technology Supervisor, SignOnSanDiego 2:15- 3:15pm Zope3 and CMF Directions and Roadmap - Tres Seaver, CMF Architect/Senior Developer, Zope Corporation - Jim Fulton, ZC CTO (appearance via video) Zope Corporation staff will be at the show from Monday June 16th through our June 20th ZUG, and we look forward to seeing you there. Sincerely, Robert S. Page, Chief Executive Officer Mobile: 540-361-1710 rob(a)zope.com www.zope.com ***** This message is brought to you by Zope® Corporation. We respect your privacy. If you would like your name removed from the list, "REPLY" to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line. *****

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Releasing ZopeTree 1.2
by Philipp von Weitershausen 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Hello everybody, I am releasing ZopeTree 1.2. ZopeTree is a light-weight and easy-to-use tree implementation, mainly designed for use in ZPTs. I wrote ZopeTree because I found ZTUtils.Tree too complicated and not flexible enough. Changes since 1.1: * Added optional 'expanded_nodes' argument to ZopeTree constructor. Thanks to Jean Jordaan for suggesting this. * Changed signature of TreeObjectWrapper constructor. 'path' is an optional argument now. Warning: If you are using TreeObjectWrapper, you will have to update your PageTemplates! * Added collapse() method to ZopeTree.Node. There is no explicit README file, but you should be able to read everything from the interfaces. The product also comes with two example PageTemplates. You may download ZopeTree at: http://www.zope.org/Members/philikon/ZopeTree Regards, Phil

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CMF 1.4beta1 Released
by Tres Seaver 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

Zope Corporation is pleased to announce the first beta release of version 1.4 of the Zope Content Management Framework (CMF). This release contains a number of new features, as well as significant bug fixes. 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 "cmf.zope.org", http://cmf.zope.org/download/CMF-1.4beta1 Points of interest: - "Windows ZIP file", http://cmf.zope.org/download/CMF-1.4beta1/CMF-1.4beta1.zip - "Unix tar/gzip archive", http://cmf.zope.org/download/CMF-1.4beta1/CMF-1.4beta1.tar.gz . - "Release notes", http://cmf.zope.org/download/CMF-1.4beta1/README.txt - "Change history", http://cmf.zope.org/download/CMF-1.4beta1/CHANGES.txt - "Installation instructions", http://cmf.zope.org/download/CMF-1.4beta1/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://collector.zope.org/CMF is ths place to report bugs (please search for existing reports of your issue first!) New Features in 1.4beta1 - ZPT skins have been internationalized (thanks to Gitte Wange and Yvo Schubbe for their hard work). - New FSFile skin objects for CSS, Javascript, Flash, etc. - Location of member folders is now customizable. - Type information objects now use TALES to specify actions, conditions. - Metadata for filesystem-based skin objects is now consolidated into a single '.metadata' file. - Selected skin can now be changed via scripting. - Improved integration of filesystem skin methods with standard cache managers. Tres. -- =============================================================== Tres Seaver tseaver(a)zope.com Zope Corporation "Zope Dealers" http://www.zope.com

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