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zQuest 1.1.0 beta 1 released
by Stephan Richter 29 Oct '01

29 Oct '01

Hello everyone, I am proud to announce zQuest 1.1.0 beta 1. This version finally supports Zope 2.4.x+ and runs on the PsycoPG DA for better scalability. Since PsycoPG was not stable until now, I held this release back. But with the latest 0.99.8 version (and the upcoming 1.0.0 release later this week) this PostGreSQL adapter seems to be stable and now ZQuest will also run reliably. But other than that, this release contains a variety of new features, code cleanup and new documentation: - Made a Class Problem Set Print Preview, so you can print out a test for people that can only take it offline. This feature is not yet completely usable, but it is a start. - Have a CSV File download for the Student Grades Overview; this way Spreadsheet Applications can read it! - Create a detailed Grade View for each student, so that the instructor can determine whether a problem set was completed late, in case he wants to give partial credit. - Better Error Handling on all levels. Setup a framework of condition statements in standard_error_message. - Batching Support for Lists. If a list has more than 10 entries the table will be split and you have buttons to move back and forth. - Increase Speed of List generation by optimizing code. There was some horrible inefficient code in the lists that would get all objects with objectValues() (requiring them to be loaded in RAM) and then it would get the attributes for each object separately (that means, the respective SQL Query was executed N times). Now no objects are loaded to RAM and all attributes are retrieved with one SQL Query. - Translated/localized the entire system using ZBabel. zQuest speaks already English, German and Spanish (thanks to José L Gómez Dans). - Support for Zope 2.4.x. - Add message boards for classes. You can now have discussions for each class, for example to announce homeworks, answer students' questions or simply clarify some class materials. - Send E-Mails to the entire class. - Support for skins in the installer. You can now select a skin when creating an instance. Four skins I created for CBU are already included: CBU Physics, CBU Chemistry, CBU Mathematics and CBU Computer Science. Each features another color scheme. - Wrote a "flatten" script that moves all objects from their Transparent Folders into the next real Folder. This should cause a boost in performance, since Transparent Folders really slow things down. There is also an option added to the installer. - Moved to PsycoPG as Database Adaptor, since it is more scalable. It also got rid of this PostgreSQL startup script hack!!! - Provided Installation Instructions. These instructions start with the installation of the operating system and end with creating an instance for zQuest. They are fairly specific and I hope to enhance them as people report issues. You can find the files and the documentation at the usual place at http://demo.iuveno-net.de/iuveno/Products/ZQuest/. The zQuest Installation Guide is in the Documentation section. Regards, Stephan -- Stephan Richter CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management

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New release of PatchKit - Now includes PackageUpdate patch
by Adrian Hungate 29 Oct '01

29 Oct '01

I have just released a new version of PatchKit, and this time I have added a new patch to the Control_Panel called PackageUpdate. PackageUpdate is designed to work a little like Microsoft's WindowsUpdate site - It downloads an XML listing of all the products available on www.zope.org, and then compares this with the products found on your Zope server. There are then 4 displays available - Updated (What products that I have installed have been updated), New (What products do I not have installed), Installed (What products do I have installed), and All (Show all products). PatchKit can be downloaded from http://www.zope.org/Members/haqa/PatchKit and there is a change log there with more details of the updates in this version. Note: This new patch requires XMLKit ( http://www.zope.org/Members/haqa/XMLKit ). Adrian... -- The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. - Sun Tzu

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Come and get XMLKit
by Adrian Hungate 29 Oct '01

29 Oct '01

Come and get XMLKit ( http://www.zope.org/Members/haqa/XMLKit ) !!! XMLKit is designed to give you Zope content developers simple, cached, lightweight access to XML, without the overheads of SAX and/or DOM. It is based on python's xmllib, so it is compatible with Zope 2.3.x as well as newer versions based on Python 2. It parses the XML to a simple (If slightly non-standard) DOM, which then gives very rapid access for other products. If you need access to XML, and you don't want to mess around with SAX, then you need XMLKit! Adrian... -- The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. - Sun Tzu

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ANN: Photo 1.2.1 Released
by Ron Bickers 27 Oct '01

27 Oct '01

Only a week after the prior release, Photo 1.2.1 is now available at http://www.zope.org/Members/rbickers/Photo. The change log follows: * Release 1.2.1 (Stable) - Oct. 26, 2001 - Added: creating a display size of 0 width x 0 height will render a display with the same dimensions of the original photo, but will be processed by the engine. This is useful for storing high quality originals, but having a "same size" photo that has been compressed for faster viewing online. - Added: compression quality setting. This is a number from 1 (worst) to 100 (best) that is passed to the engine and determines the compression quality used for rendered displays. The default is 75. - Added: External Method for easier upgrading of all Photo and Photo Folder objects. See UPGRADE.txt for details. - Added: FAQ.txt for FAQs Enjoy! _______________________ Ron Bickers Logic Etc, Inc.

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Zope 2.5.0 Alpha 1 Is Available
by Matthew T. Kromer 26 Oct '01

26 Oct '01

Zope 2.5.0 alpha 1 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0a1/ Zope 2.5.0 alpha 1 is a preview of things to come in Zope 2.5. While not feature complete (CoreSessionTracking is not in this release) this provides a good view of some of the change work which has taken place in the Zope trunk. Particular features of interest in 2.5 alpha 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 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/2.5.0a1/CHANGES.txt * http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0a1/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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Bizar Shop 1.1.3 - e-commerce product for Zope
by Richard Jones 26 Oct '01

26 Oct '01

Bizar Software is proud to release version 1.1.3 of its Bizar Shop product. What is Bizar Shop 1.1.3? Bizar Shop is an e-commerce product for Zope targetted at the SME market. Version 1.1.3 fixes some problems with encryption key upload and CSV import into the product catalogue. See the CHANGES file for more information: http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/resource_centre/CHANGES.txt 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 a 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 1.1.3 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 Meet the people Bizar Software will be demonstrating its software at the 'Business World Expo' in Sydney from 1-4 November, 2001 and will also be holding seminars in Melbourne and Sydney during late November, 2001. For more information on these sessions or the products, please refer to the Bizar Software web site at http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/ For more information please contact Mike Clucas Bizar Software Phone: (03) 9530 9182 mike(a)bizarsoftware.com.au http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/

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new ZSQLvMethod
by Arvid A. Patyupin 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

The virtual SQL method allows to put the SQL method into Z class and then create and use individual connections in each copy of the class, processing request to them by methods, located in Z class. http://www.zope.org/Members/arvid/ZSQLvMethod -- Arvid Patyupin Executive Technical mailto:arvid@summatech.ru www.sumoftech.com tel/fax:+7-421-2-315483 cellular:+7-902-403-2934

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EventFolder 1.32 released
by Danny William Adair 23 Oct '01

23 Oct '01

http://www.zope.org/Members/Barabbas/EventFolder --- EventFolder is now Zope 2.4.x compatible --- For more information see "Changes". New features have not (yet) been added. Danny

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New Book: Zope Web Application Construction Kit
by Mark Pratt 23 Oct '01

23 Oct '01

Hello all, A new Zope book is now available from Amazon and local bookstores in North America. This book is called: Zope Web Application Construction Kit Sams Publishing ISBN: 0672321335 576 pages This book is written for Zope developers. Here is an overview of the Table of Contents: 1 The Zope WACK 2 Installation and Configuration 3 Connecting Zope to External Relational Databases 4 Building a Prototype Part II Building a Portal and Adding Services 5 The Content Management Framework (CMF) 6 The MetaPublisher 7 Creating a Threaded Discussion Group 8 Creating Polls and Surveys Part III More Cool Web Applications 9 Automatically Building Sitemaps 10 Adding Search Capabilities 11 Creating Dynamic Graphs in Zope 12 Generating Dynamic PDFs URLs: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672321335/qid=1003828160/sr=1-1/ref… http://www.samspublishing.com/detail_sams.cfm?item=0672321335 Regards, Mark -------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Portable Holes for Zope Released
by Andrew Kenneth Milton 23 Oct '01

23 Oct '01

Portable Hole is a way to place a Hole in your ZODB from one point to another. Or to a place to stick objects from another part of your ZODB into. There are only two restrictions. When using point to point mode, the source must be Folderish. A Portable Hole must not be able acquire itself. Doing so will cause your universe to collapse. Well actually it checks for this, since Portable Holes have a strong sense of self preservation, and will not allow itself to be created in such a manner. You can read more about and download Portable Holes here; http://www.zope.org/Members/TheJester/PortableHoles/ -- 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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