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Zope-Dev Summary
by Erik Enge 05 Jul '01

05 Jul '01

Hiya. The last summary for June is out. Pick up your copy at <URL:http://nittin.net/erik/summaries/2001-06-30/>. Cheers!

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PatchKit allows you simplify your Management Interface
by Adrian Hungate 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

PatchKit 4.1.0 Released! The latest version of my PatchKit now includes a patch which allows you to choose product (Well, meta_types) that you do not want to see in the "Select type to add..." list. It adds a tab to every folderish object, and also to the Control_Panel called Hide Products. If you are looking in Control_Panel, or you are a SITE Manager (i.e. a Manager in the root acl_users), you will see a column of check boxes headed Exclude? (Global) which allows you to select the products that no one will see (By default, see below). If you are looking in a Folder (Other than Control_Panel) you will see two columns headed Exclude? (Personal) and Include? (Personal). The Exclude column works the same as the global one (above), but for you only. The Include column allows you to add products back into your list that are excluded globally. This is not meant to be a security feature (Individuals can override the global settings) but a convenience, reducing the searching needed to find the product you want to add. You can download a copy of PatchKit from http://www.zope.org/Members/haqa/PatchKit Adrian...

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July 1st Zope Weekly News
by ethan mindlace fremen 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

EuroZope barbecue coming soon, how to sell Zope to management types, Zope 2.4 beta 2 released, and CMF news and discussion in this week's ZWN The opinions expressed in Zope Weekly News are solely the authors', and not the opinions of Digital Creations, The Zope Community at-large, or the Spanish Inquisition. If you or your company are doing something cool with zope, "submit it to Zope Weekly News", mail:zope-web@zope.org for possible inclusion. ---- Upcoming Events EuroZope Conference The EuroZope crew is organizing a two day Zope only conference in Berlin on the 12th and 13th of July. The full "schedule is availiable", http://www.beehive.de/zope/Events/EuroZopeConf.html featuring exiting topics, including Squishdot, Zope Components, Internationalization, SmartObjects, and more! ---- Get Zope T-shirts! Ever have a hankering for a giant blue orb on your back? Well, now you can satisfy your craving. Score some "Zope Shirts":http://www.zope.org/Resources/Store and you'll be set. ---- Selling Zope There was an extensive discussion on how to sell Zope/OSS to management vs. proprietary packages. Chris McDonough framed the problem well: "Think of a high-level executive making a decision about buying a content management system like a foreigner on a business trip in a strange land. Everyone is bugging him to eat at their restaurant. He recognizes none of the names of these restaurants, and doesn't really even understand what kind of food each restaurant is selling. But then he sees the McDonald's "golden arches" (MS/IBM).. and he knows that. He knows McDonalds isn't the best food, but it's a safe bet in a foreign country when all he wants to do is eat and move on." Charlie Blanchard asked where there were case studies or white papers: Stephen Goeldi suggested "The Buisness Case for Linux and Open Source Software", http://www.e-smith.com/pdfs/business_case.pdf and Martijn Pieters pointed out that Digital Creations has "several pdf files", http://www.digicool.com/products talking about various Zope technologies. Jon Edwards pointed out that this is an area where Zope User's Groups could be helpful, in both profiling solutions and putting together brocures. Jerome Alet suggested a "brand your own brochure" that would let you download a marketing pdf branded with your companie's information. Mike Krohn does a good analysis, saying "it is going to be a long time before Zope is seen as less risky than, say, Vignette. [...] So the major infrastucture for e-commerce in big corporates is not a market that Zope can make a big impression on directly. Need to slide round the side. [...] "Risk is less important on many intranet sites. Cost is important. Nimbleness is important. Zope could win here. We would have to be careful with the messages so as not to get cornered in a niche but it could lead to the big platform implementations, too." ---- Zope News Zope 2.4 beta 2 has been released. Changes from beta 1: - Some of the import shenanigans in ZService.py were still trying to load Python 1.5 versions of support dlls for running as a service under win32 (meaning you effectively couldn't). - Collector entries 2342 & 2348 - StructuredTextNG fixes. Table-detection code used multi-arg appends and failed. doc_href() method did not pick up on URLs with query strings. Thanks to "datagrok" - Collector #2335: older products like GadflyDA that did not use registerClass() were registered but their visibility flag has not been set to Global. So these products did not appear in the ZMI. - Corrected handling of nested scopes in restricted code. The compiler did not correctly handle nested variables used in multiple child scopes. - added WebDAV workaround for MSIE 6 beta unable to handle accented characters inside the CDATA section for the object properties - fixed broken WebDAV support for GoLIVE unable to handle some object properties placed inside CDATA sections ---- CMF News by Seb and Jon This week, there were 195 posts, made by 57 people (35% of which were posted by 5% of the people). How to achieve World Domination in 3 Easy Steps **Step 1 - Interoperability** - There was some "discussion":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007868.html about "interoperability":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/00786 9.html with other CMSes. Easing the pain of migrating between competing systems and the CMF could be a clear winner. However, "perhaps":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007876.html a prerequisite of interoperability with the Big Playaz (Vignette, Broadvision) is a community standard for managing websites, rather than just content types? At which point Jon "whipped out":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007922.html his own fledgling CMS, and asked complete strangers to play with it... rumours that he is enticing potential collaborators with offers of sweeties and puppies are totally unfounded! **Step 2 - The Intranet/Extranet Market** - Craig wondered how suitable the CMF was for corporate extranets. It "emerged":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007963.html that several people were using it for this purpose. The possibility that the CMF is currently more suited to corporate intranets than CMSs, out of the box, was "raised":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007980.html by Seb, and this theme was picked up by Paul Everitt, as a possible market focus for the CMF (especially for SMEs). **Step 3 - Friends in High Places** - Straight from the mouth of a self-confessed "pooh-bah":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007989.html - "there's a big, big future for the CMF." **Look, it's working already!** - Amidst all the advocacy musings was one "particularly glowing comment", http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007786.html from cameron:: "This is what Zope was born for, and I salute you" At my signal, unleash hell! New products / releases - "Blark Weblog / CMFOptions":http://www.zope.org/Members/jeffsasmor/CMFOptions - "French CMF":http://www.zope.org/Members/Remi_Houdaille/CMF-1.0-FR.tar.gz - "CMF Demo Product":http://www.zope.org/Members/adamgdavis/CMFDemo/ Some CMF Sites - "http://newdaily.lwn.net/":http://newdaily.lwn.net/ - "http://www.netkook.com":http://www.netkook.com - "http://iwethey.org:8080/forums":http://iwethey.org:8080/forums (beta discussions based on sql backend) - "http://bill.noreboots.com":http://bill.noreboots.com - "http://www.libc.org":http://www.libc.org - "http://www.immosys.com":http://www.immosys.com - "http://www.pricom.co.uk":http://www.pricom.co.uk Odds and Ends There are some questions still looking for answers - in particular, "How to grok Workflow":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007822.html (a brief answer appeared), "Gregoire's workflow questions", http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007867.html and how to get Stock Zope Objects into a CMF instance - "lots of requests", http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007903.html, "Idle wonderings":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007907.html about RSS feeds of the mailing list turned into a fullblown discovery of Ken's "Stealth ZOMA":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007971.html. Thoughts about an "integrated spell checker", http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007878.html ; better living through "rationalised skins", http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007824.html ; "is the Undo UI useable", http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007841.html ; some ideas about "subscription", http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007842.html ; and "how to handle":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007853.html "changes in the codebase":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007860.html "gracefully":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007874.html. Remi launched a "thread":http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007744.html about translating the CMF. It looks like there are, or will be, versions underway in French, Spanish and German. Finally, there was some "discussion about discussions", http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2001-June/007847.html - Seb and / or Chris will be having to write a new discussion tool soon, so any more input on this issue would be very welcome. -EOT- -- -mindlace- zopatista community liason

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[Ann] Form Dispatcher 0.1: Manage the state of a form
by Dieter Maurer 01 Jul '01

01 Jul '01

If you have forms that you want to leave and later come back with the original values filled in, then this small product may be interesting for you. A "Form Dispatcher" is a Folder-like object that manages the current state of a form. It initializes the state when the form is entered initially, saves the state in a session object when the form is left and restores the state when the form is reentered. It was tested with Zope 2.3 and 'FSSession' session objects. More information and download URL:http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope/Dispatcher.html There is a companion 'Wizzard' product. It controls several 'Dispatcher's to implement step-by-step input over several forms for complex data entry tasks. URL:http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope/Wizzard.html Dieter

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Zope 2.4.0 beta 2 released
by Matthew T. Kromer 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

News Item: Zope 2.4.0 beta 2 released Zope 2.4.0 beta 2 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.4.0b2/ Highlights of what is new in Zope 2.4: Zope 2.4 supports (and requires) Python 2.1 New restricted execution architecture WebDAV Level 2 locking support New "WebDAV Access" permission A new built-in 'Authenticated' role Product refresh without restart during development New "Drop-in indexes" support for ZCatalog Be sure to see the Zope 2.4 Migration Guide, which outlines the new features and provides other important information for users of Zope 2.4. 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/2.4.0b2/CHANGES.txt http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.4.0b2/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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MetaPublisher 1.2.3 is now available
by Mark Pratt 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

Hi, you can now download MetaPublisher 1.2.3 via this URL: http://www.zope.org/Members/beehive/MetaPublisher123.html/index_html If your new to MetaPublisher you might not realise that MetaPublisher was designed to be "pluggable" -- extensible via plug-in interfaces such as "Field Types" and "Presets". In addition to a few minor fixes this version of MetaPublisher includes an extended Image Field Type and 1 new Preset. Previous versions of MetaPublisher have included basic Field Types such as Text, Text Area, Email and Image. With the 1.2.x releases we've modified the Image Field Type -- which if you have the Python Image Library (PIL) installed will automatically generate thumbnails for you. Complementing the Image Field type is the PhotoAlbum preset. MetaPublisher allows you to save everything you have built with MetaPublisher as a preset. Presets can be complex, powerful applications which you would normally only find as a seperate Zope Product or application. Try out the new PhotoAlbum preset and we think you'll quickly appreciate this unique MP feature. Here's a summary of changes: Major changes - you can now write Content Entries to the Interface - new and improved Image FieldType - new PhotoAlbum Preset Minor Changes - header and footer editable for Interface Entries - Zope 2.3.x compatibility - several bug fixes -------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Kaivo CatalogQuery Product Released
by Casey Duncan 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

Are you tired like I am of fighting with ZCatalog to do what should be simple queries? Do you wish that you could easily perform complex query logic with ZCatalogs efficiently and without your head exploding? Well look no further. The CatalogQuery product solves these problems by adding an intuitive query interface to ZCatalog. Imagine being able to do away with kludges like creating special methods just as index targets or stepping through results to remove duplicates. This is the first release of this product, so please try it out and let us know what you think! Since it is a hotfix that makes no changes to the Zope core, it is as easy to remove as it is to install. Download at: http://www.zope.org/Members/Kaivo/CatalogQuery Enjoy. -- | Casey Duncan | Kaivo, Inc. | cduncan(a)kaivo.com `------------------>

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CMF Options 1.1 Release
by Jeff Sasmor 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

CMF Options 1.1 is released. It includes a greatly enhanced Blark Weblog! CMFOptions adds three new content objects to the CMF: Images and Files that are stored in the filesystem rather than in the ZODB, and a Weblog type called Blark. Blark is a weblog, similar to Slashdot or Squishdot, but tailored for the CMF. You can see it work at www.netkook.com. Netkook's front page is a Blark weblog, customized TOTALLY through the web. DownLoad! You can see it's info pages and download it www.zope.org/Members/jeffsasmor/CMFOptions This product has been tested with Zope 2.3.2 and 2.3.3. CMF 1.1 is REQUIRED. CVS-up versions will not be supported for a while - I need a rest! Questions or comments to jeff(a)sasmor.com Jeff Sasmor jeff(a)sasmor.com www.netkook.com is an "open Zope CMF site"

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SmartSections 0.1.0 released
by Stephan Richter 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

Hello everyone, Okay, all good things are three, so here is the last announcement. I also put SmartSections up on the server. Even though it is a big construction place, I thought you might want to look at it. Smart Section allows the End User which cannot write HTML code to design sites online. This is in particular in CMS solutions very useful., but it's really hard to describe what it is. It is simpler to just install and use it. Currently, the SmartSections behave very similar to iuveno's Kontentor iPages, but this time it is written in Python with as little overhead as possible and it is blazing fast as far as we can tell. IMPORTANT: SmartSections requires OrderedFolder! Download: http://www.zope.org/Members/srichter/Products/Products/SmartSections Have fun playing with these new tools and PLEASE feel free to contact me! Regards, Stephan -- Stephan Richter CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management

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SmartWizard released
by Stephan Richter 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

Hello everyone, after a long night with a nice thunderstorm here in Nuremberg, I got the SmartWizard (first version) finished. Oh, you want to know what SmartWizard is? SmartWizard is a framework to generate Wizards for all sort of applications. The wizards are designed for the End User, so I tried to put some of the common Wizard features in it. ....... if this is getting confusing at any point of time, just jump to the bottom and try it ;-) ....... The wizard framework uses a very simple, almost totally in DTML implemented API. All of the required DTML Methods are generated and even pre-filled, so that you can view the wizard as soon as you got your first page written. Wizard Pages are the actual screens you are going to see. They also have always an action associated with them, so you can do some result analysis before going on to the next page. In order to make it even easier, I have also built a small Template Engine, with which you can register new Page templates, in case you have some Pages, which occur over and over again. Currently I have implemented four Page templates: o Wizard Form Page - This type of pages contains Entry Forms which are implemented using the great Formulator. o Wizard Section Page - This type of page displays a SmartSection as its main content. Later I want to use it to manipulate the Wizard right from the view. o Wizard Products Page - This page checks whether a list of required Products is already installed on the current Zope location. This is in particular useful for Installer Wizards, like the Proiektor Installer. o Wizard Tree Page - This page's purpose is to display an object tree and let's you choose an object from the list. You can choose in the Properties, which meta-types are being shown and what the start/default object is. I would love for people (I mean you guys) to come up with ideas for some new Page Templates! Download: http://www.zope.org/Members/srichter/Products/SmartWizard -- Stephan Richter CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management

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