-----Original Message----- From: Michael Waddell [mailto:mwaddell@mwdb.com] Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 1:00 AM To: zope-dev@zope.org Subject: [Zope-dev] ASP vs Zope vs PHP vs ..?
I'm an ASP/VB/Site Server developer looking for an alternative. Zope is very appealing -- it looks like a great tool supported by a great community. And I've enjoyed looking at and playing with Python.
But, I'm uncomfortable with loosing touch with an actual HTML/ASP document in an actual file system. I feel weird about the URL that Zope presents - there's no simple file name reference, like, http://www.abc.com/mypage.asp or http://www.abc.com/mypage2.html. Sorry, but my web experience expects that.
(This is probably more along the lines of a general zope list question (zope@zope.org)) An understandable thing. To me, a filesystem is just another type of data store, just like the Zope database or a relational database. And there's no saying a URL can't at some point be translated *into* a file, its just no one really does it much. I believe a couple different people have come up with products that let you 'mount' a filesystem from Zope. Not so much that there is a reason why there *aren't* filename in Zope URLs, there is a reason why they *are* in other solutions. Zope is a framework, all of it's components exist in an object space that allows them to work together at a fundamental and application like level.
1. Where can I learn how others have handled the transition from page-based publishing to Zope's object-based paradigm?
Good question, I don't know.
2. How do you create/maintain the look of the site? Doesn't seem feasible using the Zope control panel.
I think you mean the managment interface. Zope's control panel, which is a component of the managment interface, has nothing to do with content managment.
I prefer using HomeSite (Allaire) for coding HTML, ASP and any text file.
Zope supports FTP, WebDAV, XML-RPC and HTTP 'PUT' style editing. Any editor that supports any one of these can be used with Zope.
MacroMedia DreamWeaver for complex HTML design/layout. And I like using MS SQL Server (although I could be converted..) to support data-driven web sites.
Zope works just dandy with MS SQL Server like it works with any other relational database, through ZSQLMethods. -Michel