September 2001 - Zope

*Designing* Zope sites
by Joel Burton 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

I've been learning about the workings of Zope: ZClasses, ZSQL methods, Python products, etc., and there are *lots* of resources about the APIs, and lots of products to add content to our sites. There is also lots of help on how to *set up* a Zope site: how to tie w/Apache, etc. What I haven't found yet, though, is much advice on how to *design* the Zope site: . effective ways to use User Folders . whether to make containing folders for like objects (eg book reviews), and collect these for lists with objectValues, or whether to add them under user folders/different contexts, and use ZCatalog searches to find them. . how to handle printable pages throughout a site . strategies for using ZSQL methods throughout a site and so on The Zope book tosses some nuggets of advice here and there, but doesn't build up a site, so we don't really get to see the workings of a talented Zope architect. Other documentation focuses on how to Do Things, like use SQL methods, or how to build products. I've had a little bit of time to look at the CMF, and that has some structure about reviewing, etc. (and seems to advocate the 'place things in user folders, use ZCatalog to find' method); however, I'm not designing something that seems so portal-ish, and this seems like a hegemonic solution to a design question. So: Am I missing any resources on fitting it all together? Are there 'example sites' that someone could describe? Would anyone with a well-designed site be willing to export it all up and post it somewhere, so we could explore it? Or are there other ways of starting this learning path? -- Joel Burton <jburton(a)scw.org> Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington

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remote publishing
by mberger＠snow.nl 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Hi, I am a new user of Zope and am still stymied by one question: can documents/objects be published on remote machines? For example: consider Zope installed on a development machine. Once pages/sites have been proofed in Zope, can they be moved -- published -- (by Zope) to a production machine? If so, how? Barring that possibility (publishing to a remote machine), is it possible to alter the URL of the documents? So, assuming everything is done on one machine, how can the index page of a folder within Zope become the index page at the top level of a domain served on the same machine? We are not using the ZServer, btw, but Apache. Thanks for any help, pointers, etc. Cheers, Mike Berger Snow BV Waardenburg, The Netherlands

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WG: Zope and static page building
by Florian Schuler 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Hello List, I´am a newbe in Zope. In the past I used RedHat´s Interchange for contend management which offers the possibility of static page buling. My question is now whether Zope support such a possibility, too. Thanks Florian

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Zope and static page building
by Florian Schuler 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Hello List, I´am a newbe in Zope. In the past I used RedHat´s Interchange for contend management which offers the possibility of static page buling. My question is now whether Zope support such a possibility, too. Thanks Florian

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Re: [Zope-Annce] New Zope Book Press Release
by Takashi Linzbichler 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Hi, Chris, Chris Abraham wrote: > > Just so that I do not waste ASCII space with a long Press Release, I just > received the PR for my company's new softcover book on Zope, published > by No Starch. Is this the english translation of the german Beehive Zope book ('Zope, Content-Management- & Web-Application-Server') or something new ? cheers, ta -------------------------------------------------------------------------- smartferret it-consulting Dipl.-Ing. Linzbichler KEG Dipl.-Ing. Takashi Veikko Linzbichler Tannhofweg 28/3 A-8044 Graz, Austria Tel.: 0316 / 39 89 40 -0 Fax: 0316 / 39 89 40 -20 Mobil: 0676 / 31 26 286 eMail: takashi.linzbichler(a)smartferret.com WWW: http://www.smartferret.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: [Zope] ZMailIn-1-0-0.tgz corrupt?
by Farrell, Troy 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

try this tar -xvf ZMailIn-1-0-0.tgz It sounds like someone forgot the -z flag when they created it. Troy > -----Original Message----- > From: Jean Jordaan [mailto:jean@upfrontsystems.co.za] > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:12 AM > To: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: [Zope] ZMailIn-1-0-0.tgz corrupt? > > > Hi all > > Is it just me, or is there something funny with the ZMailIn archive > at zope.org .. ? > > $ gunzip --verbose ZMailIn-1-0-0.tgz > gunzip: ZMailIn-1-0-0.tgz: not in gzip format > $ ls -l ZMailIn-1-0-0.tgz > -rw-rw-rw- 1 pcguest pcguest 102400 Sep 19 15:59 > ZMailIn-1-0-0.tgz > > -- > jean > > _______________________________________________ > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) >

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ZMailIn-1-0-0.tgz corrupt?
by Jean Jordaan 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Hi all Is it just me, or is there something funny with the ZMailIn archive at zope.org .. ? $ gunzip --verbose ZMailIn-1-0-0.tgz gunzip: ZMailIn-1-0-0.tgz: not in gzip format $ ls -l ZMailIn-1-0-0.tgz -rw-rw-rw- 1 pcguest pcguest 102400 Sep 19 15:59 ZMailIn-1-0-0.tgz -- jean

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Unable to create new objects
by Priya Ramkumar 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Hi, I am using Zope2.3.3 & CMF1.1. Everything was working fine but now all of a sudden, I am unable to create new objects. Once I login, I am able to see the list of existing documents, news items etc. But when I click on "New", it asks for the username & password again. After even typing the correct username & password, it does not allow me to create the object but instead gives me a "Site Error". This the traceback I get, You are not authorized to access <em>this</em>. <!-- Traceback (innermost last): File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 223, in publish_module File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 187, in publish File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 171, in publish File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: metadata_edit_form) File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 112, in call_object (Object: metadata_edit_form) File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/OFS/DTMLMethod.py, line 189, in __call__ (Object: metadata_edit_form) File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_St ring.py, line 540, in __call__ (Object: metadata_edit_form) File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/OFS/DTMLMethod.py, line 182, in __call__ (Object: standard_html_header) File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_St ring.py, line 540, in __call__ (Object: standard_html_header) File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Le t.py, line 149, in render (Object: member="portal_membership.getAuthenticatedMember().has_role('Member')&q uot;) File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/OFS/DTMLMethod.py, line 182, in __call__ (Object: actions_box) File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_St ring.py, line 540, in __call__ (Object: actions_box) File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Le t.py, line 148, in render (Object: isAnon="portal_membership.isAnonymousUser()" AuthClass="isAnon and 'GuestActions' or 'MemberActions'" uname="isAnon and 'Guest' or portal_membership.getAuthenticatedMember().getUserName()" obj="this()" actions="portal_actions.listFilteredActionsFor(obj)" user_actions="actions['user']" folder_actions="actions['folder']" object_actions="actions['object'] + actions['workflow']" global_actions="actions['global']") File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Ut il.py, line 333, in eval (Object: this()) (Info: this) File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/OFS/DTMLMethod.py, line 261, in validate (Object: metadata_edit_form) File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/AccessControl/Security Manager.py, line 144, in validate File /export/usr/local/Zope3/Zope_software_home/lib/python/AccessControl/ZopeSecu rityPolicy.py, line 199, in validate Unauthorized: (see above) I would be most thankful for any help and suggestions. Thanks & regards, Priya

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Re: Zope.org feedback
by Peter Bengtsson 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

> URL: http://www.zope.org/Members/peterbe/SiteTrackerProduct > Hello, > > I have followed the installation instructions and have also installed the required products. > Still I get this error when trying to add a SiteTracker instance: > > Error Type: AttributeError > Error Value: Indexes When you create an instance there's a little script that does things to the ZCatalog you just created. "setZCatalogProperties" is the name of the Python Script that does all this. Try having a look at that. The strange thing is that this was working fine for me. Probably some problem with security rights and stuff like that. Very strange. Have a look at the code and see if you can solve it. Please report any progress back to me and I'll try to help you more. Where do you try to create the instance? In the root? > And the last lines of the traceback gives this: > File <string>, line 2, in f > (Object: guarded_getitem) > File /usr/local/Zope-2.4.0-linux2-x86/lib/python/Shared/DC/Scripts/Bindings.py, line 324, in __call__ > (Object: setZCatalogProperties) > File /usr/local/Zope-2.4.0-linux2-x86/lib/python/Shared/DC/Scripts/Bindings.py, line 354, in _bindAndExec > (Object: setZCatalogProperties) > File /usr/local/Zope-2.4.0-linux2-x86/lib/python/Products/PythonScripts/PythonScr ipt.py, line 363, in _exec > (Object: setZCatalogProperties) > (Info: ({'script': <PythonScript instance at 8a30700>, 'context': <Factory instance at 8a4d130>, 'container': <FactoryDispatcher instance at 890df28>, 'traverse_subpath': []}, ('SiteTracker',), {}, None)) > File Script (Python), line 3, in setZCatalogProperties > File /usr/local/Zope-2.4.0-linux2-x86/lib/python/AccessControl/ZopeGuards.py, line 109, in guarded_getattr > (Object: LockableItem) > AttributeError: (see above) > > I am using Zope 2.4 (newly installed) ... got any clues ? > :-) > > TIA, > Gitte Wange >

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Re: Site Tracker
by Peter Bengtsson 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

> I have a subdir I want to run it in. I've created an FSSession object > there. The SiteTracker object seems to be created fine. But when I try to > access the site, I get the following error: It's because you haven't got FSSession properly installed. It requires a folder in <zope dir>/var called "FSSession". Try FSSesssion in another folder to ensure yourself that it works. Peter > Zope has encountered an error while publishing this resource. > > Error Type: OSError > Error Value: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: > '/home/grifter/Zope-2.4.0-src/var/FSSession/260' > > I SSH'd in and checked, and there is no "FSSession" directory in /var, and > therefore no "260" object in it. Any idea what's not working? > > Regards, > Dave Lehman > >

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