March 2006 - Zope - Zope lists

Forum product
by cristina clavijo 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Hi! I need a forum in my plone site which has the following installation: - Zope 2.7.8 - Plone 2.1.2 - Python 2.3.5 - LinguaPlone 0.9 I have tried the following ones with no succeed: - CMFBoard doesn't work with Plone 2.1.x - PloneBoard works only with Zope 2.8 - SimpleForum works correctly but it's too simple. - CMFForum gives me an error when trying to add it. (traceback attached) Thanks for your attention Cris.

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errors building zope 3
by David Bear 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

I have python 2.4.2 installed on freebsd. It is located at /home/webenv/bin/python2.4. I set my pythonpath to /home/webenv/lib/python2.4 Python works. Then I downloaded and built zope 3 with make sure to use -with-python and -prefix /home/z3. I run make then make test and get a lot of : Error in test testNOK (ZEO.tests.testAuth.PlainTextAuth) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/webenv/lib/python2.4/unittest.py", line 270, in run self.tearDown() File "/home/iddwb/installs/Zope-3.2.0/build/lib.freebsd- 4.10-RELEASE-p2-i386-2.4/ZEO/tests/testAuth.py", line 54, in tearDown self.__super_tearDown() File "/home/iddwb/installs/Zope-3.2.0/build/lib.freebsd- 4.10-RELEASE-p2-i386-2.4/ZEO/tests/ConnectionTests.py", line 118, in tearDown forker.shutdown_zeo_server(adminaddr) File "/home/iddwb/installs/Zope-3.2.0/build/lib.freebsd- 4.10-RELEASE-p2-i386-2.4/ZEO/tests/forker.py", line 180, in shutdown_zeo_server s.connect(adminaddr) File "<string>", line 1, in connect error: (60, 'Operation timed out') The errors are all 'operation timed out'. this happens when I run make test as root as well. any pointers? -- David Bear What's the difference between private knowledge and public knowledge?

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"Define Permissions" in ZMI Products
by Jeff Gentry 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

One more stupid question ... I've made a few python based external products and am comfortable setting default permissions with those but this is my first foray into a ZMI based product. I've largely followed the ZooExhibit product in the Zope Book (what I'm trying to do is not at all complex but I wanted something distributable ... the ZooExhibit really does fit the general pattern of what I'm trying to do). I have a folder named 'OETemplate' which mirrors the 'exhibitTemplate', and when I install an instance of this product that template works all hunkey-dorey. What I'd like to do is set some default permissions on some of the objects inside that template. Specifically there is a subfolder which I would like to set default permissions for adding & changing files. I've found the "Define Permissions" tab but for the life of me can't really grok the concept. I'm getting the sense that perhaps "you can't get there from here" in what I'm trying to do and that "Define Permissions" is not really the right task I want to use to set default perms for a folder, but there is also not a "Security" tab (which is what I originally figured I'd need to use, I thought that Define Permissions would be to create new permissions). Thanks -J

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how to add zopewiki product pages
by Simon Michael 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Following on from a zope-dev thread: On 3/15/06, Chris Withers <chris(a)simplistix.co.uk> wrote: Simon Michael wrote: > You forgot to make a page under http://zopewiki.org/Products . Doh! :) > > Only half joking. If I'm looking for a dimly-remembered product from six > months ago, this is where I find what I need to know fastest. Is there any chance I could persuade you to add some info on them all? (or at least some stub pages you can point me at to edit?) There are a lot, and more than that I don't think it's a great model to have me typing in every product page myself. On the other hand.. it wouldn't take *that* long.. If you and I another volunteer or three spent 10 minutes a day on #zope, it wouldn't take long at all. Here's three ways to add a page: - create by url: go to http://zopewiki.org/TheProduct . If it isn't found, click the create button. Enter some notes. Even a single hyperlink or a one-line description is a good start. - create in the right place: go to http://zopewiki.org/products . Scroll down, look for a suitable sub-category and go there. Enter "TheProduct" in the page management form at the bottom of the page and click the create button. - create by mail-in: subscribe (http://zopewiki.org/ZopeWiki/subscribeform) and then forward email to zopewiki(a)zopewiki.org . Here are some niceties, which you can follow if you like: - include the word ZopeProduct, to unambiguously mark this page as a distinct zope product. This is a little bit handy for things like http://zopewiki.org/WikiStats#products . - the first paragraph is used as the page summary, so make it a nice snappy overview. - after that, add the home page link and any others you want. Most pages use STX's -- definition lists. - subscribe to the wiki or watch the front page to hear about and augment new product pages

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AttributeError on SESSION
by Jeff Gentry 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Okay ... I figure I've probably managed to really hose up my Zope instance somehow but I can't figure out what it would be. Whenever I'm trying to access the SESSION data, I get an AttributeError on SESSION. This used to work for me and on another Zope instance I have it does indeed work. I used the session test PythonScript from The Zope Book, as follows: secs_per_day=24*60*60 session=context.REQUEST.SESSION if session.has_key('last view'): # The script has been viewed before, since the 'last view' then=session['last view'] now=context.ZopeTime() session['last view']=now # reset last view to now return 'Seconds since last view %.2f' % ((now - then) * secs_per_day) # The script hasn't been viewed before, since there's no 'last view' session['last view']=context.ZopeTime() return 'This is your first view' (well, I actually started with other code, but this causes the same issue). This works as advertised in my other instance but throws the same AttributeError on my first instance. I'm assuming that I managed to delete and/or edit something important without realizing it. I did some web searches on this but didn't really turn up anything, pretty much everything I found assumed that SESSION was working :)

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Re: [Zope] Re: Ape
by Chris Withers 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Hi Chris, Please keep replies on the list... Chris Kratz wrote: > Thanks for the pointers. But, isn't directory view part of plone? Yes, but they are more a part of CMF. You can either just install the CMFCore product, or I remember there being a couple of packagings on DirectoryView on its own, purely for doing what you want. I don't have urls to them handy, sadly... > this point as it's mainly a database app and not a content based app. Also, > what about performance? Ape has quite a hit compared to standared data.fs, > but gives us enough benefit (ease of development) that we have stayed with > it. How does DirectoryView compare with the normal data.fs? Well, it'll be miles quicker that APE ;-) > Is there some place I can learn more about DirectoryViews? I havn't had much > luck with either zope, plone or google search. zope-cmf(a)zope.org wouldn't be a bad place to start... Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk

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Re: [Zope] iptables problem
by Bert Vanderbauwhede 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

> Every time i reboot the server the iptables also reboot and i have to set > them up again for people to access zope > > Does anyone know how to stop this happening? After you configured iptables, do "service iptables save". That should do it. Bert...

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iptables problem
by JulianRead 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Hi ive installed zope on a dedicated server with linux fedora core3 on port 8080 Ive used webmin to put port 8080 onto my linuix packet filtering iptable Every time i reboot the server the iptables also reboot and i have to set them up again for people to access zope Does anyone know how to stop this happening? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/iptables-problem-t1291730.html#a3437039 Sent from the Zope - General forum at Nabble.com.

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to inherit from CMFDefault.NewsItem
by Sergio Gomez 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Hi, In my development I need a product which is basicly like CMFDefault.NewsItem, but I need to add a Selection field (SelectionWidget). Is there a way of inheriting CMFDefault.NewsItem and just add what I need? Thanks, Sergio

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RE: [Zope] Zope + Apache on Quad Debian machine
by John Snowdon 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Why do you want to do this? Do you believe that this is more effective or efficient than the scheduling algorithm that Linux uses? Binding an application to a single processor makes very little sense at all. If Zope really is your limiting factor, then you need to spread that load over as many processors as possible, not lock it down to a single cpu - if you do that, then the rest of the processors sit idle while waiting for Zope to respond. Read up on ZEO. Then set yourself a ZEO server up and a couple of ZEO clients, balance your requests between the two using pound, apache or squid. I can guarantee you that if your system is Zope limited, then this will greatly increase responsiveness and the number of requests you can process simultaneously - I run over a dozen dual processor machines hosting approx 60 Zope applications across them, all using ZEO - an average of 5 or 6 instances per system, we have no problem with Zope only using one processor; the applications that are across most machines (up to 10 in our largest application) are very, very fast indeed and can cope with all the concurrent users we can throw at it. Your problem is not Zope itself... you definitely need to investigate further before coming to the conclusion that binding a Zope instance to a single processor is a solution - if you'll excuse me, that's a rather simplistic view to take. I was also suggest reading up on Apache, Linux, Proxying/Caching, Clustering and Load Balancing - they're all factors to consider when developing and deploying a web application. John Snowdon - IT Support Specialist -==========================================- School of Medical Education Development Faculty of Medical Sciences Computing University of Newcastle Email : j.p.snowdon(a)ncl.ac.uk >-----Original Message----- >From: zope-bounces+j.p.snowdon=newcastle.ac.uk(a)zope.org >[mailto:zope-bounces+j.p.snowdon=newcastle.ac.uk@zope.org] On >Behalf Of Hugo Ramos >Sent: 15 March 2006 20:45 >To: [Zope] >Subject: [Zope] Zope + Apache on Quad Debian machine > > >Yellow, > >I'm using Zope+Apache on a 4 xeon's/4GB ram machine running Debian. >I've noticed that the CPU's never go beyond 30% top occupation... but >on rush hours the site takes too long to load... > >I've been reading about process affinity and how it could speed up >everything by making zope run on 1 CPU, Apache on another and so on... > >Has any1 tried this before? Can you point me to some documentation? >What's your experience? is it true that not doing this the 4 cpu's >will not be 100% used? > > >Cheers >-- >Hugo Ramos - ramosh(a)gmail.com >http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=10082105466310142690 >_______________________________________________ >Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org >http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope >** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** >(Related lists - > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) >

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