- Zope - Zope lists

Problems with Standalone Skins v0.2 by Chris McDonough
by Petter Holmström 24 May '04

24 May '04

Hello, Are there anyone in this list that have used Standalone Skins v0.2 by Chris McDonough? I can't get it to work properly in my product (all objects are created in code, I don't use the ZSI at all): 1. All my Directory Views are cleared everytime Zope restarts and I have to delete my product object and re-add it in order to get it to work again. 2. Only the most recent call to addSkinSelection gets saved, i.e. the following code causes only the 'custom' layer to be added to the skin 'default': tool.addSkinSelection('default', 'style') tool.addSkinSelection('default', 'master') tool.addSkinSelection('default', 'ui') tool.addSkinSelection('default', 'custom', make_default=1) Any ideas? Thanks in advance, -Petter-

1 2

Architectural decisions
by Ben Last (Zope) 24 May '04

24 May '04

Dear Zope list I'm approaching, on one particular project, a point of architectural decision. The site is one of those potentially annoying constructions that needs to present several different "faces" on the same content, depending on a set of conditions, in this case: a) from which partner organisation a user is referred, or by which partner site the pages are framed b) whether they're on a web browser or a mobile device c) in what locale (i.e., country) the user is located The engineering of all this, in terms of referrers, browser-ids, etc, is all well-understood, and not a problem. The decision is more in the architecture of the page templates. The question I'm asking myself is, more or less, which of these approaches do I take? 1) Use monolithic page templates, one per actual page. To add a new partner, device or locale, copy existing templates and modify them. Simpler templates, but more of them. 2) Use a set of generic templates and share them by acquisition. More complex templates, but fewer of them. In the latter case, there are some interesting techniques that I've discovered, but also limitations. Chief amongst the latter is that there seems to be no way to use a variable as part of a ZPT path. For example, if I have, in each partner subfolder, a template called "environment" which contains statements like: <span tal:define="global partner HugeInternationalCorporation"/> ...and is referred to by generic scripts with: <span tal:replace="here/environment | default"/> ...then I can provide each template with a cue to the context in which it's being invoked. However, I can see no way to do stuff like: <h2 tal:content="here/$partner | default">Default Header"</h2> So, what I'm really interested in are any tips, experiences or general good advice that can better help me evaluate the pros and cons of approaches 1) and 2). Regards ben

3 2

exUserFolder: Installation problemes / list don't work?
by Garito 24 May '04

24 May '04

Hi all I try to install Extensible User Folder product in my Zope but when I restart the server it raise an error trying to import a module called Sync I sing on in the exUserFolder mail list but I can't post any message. I try to contact with the email in the product page but nothing to do Any idea? My configuration is: Windows XP pro Python 2.3.3 Zope 2.7.0 Thanks!

1 0

Undeliverable mail
by mailer-daemon＠wackado.com.au 24 May '04

24 May '04

This message was addressed to a user that does not exist at this address. Please verify the name and domain in the original message that follows. The message was addressed to: t.m_samuels_pi(a)smithsmky.com.au ----- Original message follows ----- >From <zope(a)zope.org> Mon, 24 May 2004 18:27:00 +1000 remote from wackado.com.au Received: by wackado.com.au (Wildcat! SMTP Router v5.6.450.61) for t.m_samuels_pi(a)smithsmky.com.au; Mon, 24 May 2004 18:27:00 +1000 From: zope(a)zope.org (<zope(a)zope.org>) Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 18:27:00 +1000 Message-ID: <1823663599(a)wackado.com.au> To: t.m_samuels_pi(a)smithsmky.com.au Received: from ad96e070a.dsl.de.colt.net ([217.110.7.10]) HELO=smithsmky.com.au by wackado.com.au (Wildcat! SMTP v5.6.450.61) with SMTP id 1823659904; Mon, 24 May 2004 18:26:56 +1000

1 0

Postgress database connector...
by Jerome R. Westrick 24 May '04

24 May '04

Hello everybody, trying to drop mxODBC for a direct conncetion to postgress... Is the ZPyGreSQLDA-0.3 the connector to use? The version number seems awefully low! Jerry

2 1

zope & cvs
by Lukasz Indyk 23 May '04

23 May '04

hello;) i work in programming team that has 6 members. we develop our application in Zope, and we write code using ZMI (Zope Management Interface). we want to use cvs to control versions of our software. is it possible use cvs with Zope (without abandoming ZMI), or is there any other solution that give similar features like cvs and can be used with ZMI? thanks for your help, regards Lukasz Indyk <dyzma(a)mat.uni.torun.pl>

3 5

[Ann] ManagableIndex 0.4
by Dieter Maurer 23 May '04

23 May '04

ManagableIndex is a flexible indexing framework. It comes with managable field, keyword and efficient range indexes. Via the management interface, you can for example configure * how to combine values to be indexed from various attributes * how to normalize terms, e.g. for case insensitive searches * to ignore stop terms to keep your indexes small * to convert terms into an efficient form This is how ManagableIndex supports efficient "DateTime" and "DateIndexes" * how to handle acquisition and calling of values New in version 0.4: * efficient 'integer', 'DateTime' and 'Date' indexes * efficient "RangeIndex"es (I expect them to be considerably more efficient than "DateRangeIndex"es) * optimization for "AdvancedQuery"s descending sorting More information and download: <http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope#ManagableIndex> Note: This may be the last version with its current open source unrestricted use license. I consider whether I will expressly forbid the use of my software by institutions of the European Union (Councel of Ministers, Commission, Parliament, ...). This is in protest against a recent decision of the Councel to make software patentable. This decision ignores a Parliament vote that pleaded to keep logic (algorithms, business rules) un-patentable. -- Dieter

2 2

ANNOUNCE: Zope 2.7.1 beta 1 released
by Andreas Jung 23 May '04

23 May '04

Hi all, on behalf of Zope Corporation and the Zope community I am pleased to announce the release of Zope 2.7.1 beta 1. You can download it the sources from http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.7.1b1/ Installers for Microsoft Windows will be available shortly. 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/2.7.1b1/CHANGES.txt http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.7.1b1/HISTORY.txt For more information on the available Zope releases, guidance for selecting the right distribution and installation instructions, please see: http://www.plope.com/Books/2_7Edition/InstallingZope.stx Thanks to everyone contributing to this release in terms of bug fixes and new features especially Chris McDonough and Tres Seavers. There is another bugday scheduled for this Friday so please test this release early and submit any bug reports before the bug day. -- Andreas Jung (andreas at zopyx dot com) ZOPYX -- Software Development and Consulting Andreas Jung http://www.zopyx.com

1 0

Session Variables disappear
by Dennis Allison 23 May '04

23 May '04

Zope 2.6.2b3, Py 2.1.3, Linux We use session variables everywhere and have a fairly large number of concurrent sessions. Every so often the session variables go away and the whole house of cards collapses becasuse nearly everything depends upon session variables. I tried a while back to isolate the problem without success. At that time someone suggestedit was a known problem open problem. I've just checked the collector and did not see any open issues there. The frustrating thing is that it is the irreproducable Heissenbug behavior. Can anyone shed additional light on the issue. Is anyone else observing similar behavior? Or is the problem something due to the way we are using session variables. -d

6 11

CMF+Plone and Zwiki (making a TOC)
by G. Clifford Williams 23 May '04

23 May '04

I'm trying to construct a FAQ for my site. I'd like to do it with Zwiki but don't know how I can get a nice table of contents to appear automaticly when I add a new topic. I know that there was a way to do this with DTLM but that feature has been removed from the Plone skins for Zwiki. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm open to using other products if they will work, or doing it in ZPT if it's possible. TIA

2 1