On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 10:41:43 -0400, Brian Lloyd <Brian@digicool.com> said: Brian> "Installed" products are products that are written purely in Brian> Python - they are either included with Zope or are packaged Brian> as a tgz file that installs a package into lib/python/Products. Brian> "Through the web" products are built throught the web and are stored Brian> in the Zope database. Brian> To move an "installed" product from site to site, you just copy the Brian> product distribution (.tgz file ) to the new site and unpack it. Brian> Because "installed" products have no state stored in the Zope ODB, Brian> they do not have a distribution tab. "Through the web" products Brian> allow you to create a product distribution (tgz file) that, once Brian> installed, brings the persistent state of the product into the Brian> ODB at restart when you install it on a different site. The Brian> "distribution" tab basically creates an installable snapshot Brian> of your through-the-web product. Brian> Hope this helps! Yep, it does. One remaining question though: If I am writing a "though the web" product, say something with a few ZClasses in it, and I want to move it to another zope server, but want it to still be "though the web", i.e. have a distribution tab on the other server. Is that possible? -- Alex Rice | alrice@swcp.com | http://www.swcp.com/~alrice Current Location: N. Rio Grande Bioregion, Southwestern USA