Hi, This is a CMF question that I've already posted on the CMF list, but did not get a response to. I'm hoping there might be someone on this list who can respond. I need to do some fairly extensive customization of CMF/Plone and am trying to understand what the portal_actions tool is and how it works. I've figured a few things out on my own -- if I add a portal action of the "portal_tabs" type, it shows up on the site navigation bar, and that the contentTabs menu in the "my stuff" area of Plone is built from portal actions. But much remains opaque to me. For example, the "local roles" action in the "my stuff" contentTabs menu is not listed in the portal_actions tool. "Action providers" make no sense to me. I've been all over the CMF and Plone sites and cannot find any documentation about it. (There are some juicy looking links on the CMF site, such as http://cmf.zope.org/design/system_architecture/view and http://cmf.zope.org/design/interfaces/tools/IF_portal_actions/view), but these links don't lead to real content.) Is there such a document? My other alternative is to study the Plone Page Templates and the portal_actions source code. If I must, I shall, but it would really help to have some narrative explanation. Thanks! Philip Glaser Principal and Software Architect Sustainable Software Solutions, LLC StillSmallVoice@DirectvInternet.com www.sustainsoft.com 973-951-9522 _______________________________________________ Zope-CMF maillist - Zope-CMF@zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-cmf See http://collector.zope.org/CMF for bug reports and feature requests