Hi Zope fans, Many newbies are jumping in to Zope and it can be pretty overwhelming, at first. Well, at can stay overwhelming for awhile, too. That can make it all the more difficult to discern the forest when all you can see is the next tree you're about to slam into. On the other hand, for those who have been Zoping for awhile, it is hard not to notice the signs of a trend upward in Zope development. Can you say "exponential"? Taking a moment to scan the big Zope picture, here's a summary of several critical Core Zope releases recently announced on these lists: Zope 2.3.1 approaching final release: http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000393.html Zope CMF (aka PTK) approaching v.1 final release: http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000383.html Zope Page Templates v.1 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope/2001-March/086591.html Zope Parsed XML v.1 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000394.html Pyperl v.1.0.1 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-perl/2001-March/000242.html plus lot's of books and documentation underway, including: http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000386.html http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope/book/chap1.html http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000380.html and of course, work on Python continues apace: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-March/034942.html Finally, just a small sample of links to an ever growing list of contributed modules, How-Tos, and handy extensions from the Global Zope Community, below: http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000379.html http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000381.html http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000384.html http://www.zope.org/Members/aeg/ZDatabaseTool_first_release http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000387.html http://www.zope.org/Members/Kaivo/EvalTag_HowTo/EvalTag Be prepared for EXCITING Times in Zopetopia! Jerry S.