Hi Winston, I am also new to Zope, but I can tell you that it sounds like an application for "cookies." In case you are not familiar, "cookies" are files created by the browser on the client machine that can be used by your server to store persistent state information, like a visit count or a last visit date. There is a document on the ZDP site called The Zope Book. It contains lots of useful information, including a section on using cookies in Zope. Check it out at: http://zdp.zope.org/guide/ZBook Best Regards, Brian Holdsworth -----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Winston Dhanraj Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 1:42 AM To: 'zope@zope.org' Subject: [Zope] Questions... hi, i'm a newbee to Zope . i'd like to know what purposes can a Z Class serve ? i've also been working on maintaining state ie session for a visitor. how do i go about doing something like, displaying to a visitor the number of times he has visited a particular page. please help.... bye, winston