Brasil On-line (BOL) launched yesterday a real-time news service based of the Zope application server platform. The service, which can be seen an <http://www.bol.com.br/noticias/>, is fully automated. Feeds from Reuters and Climatempo, a local weather information provider, are retrieved every 15 minutes and pages are updated accordingly. A third information provider, Gazeta Esportiva, uses remotely accessible forms to post their stories. All pages in the BOL news areas are generated by a Zope application developed by Hiperlogica of Sao Paulo, Brazil <http://www.hiper.com.br>. The code that retrieves weather information was written directly in Python, and feeds a PostgreSQL database, which is queried by Zope. The Reuters material is pulled directly by DTML Methods, which use the ZClient facility included in Zope. The stories are then copied to Zope DTML Documents to be served locally. The BOL news area is the eighth Zope based site developed by Hiperlogica. Other recent cases include the American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo, Brazil <http://www.amcham.com.br>, MAGNET magazine <http://www.magnet.com.br> and the Achademia education portal <http://achademia.uol.com.br>. Early on Hiperlogica focused on Zope. Their first client -- IDGnow!, <http://www.idgnow.com.br>, Brazil's leading technology news web site -- uses a Zope-based solution since April 1999. "Zope is an extremely flexible platform where programmers, designers and end-users of all skill levels can collaborate in way that is more rational and cost-effective than any other system I have tried in five years of web development experience.", says Luciano Ramalho, one of the founders of Hiperlogica. -- The Hiperlogica team wishes to extend to the creators of Python and Zope, and to the entire Zope community, our heartfelt thanks and congratulations on such wonderful pieces of software engineering. Best regards, Luciano Ramalho -- Hiperlógica <http://hiper.com.br> Automação de web-sites | Web-site automation São Paulo | Brasil | Fone: +55-11-816-8067