Hi, I'm writing a product and am starting from 'boring'. Immediately I'm running into namespace problems :-(.... Basically, I modified the boring product only slightly: def __init__(self, id, title='', REQUEST=None): """initialise a new instance of NFG_SiteMap""" self.id = id self.title = title self.REQUEST=REQUEST def namespace(self): return "%s" % (self.REQUEST) That is, I'm trying to test my access to the REQUEST parameters by calling a <dtml-var namespace> in the index_html dtml document. For the rest, the boring product setup is intact, inheritance etc. unchanged. Something very interesting happens: - when I add a new instance to the root folder of my zope installation, this works as intended. Index_html prints out lots of interesting environment. - when I add a new instance to a sub folder: * the management tabs disappear * the REQUEST appears to be 'None' - when I copy the working root folder instance into the subfolder, that copy functions normally with management tabs and REQUEST info. What am I missing here? Why do the class instances behave differently if they're in the same location, but created in different locations? :*CU# -- *** Guido A.J. Stevens *** mailto:gyst@nfg.nl *** *** Net Facilities Group *** tel:+31.43.3618933 *** *** http://www.nfg.nl *** fax:+31.43.3560502 *** Perhaps the deeper one probes and the greater one's commitment to, and dependence on, information technology, the more resistant one may become to its essence. [Coyne, ISBN 0-262-03228-7, p.315]