Re: [Zope] How do I check for existence of a page?

28 Feb 2001


      Joel Burton wrote:
...
We have our staff listed under /staff, so that you might find me as
/staff?staffname=joel
I'd like the return page from this method to check if I have a
homepage on the site, and if so, provide a link. Right now, I'm doing
this as:
<dtml-in "PARENTS[1].home.objectIds(['Folder'])">
  <dtml-if "_['sequence-item']==staffname">
    <a href="/home/&dtml-staffname;">There is a home page</a>
  </dtml-if>
</dtml-in>
(cycle through folders under the '/home' directory, check the seq-id
against my name, and if so, generate a link.)
Is there a cleaner way to do this?
Much:

<dtml-with name="home" only>
	<dtml-if expr="_.hasattr(home, staffname)">
     		<a href="/home/&dtml-staffname;">There is a home page</a>
	<dtml-else>
.		No home page found.
	</dtml-if>
</dtml-with>

or

<dtml-with name="home" only>
	<dtml-try>
		<a href="<dtml-var expr="_[staffname]" url>">There is a home page</a>
	<dtml-except KeyError>
		No home page found.
	</dtml-try>
</dtml-with>

hth
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