Thanks a lot for the help Paul. I figured that it probably wasn't a file, but I had to start somewhere. After getting to the point I got last time, I did find our software engineer that initially set Zope up and asked him if that meant anything to him. It did. The whole navigation thing was something he set up initially. Since we upgraded to a later version, his code changes were eliminated obviously, so he had to modify the code again. After he finished his changes, all is good. Thanks a lot for the tips. I started Zope with and without that index_html.zexp file and it works both ways, so I deleted the file. At least I know what a .zexp file is now. Thanks again, Allen -----Original Message----- From: Paul Winkler [mailto:pw_lists@slinkp.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 2:29 PM To: Zope List (E-mail) Subject: Re: [Zope] starting zope problems On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 01:52:51PM -0500, Allen Crawford wrote:

both out today. Anyway, based on your comments, I did a search for files with "index_html" in them and found two of them. One was at /var/lib/zope/var and was named index_html.zexp. The other was /usr/lib/zope/lib/python/OFS/standard/index_html.dtml. I removed the first one and then started Zope with debug mode off.

The first one looks like an export somebody made from a zope object to an export file. it shouldn't affect anything to delete it, it's just a backup. Do NOT delete the second one, it's part of the standard Zope install. I don't think you've learned yet that most things in zope are not files on the filesystem. I was referring to objects in the zope object database (ZODB). Go to http://your_zope_site/manage, and if you can get in that way, click on the "Find" tab and search for anything with the id "navigation". That's what i was implying, but I guess it was a bit over your head at this point.

Once again "navigation" comes into play. However, I have no clue what file this is actually referring to.

I suspect it is not a file, it is an object in Zope. This distinction is fundamental. --PW -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com "Welcome to Muppet Labs, where the future is made - today!" _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )