Sorry for replying directly to you, Rob. I'll keep looking for some archetypes examples and research the CMF more. The breadth and depth of zope is just so overwhelming sometimes. It's great that all this ability is there but I guess I need a REALLY good zope/plone book. I'm getting the new zope book that comes out friday. Can't wait! On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:28:18 +0100, Robert Rottermann <robert@redcor.ch> wrote:

Alan, please reply to all, not only to me

Alan Snyder wrote:

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Ok - I'm leaning heavily towards using archetypes really because I don't want to use anything that relies on plone. Are there any good references out there for creating archetypes from scratch? I found that 'Article' example and I'm using that but even the Plone book doesn't tell you how to create your own just how to modify what's already there. I really want to understand this feature as I think it can be hugely beneficial to my cause.

ust take any of the examples and make a "product" out of it and the start to adapt. How to make a product is explained in a couple of places (google for boring product or some such). Also go and look on plone.org. You probably find a howto there.

I do *not* know whether archetypes run on top of CMF or need plone.

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Also -- if I understand correctly, new archetypes create new content types in the CMF such that each new archetype will potentially have it's own workflow? If so - this is perfect then. It's exactly what I need!

yes, every portal type can be part of any number of workflows. every on can have its own if need be.

Robert