At 11:42 AM 6/7/99 -0400, Michel Pelletier wrote:

[deletia] You might want to check out ZServer

I shall make it so. Thank you.

Sounds like you are getting mired in Acquisition. Without seeing your DTML and tracebacks, however, there isn't much more advice than that I could give you. (here's a hint, view the HTML source of any error messages you get, there are secret clues inside).

Now that's a nifty trick. Here's where I am: 1. I blew everything away and started again. Just In Case(tm). 2. I created a new method called sidebar which I pretty much stole from the zdp Zope Book area. The main difference is that it's not all sitting in a folder (folder? Object? What should I call this?) called Object. 2a. Here's my sidebar: - - - Cut here - - - <span class="tree"> <!--#tree branches_expr="objectValues(['Folder', 'DTML Document'])" nowrap=1 sort=id --> <!--#if expr="meta_type == 'Folder'"--> <!--#if tree-item-expanded--> <img src="/zzzImages/openBook" align="TOP" border="0" width="16" height="16"> <!--#else--> <img src="/zzzImages/closedBook" align="TOP" border="0" width="16" height="16"> <!--#/if--> <!--#var title_or_id--> <!--#else--> <img src="/zzzImages/document" align="TOP" border="0" width="16" height="16"> <a href="/<!--#var tree-item-url-->?<!--#if tree-s-->tree-s=<!--#var tree-s--><!--#/if--><!--#if tree-e-->&tree-e=<!--#var tree-e--><!--#/if--><!--#if tree-c-->&tree-c=<!--#var tree-c--><!--#/if-->"><!--#var title_or_id--></a><!--#/if--> <!--#/tree--> </span> - - - Cut here - - - Remember I have no idea what I'm doing at this point so I could have mangled it as I tried to make it fit. 3. The main index_html method works like a champ, as before. The sidebar does tree-like things. 4. Onwards. I created a subfolder and an index_html document. 5. As soon as I add the standard html header, it barfs: - - - Cut here - - - Traceback (innermost last): File D:\Program Files\ZopeWebSite\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, line 877, in publish_module File D:\Program Files\ZopeWebSite\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, line 590, in publish (Info: /Barry/index_html) File D:\Program Files\ZopeWebSite\lib\python\OFS\DTMLDocument.py, line 212, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File D:\Program Files\ZopeWebSite\lib\python\OFS\DTMLDocument.py, line 208, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File D:\Program Files\ZopeWebSite\lib\python\DocumentTemplate\DT_String.py, line 513, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File D:\Program Files\ZopeWebSite\lib\python\OFS\DTMLMethod.py, line 147, in __call__ (Object: standard_html_header) File D:\Program Files\ZopeWebSite\lib\python\DocumentTemplate\DT_String.py, line 513, in __call__ (Object: standard_html_header) File D:\Program Files\ZopeWebSite\lib\python\OFS\DTMLMethod.py, line 147, in __call__ (Object: sidebar) File D:\Program Files\ZopeWebSite\lib\python\DocumentTemplate\DT_String.py, line 513, in __call__ (Object: sidebar) File D:\Program Files\ZopeWebSite\lib\python\TreeDisplay\TreeTag.py, line 154, in render (Object: a tree tag) File D:\Program Files\ZopeWebSite\lib\python\TreeDisplay\TreeTag.py, line 222, in tpRender (Object: index_html) File D:\Program Files\ZopeWebSite\lib\python\TreeDisplay\TreeTag.py, line 535, in apply_diff (Info: ([None, ([178, []],)], [171])) AttributeError: Sorry, an error occured - - - Cut here - - - I also experimented adding a method called index_html in my subfolder (as that's what works in the root folder) and had little luck with that. Clearly, I've hosed something up in the sidebar. It's also possible, in true personal style, I'm trying to run before I can walk. I'm enthralled with Zope and want to squeeze the life out of it. Maybe I should buy it dinner and a movie and get to know it a little better first? I-haven't-been-this-excited-since-bill-gates-got-pied-ly-yours, Jules