newbie question: getting title_or_id from calling document
Hello! I'm trying to create a standard_header that when included in a document uses the calling documents namespace. So, if the standard_header was: <html> <head> <title><dtml-var title_or_id></title </head> ... ... and the index_html document had as it's first line: <dtml-var standard_header> How can I make the standard header DTML document write the title/ID of index_html or any of the documetns that call/include it?. Apologies in advance if I'm being thick. Cheers, Simon.
On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 06:05:18PM +0100, Simon Brogden wrote:
I'm trying to create a standard_header that when included in a document uses the calling documents namespace. So, if the standard_header was: <html> <head> <title><dtml-var title_or_id></title </head> ...
and the index_html document had as it's first line: <dtml-var standard_header>
How can I make the standard header DTML document write the title/ID of index_html or any of the documetns that call/include it?.
Make it DTML Method, not Document. Oleg. ---- Oleg Broytmann http://phd.pp.ru/ phd@phd.pp.ru Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
From one Newbie to another...
DTML-methods inherit the properties of the calling container. In many cases, this is the folder that is being rendered. So the index_html that is called from the folder, takes on the properties, title, id, etc, from that folder. This assumes that index_html is a method and not a Doc. It took me a couple weeks using Zope to realize that the default folder set-up that includes index_html as a document should seldom be used... <read...never> (Actually I suggest that this should be removed from the ZMI, because it trips up most newbies. Or at least give the option to create index_html as a method.) Most of the Zopistas have told me that DTML-Documents are bad. In general you will mostly want to use Methods for everything that is an object or part of a template. DTML-Documents are good for just content. <read...text.> And consider the emminent message from anyone saying "USE ZPT instead of DTML". ;) -Trevor
-----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Simon Brogden Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 1:05 PM To: zope@zope.org Subject: [ZOPE] newbie question: getting title_or_id from calling document
Hello!
I'm trying to create a standard_header that when included in a document uses the calling documents namespace. So, if the standard_header was: <html> <head> <title><dtml-var title_or_id></title </head> ... ...
and the index_html document had as it's first line: <dtml-var standard_header>
How can I make the standard header DTML document write the title/ID of index_html or any of the documetns that call/include it?.
Apologies in advance if I'm being thick.
Cheers, Simon.
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