hi

-----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Ixokai Sent: dinsdag 3 april 2001 8:24 To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] Passing variables around.

I have a general menubar on my site, who's orientation will vary depending on which page its on. Sometimes its on the left, sometimes its on the right. And its color can vary, too. So that's two bits of information that I want to be able to pass to the dtml method /standard_menubar in each page.

What i'm currently doing is this:

<dtml-let Prefix="'L-'" Color="'Orange'"><dtml-var standard_menubar></dtml-let>

Is that the 'correct' way to pass variables around? Hmm. Would it be better to just set 'Properties' on my content_html DTML document?

Speaking of. I'm designing my site with the 'One Folder per Page' paradigm. Should content_html be a DTML document or method? Are there advantages or disadvantages to each? My understanding is that the Folder would then become the 'object' that is the page, instead of the content_html being the object within the folder... is this correct?

Yes. A DTML Document can have properties, a DTML method cannot. So in your case I would use DTML methods and I would add 'Prefix' and 'Color' as properties to the containing folder and set their value as you like. Then all you need is: <dtml-var standard_menubar>

--Ix

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