hi simon, On 29 Jun 2001, Simon Michael wrote:

Hi Mark,

I'm too lazy to go look at the web page. What does it do, in essence ?

you can use MetaPublisher in several ways: - to generate a variety of templates including rdf/rss channels via the interface maker - rapidly build applications including simple content management or info containers - create a new db by selecting your db connection from the "Storage Type" dropdown list - make an existing db editable via the web by selecting the checkbox marked: "Check here to hook the MetaPublisher to an existing table and enter the table name:" we originally created MP to make creating simple Zope Web Apps easy for non programmers. if for example you select the DB option instead of OFS MP takes care of not just DTML, HTML, but also the SQL generation. based on feedback from many MP users a lot of the people using MP are experienced Zope developers interested in building prototypes. but as i stated in the announcement the plugability of "Field Types" and "Presets" are other really cool features which if your interested in MP's features you'll have to discover yourself. we do have some documentation (15 pages) which you'll find on at the MP homepage: http://www.beehive.de/zope/freeware/metapublisher.html (the docs are currently a little out-of-date) hope that answers some of your questions, regards, mark -------------------------------------------------------------- mark pratt (managing director) mark@beehive.de beehive elektronische medien GmbH http://www.beehive.de phone: +49 30 847-82 0 fax: +49 30 847-82 299