Oops -- pulled the trigger too soon... Here's a more complete version.... Sorry for the double-tap. --------------------------------- Hello everyone: Just wanted to give everyone an update on our documentation effort. First, I am pleasantly flabbergasted at the number, variety and depth of the How-Tos contributed by the community! It's clear that the new Zope site (specifically, Member self-publishing) will go a long way toward helping the documentation effort. The past several weeks have certainly been busy. In the middle of everything else, we've been working on documentation. Specifically, the New and Improved DTML User Reference is online: http://www.zope.org/Documentation This is a part of the "core documentation overhaul" on which we're working. Unfortunately, we are a little behind on this effort (originally forecast for release 9/15/1999). We (obviously) didn't make that milestone. However, I have it from reliable sources that we should have the remaining (promised) documents published no later Friday (with some making earlier debuts). Remember that (for now at least :^), we've defined the core docs (and 'revised' projected availability) are: o Zope Administrator's Guide: 9/25 o Zope Content Manager's Guide: 9/22 o Zope Content Manager's Reference: TBD o DTML User Guide: TBD o DTML User Reference: Complete o ZSQL Guide: 9/23 o ZSQL Reference: TBD Where "Reference" documents are, well, references, and "Guide" documents have a more tutorial flavor. Additionally, we've also been writing a few of How-Tos: http://www.zope.org/Members/jshell/ZSQLMethods-InsertingData http://www.zope.org/Members/jshell/ZSQLMethods-CreatingTables http://www.zope.org/Documentation/How-To/ExternalMethods http://www.zope.org/Members/Pam/DTMLScripting http://www.zope.org/Members/Pam/ChangePorts http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/HowTos/DTMLMethodsandDocsHowTo http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/HowTos/ZODB-How-To http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/HowTos/ApacheRewriting http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/HowTos/LetTagHow-To http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/HowTos/WithTagHow-To http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/HowTos/NameSpaceHow-To with more on the way! (e.g., How To Write a DA in 45,672 easy steps :^) Regards, --Rob -- Rob Page V: 540.371.6909 F: 703.995.0412 Digital Creations, Inc. http://www.digicool.com -- Publishers of the Zope Application Server @ http://www.zope.org