Hi Michael, --On Samstag, 30. November 2002 03:53 +0100 Michael Scharf <Michael_Scharf@gmx.de> wrote:

Are there any cool webdesigns I can use with zope?

There is no such thing like "cool webdesign" in the web ;) In the other hand, zope does not limit you in any way if you want to "design". You are even not limited to output HTML, Zope can output Images, even created on the fly (with products), PDF, Movies... whatever you want.

Is there any place where I can find Zope layouts (templates) or do I have to create them by hand.

Michael

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Scharf" <Michael_Scharf@gmx.de> To: "zope" <zope@zope.org>

Are there any cool webdesigns I can use with zope?

Zope is an application sever, not a website-in-a-box. Anyhow, web 'themes' can be used at its Content Management Framework (CMF) -which is a set of software tools aimed to portal developers-, or you can build your website on top of Zope. The CMF does make use of 'skins' (skinsets indeed) to allow the easy manipulation and switching of a portal's look and feel.

Is there any place where I can find Zope layouts (templates) or do I have to create them by hand.

Out of the box, the CMF comes with 3 demo skinsets, interchangeable at the end user level. To modify any of them is not only the best way to come up with your own skinset, while learning the guts of the framework itself, but it's also encouraged if you don't want your site to look like them.. Zope and the CMF is about the creation of complex portal applications and the satisfaction of your particular functional and aesthetical requirements, by leveraging your team's creative skills in ways other open source frameworks couldn't do. If you just want to cut to the chase you can always use publicly available developed stuff (on top of Zope/CMF) like Plone or Nuxeo CPS, both of them collaborative portal applications. Squishdot is a weblog that doesn't use the CMF, but as it's also customizable, it can be used for many non-weblog web sites. The links: The CMF: http://cmf.zope.org Plone: http://www.plone.org Nuxeo: http://www.nuxeo.org/ Squishdot: http://www.squishdot.org Ausum