Milt Martin wrote:

yes, they are dtml methods... as a newbie, i have not figured out why to use documents yet...

This is what I have and it works as expected: root index_html (DTML Method) (uses <dtml-var body>, <dtml-var mainmenu>, <dtml-var standard_html_header>...) body (DTML Method) (contains general site welcome text) mainmenu (DTML Method) (traverses objectValue(['Folder', 'DTML Document', 'Squishdot Site']) to produce submenus and uses the Breadcrumbs code to enhance navigation) Graphics (Folder) (contains images for the site) various image files Lessons (Folder) body (DTML Method)(describes the lesson area) Lesson1 (DTML Document)(Straight HTML lesson on using Linux) Personnel (Folder) body (DTML Method) (Describes the Personnel part of the site) Add (Folder) Address (Folder) Home (Folder) Office (Folder) Worksite (Folder) PhoneNumber (Folder) Show (Folder) ... etc... The index_html is acquired everywhere from the root folder, as is the mainmenu method. Anywhere I put a body method, different body text shows up, for example .../Personnel/index_html shows Personnel's own body text. Through the wonders of acquisition, .../Personnel/Add/index_html shows Personnel's body text (until I choose to replace it by creating a body DTML method in Personnel/Add/). The index_html includes image links using <dtml-var "PARENTS[-1].Graphics.logo_200x48_png">; I avoid using aquisition because then browsers don't realize that the graphics they see are the same (i.e. they don't use cached versions) Anyway...near as I can tell, I am doing the same thing you are and it works...maybe you can see a difference that is the cause of your problems, though. Cheers... Bruce

-----Original Message----- From: Bruce Elrick <belrick@home.com> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 14:30:13 -0700 Subject: Re: [Zope] Acquiring root index_html method in lower level folder

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Milt Martin wrote:

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From a Zope newbie... Given: "root" folder index_html method which refers to menu_bar and body_content

^^^^ are you sure that index_html is a DTML method and not a DTML document? This should work (and it does, because I do this), but only if index_html is a method, because when it is acquired by the "about" folder it takes on the context of the folder. If index_html was a document, it has its own context when acquired and will pick up its methods from the origal location (as you seem to be experiencing).

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menu_bar method body_content method "about" folder body_content method

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