Well, I upgraded to 2.0.0b4, and I think I found a bug, but am not sure. So I'm posting it to the list for all to review first. I have defined index_html as so in the root folder: <!--#var pre_content--> <!--#var content--> <!--#var post_content--> This index_html file is shared throughout the website. Then I define pre_content so as to display banners and set up the tables for the rest of the page layout. The idea is that each folder has a "content" method, which contains the meat of the page, with pre_content and post_content being shared across all pages. post_content closes the HTML tags opened in pre_content, of course, and calls <!--#var copyright-->, which displays our company's copyright message. The copyright method, in turn, makes a reference: <!--#var BASE1--> Problem is, this *FAILS*. I get the following tracebac (cleaned up from the original HTML): Error type: KeyError Error value: BASE1 Traceback (innermost last): File /usr/local/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 209, in publish_module File /usr/local/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 179, in publish File /usr/local/zope/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 199, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: ApplicationDefaultPermissions) File /usr/local/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 165, in publish File /usr/local/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 154, in mapply (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 102, in call_object (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/zope/lib/python/OFS/DTMLMethod.py, line 145, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/zope/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_String.py, line 502, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/zope/lib/python/OFS/DTMLMethod.py, line, 141, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/zope/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_String.py, line 502, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/zope/lib/python/OFS/DTMLMethod.py, line, 141, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/zope/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_String.py, line 502, in __call__ (Object: index_html) KeyError: (see above) Please note that I get this error with BASE, BASE1, URL0, URL1, URL2, etc. NOW, if I create an external method: def PriceQuote( self, RESULT, RESPONSE ): return RESULT I find in the resulting display that BASE, BASE1, URL1, URL2, etc., -->ARE DEFINED AND SET CORRECTLY<--. Anyone care to tell me why Zope is being utterly boneheaded about <!--#var BASE1-->?? I've been banging my head against the wall with this one for hours. I've got no choice but to hardcode a URL into the copyright code, which is fine for now, but certainly not the ideal solution -- I'd really rather have it as hardwired-free as possible. ========================================================================== KC5TJA/6 | -| TEAM DOLPHIN |- DM13 | Samuel A. Falvo II QRP-L #1447 | http://www.dolphin.openprojects.net Oceanside, CA |......................................................