Have you seen this article?

http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-03/lw-03-penguin_6.html

I've seen it and I agree.

IMHO, Zope urgently needs: 1) A good introductory guide (the existing tutorial, clearly, is not enough...)

I think that this is the most important missing piece of Zope documentation. That's why I'm writing it! http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Projects/Tutorial You can read about my ideas and download a preview of the tutorial. I'm very interested in feedback.

2) A sample web site showing the most important features at work (this would imply the automated installation and configuration of the required software, like MySQL e.g.)

This is a great idea, and I'm trying to do this in the tutorial by taking a hands on approach where you explore and change working Zope objects while reading about them.

3) A set of task-specific guides (in this case, too, the existing documentation seems to be not enough for an absolute beginner...)

I think that the Zope.org how-tos (http://www.zope.org/Documentation/How-To) do a pretty good job of this. It's true that they need better organization and better author-feedback facilities, but on the whole I think they are pretty useful. Thanks for your ideas. We know that Zope needs better documentation. And we *are* trying to make Zope documentation better. For more information on some of our projects see: http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Projects/Projects -Amos -- Amos Latteier mailto:amos@digicool.com Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com