Joel, Can you define what you mean by "structured text?" I'm always running into situations where I don't want to give someone any control other than control over the copy. They want to put in bolding, italics, etc., but beyond that I don't want to let them do anything else. Will structured text do the trick and if so, how does one implement this? Todd -----Original Message----- From: Joel Burton [mailto:jburton@scw.org] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 4:47 PM To: Jen Cc: zope@zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] Using Zope On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Jen wrote:

Hello:

I've been given the task of exploring the use of Zope for a department

that we support. I have just been going through some of the manuals and online documentation. The creation of pages seems very basic and understandable from my viewpoint. However, the material I have found doesn't seem to address the use of Zope by non-HTML/basic scripting literate people (or at least how to develope a framework for non-web literate people to use). The department that we have in mind couldn't tell a <p> tag from an <ol> tag. They have only ever used a WYSIWYG interface. My question is, does anyone know where I can find information or a "tutorial" on how to create a framework like this? So that your average secretary can just update the actual text of the page much like in a WYSIWYG editor fashion? Or are we better suited by a different product? Two different scenarios: * Zope can upload/download document via WebDAV and FTP, and there are free add-ins that will let someone design a web page in FrontPage or DreamWeaver, and once it's added (via these program's FTP/WebDav interface), sets it up correctly. or * Zope can use "structured-text", which is a way for non-HTML-designers to make simple pages. They don't have to know anything about HTML to do so. You can't design a complicated web page w/lots of formatting, images, etc. w/structured text, but it's perfect for users to enter descriptions, biographies, etc., while still getting to bold text, italicize text, make lists, etc.

Thank you!

Jenny

You're welcome. Have a nice evaluation. Zope is very very sweet. -- Joel Burton <jburton@scw.org> Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )