The idea is that endusers can drag'n'drop files under MS-Windows, and immediately have those files -- password protected via Zope -- available on the web. This is for a design house that needs to make videos, web pages, etc. available to clients for review with HTTP. I see my two options as: 1. Mount the Zope server as a WebDAV drive under MS-WindowsXP, then just drag'n'drop there 2. Use LocalFS to give Zope access to some directory, and then share that directory with Samba Any comments on the advantages/disadvantages of each? I'm leaning towards the Samba solution, because Win98 and MacOS 9.x don't support WebDAV natively. Also, with LocalFS I have the "type_map" property, which is really useful. I am *still* shocked and amazed that there is no such property for standard Zope folders--what good is WebDAV access without it? --Derek
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 01:44, Derek Simkowiak wrote:
The idea is that endusers can drag'n'drop files under MS-Windows, and immediately have those files -- password protected via Zope -- available on the web. This is for a design house that needs to make videos, web pages, etc. available to clients for review with HTTP.
You could also try IE's drag-n-drop ftp support.
I see my two options as:
1. Mount the Zope server as a WebDAV drive under MS-WindowsXP, then just drag'n'drop there
2. Use LocalFS to give Zope access to some directory, and then share that directory with Samba
Any comments on the advantages/disadvantages of each? I'm leaning towards the Samba solution, because Win98 and MacOS 9.x don't support WebDAV natively.
Does MacOS 9.x have native support for SMB ?
Also, with LocalFS I have the "type_map" property, which is really useful. I am *still* shocked and amazed that there is no such property for standard Zope folders--what good is WebDAV access without it?
Once you get over the shock you could try to implement it ;) ------------- Hannu
-> Does MacOS 9.x have native support for SMB ? No, we use a commercial product called "Dave", which allows Mac to use SMB (i.e., "Network Neighborhood") shares. -> Once you get over the shock you could try to implement it ;) :)
Hi!
The idea is that endusers can drag'n'drop files under MS-Windows, and immediately have those files -- password protected via Zope -- available on the web. This is for a design house that needs to make videos, web pages, etc. available to clients for review with HTTP.
You could also try IE's drag-n-drop ftp support.
FTP is as problematic as WebDAV if you use pre-XP versions of Windows.
I see my two options as:
1. Mount the Zope server as a WebDAV drive under MS-WindowsXP, then just drag'n'drop there
2. Use LocalFS to give Zope access to some directory, and then share that directory with Samba
I guess if you have the choice and all clients are in the same LAN, LocalFS + Samba is a good and fast solution. It just won't work as soon as you want to add users that only have Internet access. If you can use commercial products, there is WebDrive, which adds WebDAV support (as a mounted drive) for pre-XP Windows versions.
Also, with LocalFS I have the "type_map" property, which is really useful. I am *still* shocked and amazed that there is no such property for standard Zope folders--what good is WebDAV access without it?
Once you get over the shock you could try to implement it ;)
It is relatively easy to implement that. It could be the next feature for our increasingly mislabelled OrderedFolder (which already is ordered, has sub-objects, filters, optional transparency, etc.) Joachim
-> It is relatively easy to implement that. It could be the next feature for -> our increasingly mislabelled OrderedFolder (which already is ordered, has -> sub-objects, filters, optional transparency, etc.) Maybe you could call it "AdvancedFolder" on your next major release. Sounds cool. But if I make one OrderedFolder at the top of my site, can I use regular folders for the rest and have them "acquire" (uh, inherit) the advanced functionality? Or do all the folders in my entire site need to be OrderedFolder? Furthermore, if a user uses WebDAV to create a new directory, does that directory become an OrderedFolder? If it's still a regular Zope Folder, then what's the point?" --Derek
Derek Simkowiak <dereks@realloc.net> wrote:
But if I make one OrderedFolder at the top of my site, can I use regular folders for the rest and have them "acquire" (uh, inherit) the advanced functionality? Or do all the folders in my entire site need to be OrderedFolder?
I had the need for all the folders in my CMF site to be ordered, so what I ended up doing was isolating only the ordered folder core support from OrderedFolder, and creating a monkey-patch product that enhances ObjectManager. So every ObjectManager on my site is now ordered. (But I didn't patch the ZMI interface, so the reordering features are only accessible from code.) I'll release it as a product (OrderedFolderSupportPatch). Please remind me if I forget. Maybe it could even go in the core somehow. Florent -- Florent Guillaume, Nuxeo (Paris, France) +33 1 40 33 79 10 http://nuxeo.com mailto:fg@nuxeo.com
At 05:13 PM 1/27/2002 +0000, Florent Guillaume wrote:
Maybe it could even go in the core somehow.
There were so many request for OrderedFolder being in the core, that I will make an effort to include it in Zope 3. I guess if there are enough requests from the community, we could add it to Zope 2.5.x as well, since I have heard that the next Zope 2.x releases should be more community-driven. Regards, Stephan -- Stephan Richter CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management
--- Stephan Richter <srichter@cbu.edu> wrote:
At 05:13 PM 1/27/2002 +0000, Florent Guillaume wrote:
Maybe it could even go in the core somehow.
There were so many request for OrderedFolder being in the core, that I will make an effort to include it in Zope 3. I guess if there are enough requests from the community, we could add it to Zope 2.5.x as well, since I have heard that the next Zope 2.x releases should be more community-driven.
Regards, Stephan
-- Stephan Richter
I concur. I think orderability is a prime addition to the ObjectManager interface that all object managers should support. IOW: +1 -Casey __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com
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Derek Simkowiak wrote:
WebDAV natively. Also, with LocalFS I have the "type_map" property, which is really useful. I am *still* shocked and amazed that there is no such property for standard Zope folders--what good is WebDAV access without it?
Have you looked at PUT_factory? Is writing one python script to do your mapping so hard?! ;-) cheers, Chris
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