[Zope-PTK] hats off

[Kevin Dangoor]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chip Vanek" <chip@upcast.com>
To: <paul@digicool.com>
Cc: <zope-ptk@zope.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 3:35 PM
Subject: RE: [Zope-PTK] hats off


> Yes, we are concerned that we only reveal to users what they can
> do along with clear example.  I would like to see a user maturity
> model built into the PTK.  New user would be offered rich tutorials
> and have access to a subset of the features.  As the user has successfully
> added some simple content, seen most of the tours, more functionality
> would be revealed.  I assume that can be done with roles but, the whole
> roles base security model in Zope is still unclear to me.

I would think that this is not necessarily an application for the Zope
security machinery. The intention may be to configure the display based upon
a user's familiarity with the system, but you may not actually be trying to
fully restrict that person from other features.

The PTK is going to be an excellent framework, and you'll be able to build
all sorts of things on top of it that don't need to be in the core. It will
be quite an easy thing to add a property to the users that sets the maturity
level or something similar. After they've finished a tutorial, the tutorial
can set that property up a notch, and the other methods can automatically
start displaying the appropriate links/content for the new level.

Kevin