[Zope-CMF] Various newbie questions.

[Jeff]

I am also very new to this, but having great fun!
In your response to question 3/4, what is the difference between adding a
'Portal Folder' or just a normal 'Folder'?
Thanks!
Jeff

> I've only been playing with the CMF for a week, but I'll have a go at
> answering your Q's:
>
> > Here are some random building questions: 1) I've seen the news box in
> > action on the dogbowl site, but I don't see that news items are
> > discussable, actually I haven't been able to find a discussable content
> > example via search.  Is discussable items a work in progress, or am I
> > just missing it? 2) How does one make news type items discussable?
> Look in the portal_types at the root of your site. There should be an
> entry for each content type & at the bottom of the page for each one a
> checkbox 'Discussable'. Turn this on et voila!
>
> > How would one restrict the choices available to a logged-in user to one
> > of three inputs: a form submission, a sub-folder or a discussion
> > attached to a form submission?
> Also in portal_types, call up the Folder entry, chose to filter types &
> select the content you want to limit to.
>
> > 3) ...and restrict access to a single
> > directory tree that is common to all users?
> Or is that 4? You can create portal folders 'outside' of the Member tree
> by going in to zope management & going Add -> CMF Core Content -> Portal
> Folder. You can then enter the new folder & set the permissions on it for
> your members on the Security tab, eg 'Add Portal Content', etc. I can't
> recall exactly what to set - read the source!
> HTH,
>
> Ivan
>