[Zope-CMF] Customize skins problem

[David Kennedy]

I navigate to the following location but still the "pop-up list of=20
folders is empty"
Filesystem DTML Method at  /dksy-portal 1.1/portal_skins/generic/news_bo=
x=20

David

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 9/01/01, 15:02:47, "Norman Khine" <khine@btinternet.com> wrote regard=
ing=20
RE: [Zope-CMF] Customize skins problem:


> on your cmf root, you need to select the portal_skins method, then wit=
hin
> this you will get a number of folders, in the contents tab, choose the=

> generic and then select the news_box

> -----Original Message-----
> From: zope-cmf-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-cmf-admin@zope.org]On Behal=
f
> Of David Kennedy
> Sent: 01 September 2001 21:07
> To: zope-cmf@zope.org
> Subject: [Zope-CMF] Customize skins problem


> I'm trying to customize a skin using the procedure below, but the "pop=
-up
> list of folders" is empty (it doesn't contain custom option)

> My configuration is:
> Zope 2.4.0
> CMF 1.1

> Any help would be greatly appreciated

> David

> Doing a simple customization
> Let's do a relatively simple customization. If you're in a site that
> doesn't have any news items yet, the default news box on the Portal's=

> front page says "No news is no news" by default. Let's say we want to=

> change that to say "There is nothing new under the sun". The first ste=
p
> is finding the right thing to customize. Since that news box isn't rea=
lly
> bound to a particular content object, it's safe to assume it's part of=

> the generic folder. If you look in portal_skins/generic, there are a
> couple of DTML Methods with the name news in them. Select news_box and=

> see what comes up. Instead of the normal DTML Method edit form, you'll=

> get a grey box with the source code. Above the box is the Customize
> action form containing a pop-up list of folders available to customize=

> to. If you haven't added any new folders to the portal_skins tool, the=

> default (and only) option should be custom. So, with custom selected,=

> click Customize. Now you should be on a normal DTML Method editing for=
m.
> If you look at the path, you'll notice you're now in
> portal_skins/custom/news_box. This is where you can safely start to
> customize your own site, independant of whatever changes occur in the=

> default stylings of the CMF.


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