[Zope-CMF] CMS vs. Zope

[Dethe Elza]

Hi folks,

I've been using Python for a couple of years now, and Zope for about six 
months.  I've written a fairly complex Product, which I'm now porting to 
use ZPT instead of DTML.

My main interest in Zope is its potential as a content management 
framework, so I've been trying like hell to grok the CMF. 
Unfortunately, in the evolution from PTK to CMF and beyond, and in all 
the mailing list archives and wikis I've waded through, I have yet to 
find a clear statement of what the CMF offers over and beyond Zope.  I 
need some kind of a "Start Here" document, preferably with the following 
info:

* What does the CMF offer that vanilla Zope (or Zope + X Products) does not?

* What does it take to convert a Zope product to the CMF?

* How to get started using the CMF.

Extra credit:

* Where does ZPatterns fit into Zope/CMS?


Any help with this is appreciated.  If I'm just an idiot and the 
documentation is staring me in the face, feel free to tell me.

Thanks!

--Dethe
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Dethe Elza (delza@burningtiger.com)
Chief Mad Scientist
Burning Tiger Technologies (http://burningtiger.com)
Living Code Weblog (http://livingcode.ca)