[Zope-CMF] Re: Custom metadata editing

[Troy Farrell]

Thanks Yuppie.  This helps a lot.  This explains why I couldn't figure 
it out :-)

So portal_metadata is a registry for my custom portal content types to 
use.  Neato.  Thanks for the pointer to the patch.

Thanks.
Troy

Yuppie wrote:
> Hi Troy!
> 
> Troy Farrell wrote:
> 
>> I cannot seem to figure out how to edit the custom metadata elements 
>> that the portal_metadata tool allows me to create.  I've created an 
>> element that I cannot reach called 'ConferenceYear'.  I've tried
>>
>> item.editMetaData({'ConferenceYear':'2003'})
>> item.manage_editProperties({'ConferenceYear':'2003'})
>>
>> Do you have any ideas before I start hacking CMF sources?
> 
> 
> portal_metadata is just a registry. 'Add Metadata Element' adds elements 
> to the Metadata Tool, *not* to your content objects!
> 
> Search the list archives, there was some discussion about adding 
> functionality like you expected.
> 
> I don't use it, but maybe you also want to have a look at this:
> http://www.gocept.com/opensource/projects/CMF_Metadata