[Zope-CMF] CMFStaging skins

[Adrien Driver]

Hi 

Dieter Maurer wrote:

>Adrien Driver wrote at 2003-11-9 14:39 +1100:
> > ...
> > I have a site setup via the CMF but can't figure 
> > our exactly how to add the skins.
>
>
>I expect the term "skin" is used in the instruction as
>a component namespace (used as a layer in the skin definition).
>If this is right, you would go to "portal_skins --> Contents"
>and there use the "Add list" ("Select type to add...") to
>add a "Filesystem Directory View".
>This will present you a "Directory" select box.
>I expect you to find "CMFStaging/skins/staging"
>and "CMFStaging/skins/tidy". Add them both (in two
>separate "add filesystem directory view" operation).
>Then go to "portal_skins --> properties" and add
>"staging" and "tidy" to each skin you are using (as additional
>layers).
>  
>
Thanks - that was what I needed to do.  The instructions I'm following 
are from another posting and are a little vague for me.  I've spent a 
day or so trying to figure out how it all works but with no result 
(apart from a headache or two!!!).   The instruction mention that 
"you'll need to add a GUI around all this stuff to call the underlying 
APIs to do what you want.  There's no demo GUI.  Look at the test 
code".   I'm no Python expert (as I'm trying to learn all this as I'm 
trying to develop this project) so the code is somewhat difficult to 
follow!  I have ZopeVersionControl and the various CMFStaging tools 
added to my plain CMF test site but can't figure out where to start next. 

The workflow tool, noted as repository aware, appears to have no 
workflow defined.   Obviously I need to add states and transitions to 
allow the flow of objects to the various stages as part of the 
CMFStaging but again where to start.  Do I spend time on this to only 
discover I should have done something else first etc.....

Any help would be grateful.    

Cheers

Adrien
 

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