[Zope-CMF] Re: Installing a CMF Content Type from scratch

[Tres Seaver]

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Charlie Clark wrote:
> Am 08.01.2007 um 17:01 schrieb Tres Seaver:
> 
>> Depends.  If your type has any other customizations (e.g., workflows,
>> caching policies, metadata constraints, etc.) then you need to  
>> tweak the
>> releavant tools, as well.
> 
> It is a fairly standard document. Essentially a News Item on steroids.
>> I would recommend doing this as follows:
>>
>>   - Start from a "clean" site, created via "Configured CMF Site" (so
>>     that it uses the GenericSetup tool and the "baseline" profile).
> 
> I am doing just that.
> 
>>   - Add your type information, skins, etc. and test.
> 
> I think this is the bit I'm fuzzy about. Is adding the type  
> information simply a question of adding a type in portal-types? If so  
> I'm doing something wrong because it my type is not appearing in the  
> pull-down list.

You may need to check its "globally_addable" property (the type
object's) and verify that the container into which you would like to add
an instance does not have a type-based restriction on adding (e.g., the
'filter_contents' and 'allowed_types' settings on the container's type
informatino object).


Tres.
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