[Zope-dev] Re: SiteRoot and VHM

[Paul Winkler]

On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 12:55:09PM +0100, Laurence Rowe wrote:
> -1 for removing it. I think it's a cool feature :-)
> 
> I like the ability to use a 'blank' SiteRoot (one with a blank base and 
> path) in conjunction with an access rule to set request variables when I 
> access my site in through a particular point (eg set the plone_skin 
> variable when I access my site through /admin or force a particular 
> language when I access my site through /language-name). This is in 
> addition to using VHM and apache rewrite rules in the standard way.

I'm curious, what does the SiteRoot buy you over just doing all that in 
an access rule?
 
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Paul Winkler
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