[Zope] standard_html_header difficulties

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 17:24:17 -0500

> What I want to do seems like it should be simple, but from my
> newbie/non-Zen/still-confused-by-acquisition perspective I am stumped.
> 
> I have a standard_html_header in / folder :
> 
> <HTML>
> <HEAD>
>    <TITLE>
>      <!--#var title_or_id-->
>    </TITLE>
> </HEAD>
> 
> <BODY>
> 
> In the /mse250 folder, I have a method index_html with 
> title="The MSE250
> Homepage" as follows :
> 
> <!--#var standard_html_header-->
> 
> <H2><!--#var document_title--></H2>
> 
> blah, blah, blah .... 
> 
> What I want to do is have my standard_html_header file use <!--#var
> document_title--> (i.e. "The MSE250 Homepage") instead of the root
> folder <!--#var title_or_id--> (i.e. MSE250)  between the    <TITLE>
> </TITLE> tags. This seems like a logical thing to want to do - to cut
> down on the amount of repetitive code by using a standard 
> header, but at
> the same time, having the header change depending on what method is
> calling it.
> 
> any help is greatly appreciated ,
> 
> Darcy

DTML methods have no attributes of their own.  What you're seeing is the
title_or_id of the containing folder.  You'll need to spend some time
with the Zope Content Manager's Guide to get a feel for why this is
happening.

Chris McDonough     mailto:chrism@digicool.com
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