[Zope] Followup on custom object management

[Paul Everitt]

I'd like to see somebody turn Confera into a Z Class.  Not only would
this make it possible to alter everything through the control panel,
*but* you could (in theory) make a subclass-ible mixin.  That is, you
could add "Collect Feedback" capability to other built-in objects.

Just my $0.02...

--Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jordan B. Baker [mailto:jbb@spyderlab.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 5:09 PM
> To: Jim Harrison
> Cc: zope
> Subject: Re: [Zope] Followup on custom object management
> 
> 
> On Mon, 17 May 1999, Jim Harrison wrote:
> 
> > In followup to Alex Schad's question, what is the best way 
> to learn about 
> > Zope's internal methods for managing objects so that we can 
> write custom 
> > management pages for users, as Jordan Baker suggests?
> > 
> > I'm currently working with Confera and I'd like use it to set up a 
> > workflow system where users can edit or delete previous 
> entries using a 
> > custom screen to manage the messages. I'm having 
> difficulties with both 
> > the content and security of the management pages--since 
> they don't appear 
> > as DTML documents in the Confera topic folder (I guess 
> they're Python 
> > methods), I can't find their template contents to inspect 
> or visualize 
> > their position in the object hierarchy.
> 
> I haven't really been looking at Confera, but like any other 
> Zope product
> it will probably have its DTML files stored in the lib directory
> somewhere.
> 
> For UNIX try cd'ing into the lib directory and running find . -name
> '*.dtml' and you will get a listing of the DTML files that are used
> internally by Zope to generate administrative interfaces and 
> the like.  
> For Windows you'll have to use the Find Files dialog.
> 
> Some pages won't be stored in a .dtml file.  Sometimes they're in the
> Python source file (extension is .py).  With a little bit of 
> poking around
> you should be able to find what you are looking for.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> -------
> Jordan B. Baker -- jbb@spyderlab.com
> weaving the web @ http://www.spyderlab.com
> 
> 
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