[Zope] SQUISHDOT Assistance

[Bruce Elrick]

"Samuel A. Falvo II" wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to set up a Squishdot website for our company's news and feedback
> site.  There is zero instructions on how to do this, and apparently no
> how-to document either.  Can anyone /please/ remember, when posting a
> product, to also please post appropriate documentation as well?  Even if
> it's a completely minimal skeleton -- something to go on would be helpful!
> :-)
> 
> Anyway, that having been said, can someone please help?  I got the package
> installed, and the basic HTML interface apparently works.  But no news
> postings I post seem to be coming up.  Any ideas?  (I know that the site is
> moderated, but how do I approve/disapprove the message postings?)
> 
Go into admin (there is an admin link on the left) which simply gives you the
Zope manage screen for the squishdot folder.  One of the tabs at the top is
'Postings'.  Choose that. There are listed all postings from oldest to
youngest.  The ones marked with a red (?) asterisk have yet to be approved.
Click on one.  You can modify the posting.  Don't forget to check the approval
checkbox.  Note that there is a bug in that the text boxes have extra space
inserted on hard line breaks; I usually delete all the extra space each time I
go in.  You can reduce that effect by not putting in hard line breaks when
composing the original post; it's HTML anyway, so it's the <p>'s, </p>'s, and
<br>'s that affect the actual line breaks in the result.

Note that if you want to add subjects, go into the TopicImages folder and add
the image the standard Zope way, then go back to the main squishdot folder and
choose the topics tab, which allows you to add new topics; enter the graphic
image name in the same format that you see the others in.

Hope that helps....

Cheer...
Bruce
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