[Zope] PTK issues

[Bill Anderson]

Nolan Darilek wrote:
> 
> For the past month or so I've been casually playing with Zope, but now
> I'm about to try using it in a serious application.
> 
> I've volunteered to help create a website to replace the one currently
> at http://www.muq.org. Since one of my goals is to have a
> community-driven site which allows folks to create accounts, work on
> projects and publish information and news about those projects, I
> decided to try running the PTK. So last night I grabbed the latest
> version from CVS and began to set it up.

You'll get more information on the zope-ptk list, I recommend joining it
if you are going to use the PTK.

> 
> Setup went extremely smoothly, and before long I had a basic and
> generic-looking portal site. My problems began when I tried to edit
> it, though. I'm curious; I've read so much about the PTK's new,
> frameless wizard interface, but I can't seem to find it. If I want to

It comes into play when you log in as a user, and go to add a new
Document, News Item, or Link.

> edit the top-level index_html, what is the best way to do that? Should

I do it from the standard management interface.

> I go to http://myurl.org/portal/portal_contents, or
> portal/manage_main? The "My Stuff" links seem to use portal_contents,
> but is that what I should use for editting the main index?
> 
> Second, the main index_html includes the following:
> 
>     5 Jan -
>      Space for a NewsItem.
> 
> So, am I supposed to edit that each time a new, newsworthy item is
> created by a member? I thought that, by approving news items, they
> would be displayed on the main page, or is this only on the "Breaking
> News" link?

You can do like I do, and return the results of a ZCatalog search. 
Or you can do it the old fashioned way ;) 


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