[Zope] standard_html_header & standard_html_footer

Brian Lloyd Brian@digicool.com
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 09:32:53 -0500


> Why are standard_html_header and standard_html_footer reserved names?
> I was trying to reduce the clutter in my root folder when I discovered
> that Zope wouldn't let me delete these two objects unless I modified
> _reserved_names in lib/python/Products/OFS/Application.py.
> -- 
> Stephen Pitts

Hi Stephen,

The standard header and footer in the root Folder are reserved
names that can't be deleted mainly because certain parts of 
zope (such as the std error template and the "default" content
of new DTML Documents and Methods) expect them to be available. 

If, say, a Zope newbie were to delete them without knowing what
the consequences were, they would then find that all of their
dtml docs/methods generated with the default content would 
appear broken (and the error message reporting the error would
also probably be broken).


Brian Lloyd        brian@digicool.com
Software Engineer  540.371.6909              
Digital Creations  http://www.digicool.com