[Zope] Newbie: python to create a Zope page?

[David Humphreys]

Let me clarify...! I'm wondering how python can tell Zope to add a dtml
document to an arbitrary location in the Zope heirarchy.



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> Humphreys
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 10:26 AM
> To: zope@zope.org
> Subject: [Zope] Newbie: python to create a Zope page?
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> So, I'm about 72 hours into Zope, and totally loving it. I'm stuck on
> something simple, and I was hoping I could get a little help.
>
> Short question:
> How do I get python to create a Zope page? I'm looking for some simple
> source code that would walk me through that. I've looked
> through the online
> documentation and, if it's there, it's pretty well hidden
> inside of other
> things...
>
> Longer questions:
> I'm trying to get python to suck in a bunch of XML pages and
> create Zope
> pages out of them. I understand that there's a Zope / XML
> group, but it's
> not clear to me if there's any useable code that's come out of that
> initiative so far. (So, question 1: is that true?)
>
> I'm trying to create a lightweight content manipulation system for the
> company's site, and I'm thinking that what I want to do is:
> a) take the
> existing site's content, b) format it into XML with python
> (thus discarding
> its current format, and maintaining important metadata), c)
> get python to
> create Zope pages, d) create an editing system using Zope,
> and e) publish
> those pages out to static pages (and potentially other
> formats) on a regular
> basis. As a general strategy, is this a good way to go? Are
> there pointers
> out there that could help me with this quest?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> David Humphreys
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> or dhumphreys@onemain.com (pager)
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