[Zope] How to force root context thru URL acquisition?

[marc lindahl]

You could try making /stencils a Transparent Folder (Shane's product), then
you shouldn't have to change anything.

> From: Joel Burton <jburton@scw.org>
> Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 11:53:58 -0400 (EDT)
> To: zope@zope.org
> Subject: [Zope] How to force root context thru URL acquisition?
> 
> 
> I have a simple DTML Method, Dig, which produces a sitemap by
> recursively digging into objectValues. I keep this at the root level
> of our site so that I can give it a URL like
> 
> http://foo.com/about/stencils/Dig
> 
> and get a sitemap of everything in & below /about/stencils
> 
> 
> However, my root dir is getting very full, so I was moving some
> administrative tools to subfolders where they are used. I want to move Dig
> to the admin folder. If I do this, I can still get a sitemap of stencils,
> now with
> 
> http://foo.com/admin/about/stencils/Dig
> 
> (assuming that admin doesn't have an about section, of course)
> 
> However, how do I get a sitemap of the whole site? How can I put into the
> URL that I want to go back to the top?
> 
> 
> a) I know I can crete a DTMLDocument that does something like
> 
> <dtml-with "PARENTS[-1]"><dtml-var Dig></dtml-with>.
> 
> I want to do this in the URL, not have to create a special method for
> root digging.
> 
> b) I tried creating an object in the admin folder to represent the
> root level. This was called "root", and contained
> 
> <dtml-return "PARENTS[-1]">
> 
> but if I try
> 
> http://foo.com/admin/root/Dig
> 
> I don' get anything.
> 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -- 
> Joel Burton   <jburton@scw.org>
> Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington
> 
> 
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