[Zope] index_html, method or doc?

[Casey Duncan]

Garry Steedman wrote:
> 
> gents,
> 
> i have to disagree with the two previous posts on this thread: i can see no
> reason why one _should_ use methods instead of docs for index_html unless
> one has a particular requirement: in other words, i would recommend docs
> for content (index_html usually hold content, no?) unless you have a good
> reason for using methods. this is also more consistent with the zope
> documentation (NB AFAIK the Zope Book does not seem to recommend methods
> over docs for content, but please correct me if i'm wrong on this)
> 
> [http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Guides/ZCMG-HTML/ZCMG.7.html]
> (yes, i know it's old ;-):
> 
> "DTML Documents are used to hold content. If you want to store a large
> document, or lots of text, or a body of information, use a DTML Document.
> 
> DTML Methods are used to carry out actions. If you want to render another
> object (like a DTML Document), execute a DTML script, or generate lots of
> dynamic content, use a DTML Method.
> 
> Also, you may notice that the DTML Document management interface has a
> Properties view and the DTML Method management interface does not. This is
> because DTML Documents can have properties like all other Zope objects.
> DTML Methods share the properties of the folder than contains them."
> 
> note that having content in docs facilitates clean indexing among other
> things...
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Garry
> 

Here are the simple rules I would use:

If the index_html is only going to be accessed/called by it's direct URL
and not acquired from some other folder then use a DTML Document;
otherwise use a method.

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