[Zope] How do I install Products in Zope on Win2K

[Gordon Holtslander]

Well, bless you Marc. I have CMF lift off!

Thanks a lot.

Gord
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Marc Fischer <marcbpc@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 09:09:28 +0200 (MEST)

>Hi Gordon, 
you don't have to move the cmf-1.1 directory to python/products! Just move
the included directories like cmfcore, cmfcalendar, cmfdefault and cmftopic
directly in the python/products directory!

hope that helps, 
marc


> My apologies if this is the second copy of this arriving. My mail blew up
> just as I was sending it the first time.
> 
> My problem.
> 
> I've installed Zope ver 2.4.1 on Windows 2000 pro. It runs fine, but I
> want to try out the CMF. I've followed the instructions I think. It's hard
to
> tell because all the instructions seem to assume its on a Linux type box. 
> 
> The instructions say:
> -Unpack the tarball into a working directory. For instance:
>         $ cd /usr/local/zope
>         $ tar xzf /tmp/CMF-1.1.tar.gz
> So, I downloaded the tarball and unzipped it into c:\temp
> 
> Next I'm supposed to: 
> -Link (or copy/move) the CMF packages into $INSTANCE_HOME/Products. For
> instance:
>         $ cd /var/zope/Products
>         $ ln -s /usr/local/zope/CMF-1.1/CMF* .
> So, using Windows Explorer, I moved the CMF-1.1 directory to C:\Program
> Files\Zope\lib\python\Products\ This is where all the products that show
up
> in the Zope Products directory seem to be. 
> 
> Then I go to the Zope Control Panel and hit the Shutdown button, close my
> browser, restart Zope using start.bat and according to the instructions:
> -Restart Zope; verify that the CMF products loaded property, by examining
> them in Control_Panel/Product. 
> -Create a CMF Site object. join, and begin adding content. Enjoy! 
> 
> Except that the CMF products don't show up in Products and I don't have a
> CMF site object option. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but it is
REALLY
> frustrating!
> 
> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
> 
> Talk to you soon,
> 
> Gord
> 
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