[Zope] Using standard_html_header to display banner

Mon, 29 Apr 2002 05:45:03 -0500

Or.. maybe you could just use

<dtml-var document_title>

in the standard_html_header? ;-)

-steve

On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 05:42  AM, Steve Spicklemire wrote:

> Sorry.. I misunderstood your problem. In that case use a DTML Document, 
> and use PARENTS[0] to get to the folder:
>
> e.g.,
>
> sub-folders:
> <dtml-in "PARENTS[0].objectIds('Folder')">
> <a href="<dtml-var sequence-item url_quote>">&dtml-sequence-
> item;</a><br>
> </dtml-in>
>
> -steve
>
> On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 05:00  AM, Frederic Faure wrote:
>
>> At 20:13 28/04/2002 -0500, Steve Spicklemire wrote:
>>> Use a DTML method, but use <dtml-var document_title>
>>
>> Thx much Steve, but as explained before, it doesn't work as planned. 
>> Try this if you want to see the problem:
>> 1. Create a test/ folder
>> 2. Inside this folder, create a DTML Method object with ID = 
>> standard_html_header with the following code:
>> <html><head><title><dtml-var title></title></head>
>> <body>document_title = <dtml-var document_title><P>title = <dtml-var 
>> title><P>
>> 3. Still inside the folder, create a DTML Method object with ID = 
>> dtml_method.html with the following code:
>> <dtml-var standard_html_header>
>> 4. Still inside the folder, create a DTML Document object with ID = 
>> dtml_document.html with the following code:
>> <dtml-var standard_html_header>
>> 5. Aim your browser at http://localhost:8080/test/dtml_method.html and 
>> http://localhost:8080/test/dtml_document.html
>>
>> Result: With both objects, <dtml-var document_title> displays the 
>> Title section of the standard_html_header object ("Standard HTML 
>> Header", in my case), but dtml_method.html displays "title = This is a 
>> test folder", while dtml_document.html displays "title = This is a 
>> Document"
>>
>> Conclusion:
>> - If the document itself is a DTML Method, <dtml-var title> displays 
>> the Title section of the _container_ where the document lives
>> - If the document is a DTML Document, <dtml-var title> displays the 
>> Title section of the _document_ itself
>>
>> Therefore, the designer has to decide whether s/he wishes to display a 
>> document's properties dynamically through a common 
>> standard_html_header DTML Method object (use DTML Document) or embed 
>> some code (use DTML Method), but not both.
>> Bummer, because in index_html, in addition to displaying a banner 
>> dynamically through standard_html_header, I'd like to have Zope 
>> display links to all the documents located in sub-folders so that I 
>> wouldn't have to update index_html when a user has added a document in 
>> a sub-folder... I'll keep reading the Zope book to see if those two 
>> goals can be achieved through other ways.
>>
>> Thx again
>> Eddie.
>>
>>
>>
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