[Zope] Zope as a desktop CMS?

[garry saddington]

On Wednesday 24 December 2003 00:43, Frederic Faure wrote:
> At 22:51 23/12/2003, Mark McEahern wrote:
> >Have you checked out the ExternalEditor product?
>
> Thx Mark :-) I just gave it a try... and it's no go. Besides the fact that
> installing and configuring the two parts that make up ExEd (Product +
> external Python helper whose .INI file must be edited by hand) is way
> beyond the capability of a non-techie...
>
> 1. Using Namo WebEditor 4.x : Namo insists on adding <meta name="generator"
> content="Namo WebEditor v4.0"> in the header of all HTML files, so NOK when
> editing items from Zope, as this bit polutes objects
>
> 2. Mozilla Composer shows the text in ASCII mode, not HTML. I have no idea
> why. For those interested, I used this in the helper app's INI file:
>
> editor = "C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\mozilla.exe" -edit
>
> When clicking on the pencil icon, a dialog box shows up saying "This object
> is already locked by you in another session. Do you want to borrow this
> lock and continue?". When clicking Yes, Composer is launched to display raw
> ASCII, not rendered HTML, eg.
>
> <dtml-var standard_html_header>
> <h2><dtml-var title_or_id></h2>
> <p>
> This is the <dtml-var id> Document.
> </p>
> <dtml-var standard_html_footer>
>
> Is there any solution for Zope to be used as a WYSIWYG desktop CMS for a
> non-techie? Should I look at Plone (shudder)? :-)
>
Boa Constructor has a zope editing feature with syntax highlighting and can 
add most zope objects in its own IDE.
http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net/
regards
garry