[Zope] hiding content -metadata/subject filter

[J. Cameron Cooper]

Michael Havard wrote:

> I'm trying to set up a system where content authors can upload/edit 
> files on ZOPE in a CMF site and use the default index_html to show a 
> list of files. That works fine. But we need to refine it to allow the 
> authors to hide some content from the index but still have it linkable 
> from a document in the index. Clear as mud right.
>
> For example I might have a document that links to several other 
> documents and has images, js, and css attached. I want the user to see 
> the main document but to only access the images and scripts through 
> that document and not see those items in the index.
>
> What's the best way? I attempted to use something I saw from zopelabs 
> using a filter on 'Subject':'Indexable' but that failed with an error 
> every time with exceptions.TypeError on 'in ' requires character as 
> left operand in "", at line 9, column 2.

This one?
http://www.zopelabs.com/cookbook/1036473798

If you only have one element in your dictionary, you might try adding a 
trailing comma. Sometimes that helps.

You could hard code the built-in filter if you always want to hide 
certain types. Otherwise, you could customize the template to not show 
items that have a certain custom workflow state. (You may even be able 
to find a combination of permissions that will allow the object to be 
accessed but not listed.)

             --jcc

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