[Zope] Re: zForum problem

[Cliff Ford]

Confirmation: I do have the Stand Alone version of CookieCrumbler, used 
just to test out zForum, and mentioned in my message (below), but I know 
this subtle difference may not have been obvious.

Cliff

Malcolm Cleaton wrote:
> I had five minutes, so I tried this too, and it also didn't work for me.
> 
> I tracked the error down to line 55 of zForum.py
> 
> Instead of:
> from Products.CMFCore.CookieCrumbler import CookieCrumbler
> 
> it should be:
> import Products.CMFCore.CookieCrumbler
> 
> The manage_addCC method is in the module, not in the class.
> 
> I suspect people for whom this works have the standalone CookieCrumbler
> product, not the one included in CMFCore?
> 
> Thanks,
> Malcolm.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:07:28 +0100, burley wrote:
> 
> 
>>I've gone through your details, yet I'm still stuck ;-( :
>>
>>Cookie Crumbler is in the 'Add dropdown' list. Further, I try to keepthings
>>simple as possible: zForum   creation in root folder ("/"), singleacl_user
>>('zope', who is the Manager and by default has all  permissions including
>>read/write permissions.); these all are aquired by CookieCrumbler, zForum
>>folders however do not exist at this stage since zForum doesn't get past its
>>instantiation. The error message:
>>
>>"""
>>Error Type: AttributeError
>>Error Value: manage_addCC
>>"""
>>
>>keeps popping up again and again. The zope manager's password in acl_users is
>>different from that used in the database connection string; that can't be
>>theproblem can it...?
>>
>>Citeren Cliff Ford <Cliff.Ford at ed.ac.uk>:
>>
>>
>>>Forgot to cc the list in the last reply. Line 142 of zForum.py says:
>>>
>>>CookieCrumbler.manage_addCC('cookie_authentication')
>>>
>>>and the error message is saying that it can't find manage_addCC in 
>>>CookieCrumbler (I have taken out the rest of the Error log from this 
>>>reply because it contained a plain text database connection string).
>>>
>>>Check that your Add dropdown list has Cookie Crumbler (Standalone) in 
>>>its list and that the Zope user has read/write access to the 
>>>CookieCrumbler and zForum folders.
>>>
>>>I have a test zForum installed and it just worked! If I create another 
>>>with a dud database connection string I get a database error when trying 
>>>to View (the installation appeared to work OK).
>>>
>>>Cliff
>>>
>>>H Jansen wrote:
>>>
>>>>Yep, that works. Here we go:
>>>>
>>>>Exception traceback
>>>>
>>>>Time
>>>>2005/03/23 14:08:12.432 GMT+1
>>>>User Name (User Id)
>>>>zope (zope)
>>>>Request URL
>>>>http://localhost:8080/mfts.nl/manage_addProduct/zForum/manage_addZForum
>>>>Exception Type
>>>>AttributeError
>>>>Exception Value
>>>>manage_addCC
>>>>
>>>>Traceback (innermost last):
>>>>
>>>>      * Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 101, in publish
>>>>      * Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply
>>>>      * Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 39, in call_object
>>>>      * Module Products.zForum.zForum, line 87, in manage_addZForum
>>>>      * Module Products.zForum.zForum, line 116, in __init__
>>>>      * Module Products.zForum.zForum, line 142, in zfSetupSystem
>>>>AttributeError: manage_addCC 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>... snip ...
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 12:04, Cliff Ford wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Look at the Error Log for the Traceback, which tells you exactly where 
>>>>>the error occurred. That can often help pinpoint the problem by module 
>>>>>and line number - look at the Product code if necessary. Include the 
>>>>>Traceback in any question to the mailing list.
>>>>>
>>>>>Cliff
>>>>>
>>>>>burley at zonnet.nl wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I've problems getting the zForum product working. When I try to create
>>>
>>>azForum
>>>
>>>>>>instance somewhere in my Zope site, I invariably obtain the
>>>
>>>errormessage:
>>>
>>>>>>"""
>>>>>>Site ErrorAn error was encountered while publishing this resource.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Error Type: AttributeError
>>>>>>Error Value: manage_addCC
>>>>>>"""
>>>>>>Looking for a solution on the internet, the closest I could get was
>>>>>>asdescribed in http://www.pcfltd.co.uk/docs/zforum.html (which is
>>>>>>aboutinstallation on a Windows machine; I'm working on Linux box).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In the directory where I want to create the zForum:
>>>>>>1) I do have a database connection which is open en tested (works).
>>>>>>2) I do have a CookieCrumbler instance (which I'm not sure of
>>>
>>>whetherit's
>>>
>>>>>>essential or not...); the CookieCrubler properties are unchanged...
>>>
>>>(i.e.
>>>
>>>>>>__ac, __ac_name, __ac_password, etc)
>>>>>>3) In the zForum instance form I use the same connection string
>>>
>>>asdefined in
>>>
>>>>>>the database connection.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The Site Error message keeps popping up all the time (...sigh).
>>>>>>Anyone some idea what's wrong...?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>
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