[Zope] easier way with zpt

[Bernd Dorn]

On 20.09.2006, at 02:24, David Bear wrote:

> I wanted to randomly pick a an image from an images folder and insert
> it into my page. So I created a python script the return a random
> selection from the images folder.
>
> Then, in my zpt I did
>
> <span tal:define="global slot1 container/getimageR1" >
>   <!-- slot one item -->
> </span>
>
> Later in in the <img> tag I wanted to to do
>
> <img tal:attributes="src slot1" >
>
> however I found that slot1 was not giving me the full path to the
> images folder. So I went back and did this:
>
> <span tal:define="slot1 container/getimageR1" >
>   <!-- slot one item -->
>   <span tal:define="global s1 python:'random1/'+slot1.getId()"></span>
> </span>


tal:attributes="src slot1/absolute_url"



>
> in order to get the object to have the full url.
>
> It just seems there should be a better way. Anyone have a suggestion?
>
> -- 
> David Bear
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