[Zope] Zope ZMI Templates

[Tom Von Lahndorff]

There's nothing wrong with the ZMI. You're just try to hack into some  
kind of cms rather than just build one. Hiding a link with css is  
nasty hack and major security issue. While it may seem like what  
you're doing is an easy path to a quick cms, you're really just  
setting yourself up for a management nightmare. I'd recommend reading  
through (all of) this:

http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook


On Jan 17, 2008, at 10:17 AM, Tim Nash wrote:

> Tom,
>  Thanks but I think I am almost done. I have replaced the old <style>
> calls with id="Find" id="Properties" etc. by access the sequence. Then
> I added css code at the top of that same file (I think it is
> manage_tabs.dtml, I'm not on that computer right now). So now I can
> format the tabs anyway I want. There is also a little bit of
> javascript that checks window.parent.location and applies changes to
> the tabs if the user hasn't logged into the base directory.(only
> available to the admin).
>
> My thinking is that the zmi is battle tested. I'd rather use something
> that many people have already been using. Plus, from my perspective,
> it looks to me like the zmi just needs a little updating.
> Incorporating style sheets, etc. and it can have a new life.
>
> zope 3 people:  zope zmi, dtml are fast and really useful, please
> don't toss these valuable tools!
>
> On Jan 17, 2008 6:25 AM, Tom Von Lahndorff <tom at modscape.com> wrote:
>>
>> You really should be writing a custom UI for this rather than hacking
>> the ZMI. It will probably take less time, be much more manageable,
>> flexible and secure.
>>
>>
>> On Jan 16, 2008, at 8:05 PM, Tim Nash wrote:
>>
>>> The other important difference between ajax loaded pages and iframes
>>> is that when you click on a link within an iframe page, the returned
>>> page is loaded into the same iframe.
>>> If I am not being clear, please check out this png file.
>>> <a href="http://medicinebrain.com/iframe.png">
>>> http://medicinebrain.com/iframe.png
>>> </a>
>>> In this png I did a search for DML Docs within a tab panel and the
>>> search results are loaded into the same tab.
>>>
>>> BTW, I would like to simplify the zmi even more for my users. I want
>>> to hide various tabs (eg. security, find, etc) and I want to  
>>> restrict
>>> the number of products they are shown in the drop down box for  
>>> adding
>>> to a folder.
>>> However, I still want to offer complete zmi functionality to the
>>> overall administrator.
>>> I can probably hide the security tabs using css (the overall admin
>>> won't load the css sheet) but how can I control the products  
>>> displayed
>>> to a user in the folder view of the zmi?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 16, 2008 9:54 AM, Andreas Jung <lists at zopyx.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --On 16. Januar 2008 09:33:58 +0100 Tino Wildenhain <tino at wildenhain.de
>>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Tim Nash wrote:
>>>>>> Jurian,
>>>>>> While the ZMI is a bit geeky for the average user, it works quite
>>>>>> well inside an iframe.
>>>>>> iframes are used by many ajax/web2 (whatever you want to call it)
>>>>>> libraries. So in my application (for example) I currently make  
>>>>>> ajax
>>>>>> calls to load specific zmi pages inside tabs of a window layout.
>>>>>
>>>>> IFRames. You should avoid those. With ajax or similar its easy to
>>>>> skip
>>>>> such stuff and just replace any named container tag.
>>>>
>>>> Iframes are still a valid choice in case asynchronous won't work
>>>> e.g. when
>>>> you need to load resources from servers != your origin server. Due
>>>> the
>>>> security model of asynchronous requests, a browser will only load
>>>> stuff
>>>> from the origin server. Iframes are a way to work around this
>>>> limitation -
>>>> ugly as you said, but sometimes a good workaround.
>>>>
>>>> Ansdeas
>>
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