[Zope3-Users] Replacing Macros with Contentprovider

[ksmith93940-dev at yahoo.com]

Thanks for your reply. So, when you say macros still
excel for general O-wrap, do you mean things like
style_slot, script_slot and body_slot or do you also
include  things like header_slot, navigation_slot,
breadcrumb_slot and footer_slot as well?

I'm a little confused as to whether render() from
contentprovider must only provide a string or if a zpt
can be used? 

If a zpt can be used, does the namepace "view" access
the contentprovider object or the __parent__ view
object? Is  the namespace "context" available as the
original object?

Ksmith

--- Stephan Richter <srichter at cosmos.phy.tufts.edu>
wrote:

> On Friday 08 September 2006 15:07,
> ksmith93940-dev at yahoo.com wrote:
> > Is it possible to use contentproviders as an
> > alternative to macros for providing the look and
> feel
> > of a site? I thought I saw someone mention
> something
> > to this affect.
> 
> Yes. While we have not completely removed the use of
> macros yet, we are pretty 
> close. There are some scenarios where macros still
> accelerate, like the 
> general o-wrap, but other than that we have
> completely replaced their need. 
> Viewlets/Content Providers are much more powerful
> and since they are 
> representation components in their own right, it is
> much easier to separate 
> template and logic.
> 
> Regards,
> Stephan
> -- 
> Stephan Richter
> CBU Physics & Chemistry (B.S.) / Tufts Physics
> (Ph.D. student)
> Web2k - Web Software Design, Development and
> Training
>