[ZPT] how to access zpt with dramweaver ???

[Ron Bickers]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: zpt-admin@zope.org [mailto:zpt-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Robert
> Rottermann

> is there somebody out there who can tell me how I can access
> Zope/ZPT using
> Dreamweaver (or Golive)

ZPT works great with Dreamweaver for me.  It works fine with Zope via WebDAV
(using -W) and FTP.

> - no dots on the Zope side.
> - a way to deal with the layout on dreamweaver side.

The problem you describe is Dreamweaver's stupid (really stupid) limitation
that it can't directly open files without extensions.  I've complained
officially to them about this at length with at least some positive feedback
about it.  Hopefully they'll do something about it in a future release.

I do two things to help alleviate this problem:

1) Use .html extensions on page templates that will be "viewed" (ie, will be
part of a URL), but not just as a snippet of code or a macro definition.

2) To open files without extensions:  in the site window I select File |
Open With...Browse and find and select Dreamweaver.exe.  In DW (at least in
version 4.01), this will open files without extensions and allow the layout
view.  It's a stupid thing to have to do, but it does work and it's not too
painful since most of my page templates use #1 above.

> I tried to use the WebDAV source port with the -W option

This works just fine for me.  Remember that when you specify the host for
FTP or WebDAV in DW, you must include the port number (eg,
http://www.myshost.com:8021/)

> I tried to save a file with "/source.html" appended to it
> I made a directory on the windows side named like the Zope object and put
> its content into a file called source.html in that directory. I
> cant upload
> this directory/file  to Zope using either Dreamwever4 or Golive5.

I've never tried any solution that uses source.html.

One thing that is a bit annoying, is that you must create a Page Template
object of the same name before you can just transfer it from DW to Zope.
Otherwise, Zope will create a DTML Document.  In WebDAV mode, it won't even
create a DTML Document.  DW just complains that it can't transfer the file,
but will create a WebDAV locked file with the same name in Zope.  I don't
know if there's a way (without patching Zope) to get it to create ZPT by
default or not, but it would be a nice thing to be able to do.

> I have been banging my head to the wall

Probably not going to do much more than hurt the wall. ;-)

> Since there is a tutorial on the Zope site rather prominently promising to
> tell  how to use ZPT and Dreamweaver I assume it should be possible.
> Please somebody tell me how.

I hope these notes help.  ZPT and DW work fine together as promised.  The
biggest problem is DW's stupid extension requirement.

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Ron Bickers
Logic Etc, Inc.