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

[Robert Rottermann]

Thank you very much for your detailed answer.

The "open with" trick should do it for the situations where I do not add
.html to the name.

My real problem is that I am to stubborn to have a solution explained to
(the /source.html thing) and leving the computer before I have it working.

I do not believe that anybody ever tried that stunt with dreamweaver (either
on windows or mac).

thanks again

Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Bickers" <rbickers-dated-1001172954.650cfb@logicetc.com>
To: "Robert Rottermann" <robert@redcor.ch>; <zpt@zope.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 5:35 PM
Subject: RE: [ZPT] how to access zpt with dramweaver ???


> > -----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.
>
> _______________________
>
> Ron Bickers
> Logic Etc, Inc.
>
>