[Zope] Please Help - Extracting Info From ZEXP File
I just took over a website that was done in Zope/Plone. The person formerly responsible for it was not helpful to the client or me in the transition process. Basically he emailed a ZEXP file to me, told me it contains everything I need, and washed his hands of the whole project. I was able to grab nearly all the html, css, and javascript files through the web before he removed the site from his server, but now I realize a few pages were missed. So, it seems the only possibility of restoring those missed pages is if 1) everything really is in that ZEXP file and 2) I can find a way to get to it. I know nothing about Zope/Plone and, no offense to anyone, do not plan on adding it to my repertoire of knowledge in the near future. I just want the normal HTML content as it would've been displayed for these certain pages that were not grabbed before he removed the site. Is this possible? If so, could someone please spell out exactly how I can go about retrieving this information from the ZEXP file? Sincerely, Shawn Spinner at networthyinc dot com ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Please Help - Extracting Info From ZEXP File
U... Zope is a system that provides for dynamic generation of HTML. The materials you captured are likely to be a dynamic instance as served to one user and may not be representative ow what might be served to another user or served to the same user in a different context. To extract the zope programs from the ZEXP file you will need to create a Zope instance, put the ZEXP file into the import directory, and import it. What you will get will be a collection of Zope objects which, when executed dynamically, will produce the site. You will need to learn Zope and Plone. -d On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, s wrote: I just took over a website that was done in Zope/Plone. The person formerly responsible for it was not helpful to the client or me in the transition process. Basically he emailed a ZEXP file to me, told me it contains everything I need, and washed his hands of the whole project. I was able to grab nearly all the html, css, and javascript files through the web before he removed the site from his server, but now I realize a few pages were missed. So, it seems the only possibility of restoring those missed pages is if 1) everything really is in that ZEXP file and 2) I can find a way to get to it. I know nothing about Zope/Plone and, no offense to anyone, do not plan on adding it to my repertoire of knowledge in the near future. I just want the normal HTML content as it would've been displayed for these certain pages that were not grabbed before he removed the site. Is this possible? If so, could someone please spell out exactly how I can go about retrieving this information from the ZEXP file? Sincerely, Shawn Spinner at networthyinc dot com -- ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Please Help - Extracting Info From ZEXP File
Couple of more things: 1) if your site is running, you can look at the actual code throught Zope's TTW interfact. http://your.domaine.com/manage will get you there if you have the proper authentication. 2) you can ftp out the code for off line reading. Look at The Zope Book for instructions. You may need to enable the ftp server in the configuration file. On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Dennis Allison wrote: U... Zope is a system that provides for dynamic generation of HTML. The materials you captured are likely to be a dynamic instance as served to one user and may not be representative ow what might be served to another user or served to the same user in a different context. To extract the zope programs from the ZEXP file you will need to create a Zope instance, put the ZEXP file into the import directory, and import it. What you will get will be a collection of Zope objects which, when executed dynamically, will produce the site. You will need to learn Zope and Plone. -d On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, s wrote: I just took over a website that was done in Zope/Plone. The person formerly responsible for it was not helpful to the client or me in the transition process. Basically he emailed a ZEXP file to me, told me it contains everything I need, and washed his hands of the whole project. I was able to grab nearly all the html, css, and javascript files through the web before he removed the site from his server, but now I realize a few pages were missed. So, it seems the only possibility of restoring those missed pages is if 1) everything really is in that ZEXP file and 2) I can find a way to get to it. I know nothing about Zope/Plone and, no offense to anyone, do not plan on adding it to my repertoire of knowledge in the near future. I just want the normal HTML content as it would've been displayed for these certain pages that were not grabbed before he removed the site. Is this possible? If so, could someone please spell out exactly how I can go about retrieving this information from the ZEXP file? Sincerely, Shawn Spinner at networthyinc dot com -- ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Please Help - Extracting Info From ZEXP File
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 12:36:13PM -0500, s wrote: I just took over a website that was done in Zope/Plone. The person formerly responsible for it was not helpful to the client or me in the transition process. Basically he emailed a ZEXP file to me, told me it contains everything I need, and washed his hands of the whole project. The .zexp cannot contain everything you need. It will contain all the data (assuming he didn't miss anything), but that data can only be loaded if you have a zope system running with all the correct third-party software installed. You should insist on being provided with: - Zope version - Name and version number for every subdirectory of $INSTANCE_HOME/Products/ (including, of course, Plone) ... usually each subdirectory will have a file named version.txt - Name and version number for every add-on Python package installed to the system, if any. Without this information, you will be unable to load the .zexp. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Please Help - Extracting Info From ZEXP File
+1 -- I'm afraid my answer assumed a vanilla Zope/Plone sight. On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Paul Winkler wrote: On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 12:36:13PM -0500, s wrote: I just took over a website that was done in Zope/Plone. The person formerly responsible for it was not helpful to the client or me in the transition process. Basically he emailed a ZEXP file to me, told me it contains everything I need, and washed his hands of the whole project. The .zexp cannot contain everything you need. It will contain all the data (assuming he didn't miss anything), but that data can only be loaded if you have a zope system running with all the correct third-party software installed. You should insist on being provided with: - Zope version - Name and version number for every subdirectory of $INSTANCE_HOME/Products/ (including, of course, Plone) ... usually each subdirectory will have a file named version.txt - Name and version number for every add-on Python package installed to the system, if any. Without this information, you will be unable to load the .zexp. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) -- ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
