Re: [Zope] Zope ZMI Templates

2008-01-17 Thread Tim Nash
Tom, My modification of the css has nothing to do with security. It is to simplify the UI for general users. And I use the zmi not because it is easy but because it is proven. If you have any specific examples of the management nightmare created by using zmi as a cms I would very much appreciate

Re: [Zope] Zope ZMI Templates

2008-01-17 Thread 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

Re: [Zope] Zope ZMI Templates

2008-01-17 Thread Tim Nash
Tom, Thanks but I think I am almost done. I have replaced the old

Re: [Zope] Zope ZMI Templates

2008-01-17 Thread Tom Von Lahndorff
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

Re: [Zope] Zope ZMI Templates

2008-01-17 Thread Tino Wildenhain
Andreas Jung wrote: ... 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 aro

Re: [Zope] Zope ZMI Templates

2008-01-17 Thread Tino Wildenhain
Hi Tim, 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. http://medicinebrain.com/iframe.png";> h

Re: [Zope] Zope ZMI Templates

2008-01-16 Thread Tim Nash
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. http://medicinebrain.com/iframe.png";> http://medicinebrain.com/ifr

Re: [Zope] Zope ZMI Templates

2008-01-16 Thread Andreas Jung
--On 16. Januar 2008 09:33:58 +0100 Tino Wildenhain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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

Re: [Zope] Zope ZMI Templates

2008-01-16 Thread Tino Wildenhain
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

Re: [Zope] Zope ZMI Templates

2008-01-15 Thread Tim Nash
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.

Re: [Zope] Zope ZMI Templates

2008-01-15 Thread Peter Bengtsson
I would strongly advice against building on top of the ZMI. It's dated and as you say, in DTML. It's also too geeky to be acceptable by any client of mine. Personally I'd build something standalone that you have ultimate control over. You can still use things like manage_renameObjects() in your

[Zope] Zope ZMI Templates

2008-01-15 Thread Jurian Botha
I'm currently developing some customized ZMI pages and I was hoping someone could give me some insight into what the best way would be to do this. I see that Zope 2 uses dtml methods to build the standard ZMI pages but as far as I know (Zope 3 wise) I should rather be using Zope Page Templates to