Try using a site access rule, it's almost as powerfull as the traversal roulette, but it happens after zope has finished traversing. You could write a Python Script, something like:
================= import string if string.split(context.REQUEST['PATH_INFO'], '/')[-1] == 'my_parent_folder': context.REQUEST.RESPONSE.redirect('my_first_slide') ================= CAUTION: Remember how to turn off site access rules (Adding _SUPPRESS_ACCESSRULE to the begining of the path) incase it all goes wrong :) Adrian... -- The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. - Sun Tzu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craeg K. Strong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 6:51 AM Subject: [Zope-dev] How to automatically redirect publishing request to another folder? > Hello: > > We have a Slideshow product that is similar to OrderedFolder in that it > maintains an ordered > list of contents. Each subfolder represents a slide. To view a > particular slide, you navigate to the > subfolder, it automatically calls "index_html," and there's your slide. > > All of the slides actually acquire their index_html DTMLDocument from > high up on the food chain. The index_html in turn calls <dtml-var > body> and the body is, of > course, different for each slide. This is convenient, b/c each slide > shares header/footer/etc. > > My problem is this. When you type in the URL of the top level folder > (that is, the slideshow folder itself) > I want Zope to behave as if you typed in the URL of the first slide > automagically. The Slideshow product > has an easy way to get our mitts on the firstSlide object, so that part > is not a problem, but I cannot get it to work. > > Of course, if I create an index_html() method directly in my > Slideshow.py, that screws up my acquisition. > Zope dies with an infinite recursion. > > Next try: using __bobo_traverse__() That is a little bit nasty, b/c > you have to figure out whether you are > the "end destination" or if Zope is just "passin' thru." > [ See http://www.zope.org//Members/andym/wiki/MessingWithTraversal ] > > Nothing works quite right. Conceptually I know what I want to do: > call index_html on firstSlide() > in the _context_ of firstSlide(). However, my Zope Zen is failing me. > Has anyone done something like this? > > Thanks in advance! > > --Craeg > > > _______________________________________________ > Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ) > _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )