Re: [Zope] Auto Cataloging my ZCatalog
Hi Kamal, I tried to follow the tutorial to in the read me file building contact-database for PropertyTools. Also have a look at the demo.zexp in the PropertyTools folder, import it and look around. It quite nicely gives an idea of how the validation and the workflow engine works... a.. Go to the Manage-Tab: Set Object-Type = Contact, Unlock Extensible Properties. Did you also set the name of the catalog in the Catalog field? In your example it should be 'Catalog'. Cheers, Joerg ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org 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] Auto Cataloging my ZCatalog
Hi Joerg, Thank you for the tips to install Abracadabra. I have also installed PropertyTools. I tried to follow the tutorial to in the read me file building contact-database for PropertyTools. a.. Create a folder called contacts. a.. Create a standard_object_folder in contacts. a.. Enter the standard_object_folder, add a PropertyTools-Object and edit the property-sheet. Add new properties email, homepage and phone as string-types. a.. Go to the Manage-Tab: Set Object-Type = Contact, Unlock Extensible Properties. a.. Enter your contacts folder. a.. Create a Catalog with id=Catalog. a.. Add some contacts with the AbracadabraObject. At this point i was expecting that the contacts i added to auto catalog. But nothing like that happened. Is there something i was missing out. What i want is this: I have 2 Zcatalogs current_catalog and archive _catalog. I use current_catalog to store only current articles. What I do everyday is to create the articles (DTML Doc), clear the current_catalog and catalog the new artcles using the article_id. My problem here is that even if I am succeeded in making the articles to auto catalog, how do i handle the issue of clearing the catalog before cataloging the new ones. I have about 13,000 articles in one of the sections and this is reason behind having 2 Zcatalogs. The site displays the current articles to visitors therefore i have to streamline the number of records in the current_catalog. Having it in mind that just few visitors want to view the old or previous artcles, the archive_catalog is use to serve it. I will appreciate any assistance you could render to me. thanks - Original Message - From: Joerg Baach [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: kamal hamzat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [Zope] Auto Cataloging my ZCatalog Hi Kamal, I have a ZCatalog that my users use to catalog there news articles which are (DTML Documents). I have already explained it to them to always input the id for the new DTML Documents under with ids section on the Find Objects tab on the ZMI to catalog new articles. But most time they will not and they end up cataloging the entire articles which runs to 13,000 records. I am a big fan of PropertyTools and Abracadabra, to be found on http://iungo.org/products PropertyTool allows you to define Objects (e.g. Text documents) that are catalog-aware, e.g. index themselfes, without doing any coding. Your users would then copy such template objects into the folders where the content is to be stored. Abracadabra helps a lot with this 'copy and paste' machinery. Cheers, Joerg ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org 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] Auto Cataloging my ZCatalog
Hi Kamal, I have a ZCatalog that my users use to catalog there news articles which are (DTML Documents). I have already explained it to them to always input the id for the new DTML Documents under with ids section on the Find Objects tab on the ZMI to catalog new articles. But most time they will not and they end up cataloging the entire articles which runs to 13,000 records. I am a big fan of PropertyTools and Abracadabra, to be found on http://iungo.org/products PropertyTool allows you to define Objects (e.g. Text documents) that are catalog-aware, e.g. index themselfes, without doing any coding. Your users would then copy such template objects into the folders where the content is to be stored. Abracadabra helps a lot with this 'copy and paste' machinery. Cheers, Joerg ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org 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] Auto Cataloging my ZCatalog
- Original Message - From: kamal hamzat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: zope@zope.org Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:51 PM Subject: [Zope] Auto Cataloging my ZCatalog Hello, I have a ZCatalog that my users use to catalog there news articles which are (DTML Documents). I have already explained it to them to always input the id for the new DTML Documents under with ids section on the Find Objects tab on the ZMI to catalog new articles. But most time they will not and they end up cataloging the entire articles which runs to 13,000 records. What i want is either to be able to display error when the with ids is missing on Find Objects form or to be able to automate it. For example use a python code. I am new to python but very eager to learn. One possible approach: - I would not allow end-users access to the ZMI. - Have users interact with the application through a menu driven interface - Use a series of forms to collect data, then use python scripts/external methods to create/store objects (eg. your DTML Documents) and update the ZCatalog(s). This sound interesting, but i do not have an idea of how to use python/ external method to create/store objects. I will appreciate if you can point me to links or articles that have treated something similar. You should read the ZopeBook chapters on scripting: http://plope.com/Books/2_7Edition/view If you can make do with existing Zope object types (eg. DTML Documents, etc) then you can develop your application without having to create your own Zope Product, which means that DTML, ZPT and scripts will give you everything you need. If you have to define your own object types (classes) then you will need to create your own Zope Product. Here are some links to product examples: http://www.zope.org/Members/gtk/Boring http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Zope/Creating-Zope-Products/ There is another way to create Zope classes called ZClasses (they are mentioned in the ZopeBook), but I would not recommend using them for a long-term applications as they are officially deprecated as of Zope 2.10. However, for 'quick dirty' prototyping or for applications that have a limited lifetime they may be useful. hth Jonathan http://www.zope.org/Members/gtk/Boring ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org 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] Auto Cataloging my ZCatalog
- Original Message - From: Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: kamal hamzat [EMAIL PROTECTED]; zope@zope.org Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [Zope] Auto Cataloging my ZCatalog - Original Message - From: kamal hamzat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: zope@zope.org Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:51 PM Subject: [Zope] Auto Cataloging my ZCatalog Hello, I have a ZCatalog that my users use to catalog there news articles which are (DTML Documents). I have already explained it to them to always input the id for the new DTML Documents under with ids section on the Find Objects tab on the ZMI to catalog new articles. But most time they will not and they end up cataloging the entire articles which runs to 13,000 records. What i want is either to be able to display error when the with ids is missing on Find Objects form or to be able to automate it. For example use a python code. I am new to python but very eager to learn. One possible approach: - I would not allow end-users access to the ZMI. - Have users interact with the application through a menu driven interface - Use a series of forms to collect data, then use python scripts/external methods to create/store objects (eg. your DTML Documents) and update the ZCatalog(s). This sound interesting, but i do not have an idea of how to use python/ external method to create/store objects. I will appreciate if you can point me to links or articles that have treated something similar. Thanks kamal ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org 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] Auto Cataloging my ZCatalog
- Original Message - From: kamal hamzat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: zope@zope.org Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:51 PM Subject: [Zope] Auto Cataloging my ZCatalog Hello, I have a ZCatalog that my users use to catalog there news articles which are (DTML Documents). I have already explained it to them to always input the id for the new DTML Documents under with ids section on the Find Objects tab on the ZMI to catalog new articles. But most time they will not and they end up cataloging the entire articles which runs to 13,000 records. What i want is either to be able to display error when the with ids is missing on Find Objects form or to be able to automate it. For example use a python code. I am new to python but very eager to learn. One possible approach: - I would not allow end-users access to the ZMI. - Have users interact with the application through a menu driven interface - Use a series of forms to collect data, then use python scripts/external methods to create/store objects (eg. your DTML Documents) and update the ZCatalog(s). This will give you total control over user-entered data and the actions that are taken (based on their input). hth Jonathan ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org 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 )
