thank you. i understand now. the plone controller was the reason why i got confused:
for example, this page has the screen shot of the "ports" UI of the controller (see section 7): http://python.developpez.com/cours/plone2/. the UI shows two http ports, one for plone, another for zope, which made me believe that there are two instances running. i still believe that the windows msi creates two zope instances but i need to verify it. but, thanks, my main question has been answered. ;-) konstantin 2005/9/8, Peter Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Zope isn't really a server. It's got some server elements but it's > core is around the storage and retrieval of data in a controlled > manner. > Plone is just a big bunch of well written scripts and templates and > images that is written inside Zope. Not too different from how > pgMyAdmin is a packaged solution on top of PHP. > The reason Plone refers to itself as a server is that some people > (like people who download the msi installer) don't understand and > don't need to understand the various layers of the end product. I > think it's good what Plone has done but, as your email proves, > sometimes people can get confused. > > On 9/8/05, akonsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > i have been reading about zope and plone for a few days now, and i > > have a question that i could not find an answer to. > > > > i understand zope is a server, that is, it is a process in OS. from > > what i could gather from the documentation, plone is a cms built on > > top of zope. why then when i install plone for windows from an msi, it > > appears that plone is also a server that runs alongside zope server > > just on a different http port? in addition, why the plone > > documentation keeps referring to plone as a server, and is using terms > > such as "start plone" and "stop plone"? so, is it a CMS that runs on > > top of zope or is it aan its own server? i am totally confused... > > > > i hope this is the right list to post this kind of plone questions. if > > not, i apologise, and i would appreciate if you could redirect me... > > > > thanks for any clarifications in advance. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 ) > > > > > -- > Peter Bengtsson, > work www.fry-it.com > home www.peterbe.com > hobby www.issuetrackerproduct.com > _______________________________________________ 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 )