FYI - some notes from my first look at the PTK. At first I was a little
daunted by the prospect of having to use CVS to download the PTK, but I
just *had* to check it out.....anyway, CVS wasn't that hard to get the
hang of and the instructions at
http://classic.zope.org:8080/Community/CVS_public_access were very
helpful.
I'm running 2.1.3 under WinNT Server 4.0. The install instructions at
http://www.zope.org/Products/PTK/install were also easy to follow and I
now have Portal in my "Add" menu.
Creating a new portal was very easy - instructions were clear - and my
portal is visible at http://msewww.engin.umich.edu:8080/testing/PTKTest
By clicking "My Stuff" I was able to create each of the content choices
(i.e. news item, link and a document).
One small problem - the icons next to each item in the My Stuff view are
broken. I think that was reported before.
Clicking on the "Breaking News" link in the Menu, I now see my new News
Item. I automatically looked for an edit button near my news item, but
obviously I have to go back to the My Stuff menu to do edits....if you
created the story or a 'super user', it might be more convenient to have
an edit button right here.
Question....how do I get this news item to show up on the Home page
under Zope News ? In fact I don't see where to edit the Home page.
Question...I created a link called Yahoo....how do I refer to it easily
in news items and documents...is there or will there be a Glossary-type
feature that allows content to be easily refered to and included in
other content ? (this request will be familiar to Frontier users)
small problem.....when I edit my content, the icon for the content type
in the menu is broken.
Oops....hold on..I now see the Publish News Item option in the menu. I
assume as I am logged in as a 'super-user', my content will be
automatically published and won't need reviewing.
problem...I tried a search using the keyword 'test' and got 2
results....unfortunately when I try to click the links in the list, the
link is incorrectly pointing to
http://testing/PTKTest/Members/darcyc/News%20Item as opposed to my
server (http://msewww.engin.umich.edu:8080)
I then logged out and joined up as a member. Same icon problems as
before. I have a default index_html document...I create a news item as a
member and submit it for review ... where is it going ? Who is reviewing
it ? Checking the Breaking News link, I see that my new news item is
listed there already.....is this how it supposed to work ? I supppose
the review functionality is yet to be built.
my 2 cents are that the PTK looks like it will eventually be a great
Product. My interest in it is primarily as a tool that I can modify to
suit my own needs. I don't necessarily want a portal tool, but the more
user-friendly nature of the PTK (as opposed to the default Zope
interface) and the membership features should serve as an important
starting point for group-managed websites. With this in mind, where
should I be looking to get under the hood, so to speak ? I don't really
understand the relationship between DemoPortal and PTKBase and PTKDemo ?
Sorry for all the questions...I'm no Zen Zope Master...but I have used
Zope for a few months now and plan on using (and possibly modifying) the
PTK in the very near future.
cheers,
Darcy
daunted by the prospect of having to use CVS to download the PTK, but I
just *had* to check it out.....anyway, CVS wasn't that hard to get the
hang of and the instructions at
http://classic.zope.org:8080/Community/CVS_public_access were very
helpful.
I'm running 2.1.3 under WinNT Server 4.0. The install instructions at
http://www.zope.org/Products/PTK/install were also easy to follow and I
now have Portal in my "Add" menu.
Creating a new portal was very easy - instructions were clear - and my
portal is visible at http://msewww.engin.umich.edu:8080/testing/PTKTest
By clicking "My Stuff" I was able to create each of the content choices
(i.e. news item, link and a document).
One small problem - the icons next to each item in the My Stuff view are
broken. I think that was reported before.
Clicking on the "Breaking News" link in the Menu, I now see my new News
Item. I automatically looked for an edit button near my news item, but
obviously I have to go back to the My Stuff menu to do edits....if you
created the story or a 'super user', it might be more convenient to have
an edit button right here.
Question....how do I get this news item to show up on the Home page
under Zope News ? In fact I don't see where to edit the Home page.
Question...I created a link called Yahoo....how do I refer to it easily
in news items and documents...is there or will there be a Glossary-type
feature that allows content to be easily refered to and included in
other content ? (this request will be familiar to Frontier users)
small problem.....when I edit my content, the icon for the content type
in the menu is broken.
Oops....hold on..I now see the Publish News Item option in the menu. I
assume as I am logged in as a 'super-user', my content will be
automatically published and won't need reviewing.
problem...I tried a search using the keyword 'test' and got 2
results....unfortunately when I try to click the links in the list, the
link is incorrectly pointing to
http://testing/PTKTest/Members/darcyc/News%20Item as opposed to my
server (http://msewww.engin.umich.edu:8080)
I then logged out and joined up as a member. Same icon problems as
before. I have a default index_html document...I create a news item as a
member and submit it for review ... where is it going ? Who is reviewing
it ? Checking the Breaking News link, I see that my new news item is
listed there already.....is this how it supposed to work ? I supppose
the review functionality is yet to be built.
my 2 cents are that the PTK looks like it will eventually be a great
Product. My interest in it is primarily as a tool that I can modify to
suit my own needs. I don't necessarily want a portal tool, but the more
user-friendly nature of the PTK (as opposed to the default Zope
interface) and the membership features should serve as an important
starting point for group-managed websites. With this in mind, where
should I be looking to get under the hood, so to speak ? I don't really
understand the relationship between DemoPortal and PTKBase and PTKDemo ?
Sorry for all the questions...I'm no Zen Zope Master...but I have used
Zope for a few months now and plan on using (and possibly modifying) the
PTK in the very near future.
cheers,
Darcy