[Zope-CMF] Various newbie questions.

[Ignacio Valdes]

In my completely un-informed opinion: nothing I guess?  -- IV

Jeff wrote:

> I am also very new to this, but having great fun!
> In your response to question 3/4, what is the difference between adding a
> 'Portal Folder' or just a normal 'Folder'?
> Thanks!
> Jeff
>
> > I've only been playing with the CMF for a week, but I'll have a go at
> > answering your Q's:
> >
> > > Here are some random building questions: 1) I've seen the news box in
> > > action on the dogbowl site, but I don't see that news items are
> > > discussable, actually I haven't been able to find a discussable content
> > > example via search.  Is discussable items a work in progress, or am I
> > > just missing it? 2) How does one make news type items discussable?
> > Look in the portal_types at the root of your site. There should be an
> > entry for each content type & at the bottom of the page for each one a
> > checkbox 'Discussable'. Turn this on et voila!
> >
> > > How would one restrict the choices available to a logged-in user to one
> > > of three inputs: a form submission, a sub-folder or a discussion
> > > attached to a form submission?
> > Also in portal_types, call up the Folder entry, chose to filter types &
> > select the content you want to limit to.
> >
> > > 3) ...and restrict access to a single
> > > directory tree that is common to all users?
> > Or is that 4? You can create portal folders 'outside' of the Member tree
> > by going in to zope management & going Add -> CMF Core Content -> Portal
> > Folder. You can then enter the new folder & set the permissions on it for
> > your members on the Security tab, eg 'Add Portal Content', etc. I can't
> > recall exactly what to set - read the source!
> > HTH,
> >
> > Ivan
> >
>
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