[Zope-CMF] Discussable disappeared.

Ignacio Valdes ivaldes@hal-pc.org
Wed, 09 May 2001 20:07:08 -0500


Ignacio Valdes wrote:

> Tres Seaver wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 8 May 2001, Ignacio Valdes wrote:
> >
> > > Tres Seaver wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Just to clear the air:  you are saying that you have checked the
> > > > "Allow discussion" checkbox on the type object for your content?
> > > >
> > >
> > > I'm diving down into the code, whew this mapping, permission
> > > and security is complicated, any suggestions?
> >
> > Try creating a PythonScript, 'testDiscussion', with body::
> >
> >   return context.portal_discussion.isDiscussionAllowedFor(
> >             context ) and 'Yes' or 'No'
> >
> > Then invoke it on one of your content objects::
> >
> >   http://localhost:8080/testing/Members/tres/index_html/testDiscussion
> >
> > "Out of the box", each type object has discussion disabled, and
> > so you will see "No" for any content object.  If you enable
> > discussion for a particular type (e.g., Document), then it
> > switches to "Yes".
> >
>
> Neat code, I tried it and it has them all listed as 'No' (not
> discussable), yet the portal_type object has always had allow discussion
> turned on. Hmm, I have populated my db with alot of entries, how do I
> turn them to 'Yes' discussable?
>
> -- IV

So could this be a bug? I've definitely had discussable switched on from
the beginning, yet everything is being populated as not discussable. -- IV

--
Ignacio Valdes, Editor: Linux Medical News
http://www.linuxmednews.com
'Revolutionizing Medical Education and Practice'