[Zope-CMF] Customize skins problem

[David Kennedy]

I created another CMF Site and the "pop-up list of folders" now contains=
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the custom folder=20

Thanks
David

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 9/02/01, 13:06:02, David Kennedy <dkennedy@acm.org> wrote regarding R=
E:=20
[Zope-CMF] Customize skins problem:


> I navigate to the following location but still the "pop-up list of
> folders is empty"
> Filesystem DTML Method at  /dksy-portal 1.1/portal_skins/generic/news_=
box

> David

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

> On 9/01/01, 15:02:47, "Norman Khine" <khine@btinternet.com> wrote rega=
rding
> RE: [Zope-CMF] Customize skins problem:


> > on your cmf root, you need to select the portal_skins method, then w=
ithin
> > this you will get a number of folders, in the contents tab, choose t=
he
> > generic and then select the news_box

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: zope-cmf-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-cmf-admin@zope.org]On Beh=
alf
> > Of David Kennedy
> > Sent: 01 September 2001 21:07
> > To: zope-cmf@zope.org
> > Subject: [Zope-CMF] Customize skins problem


> > I'm trying to customize a skin using the procedure below, but the "p=
op-up
> > list of folders" is empty (it doesn't contain custom option)

> > My configuration is:
> > Zope 2.4.0
> > CMF 1.1

> > Any help would be greatly appreciated

> > David

> > Doing a simple customization
> > Let's do a relatively simple customization. If you're in a site that=

> > doesn't have any news items yet, the default news box on the Portal'=
s
> > front page says "No news is no news" by default. Let's say we want t=
o
> > change that to say "There is nothing new under the sun". The first s=
tep
> > is finding the right thing to customize. Since that news box isn't r=
eally
> > bound to a particular content object, it's safe to assume it's part =
of
> > the generic folder. If you look in portal_skins/generic, there are a=

> > couple of DTML Methods with the name news in them. Select news_box a=
nd
> > see what comes up. Instead of the normal DTML Method edit form, you'=
ll
> > get a grey box with the source code. Above the box is the Customize=

> > action form containing a pop-up list of folders available to customi=
ze
> > to. If you haven't added any new folders to the portal_skins tool, t=
he
> > default (and only) option should be custom. So, with custom selected=
,
> > click Customize. Now you should be on a normal DTML Method editing f=
orm.
> > If you look at the path, you'll notice you're now in
> > portal_skins/custom/news_box. This is where you can safely start to=

> > customize your own site, independant of whatever changes occur in th=
e
> > default stylings of the CMF.


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