[Zope-dev] [Checkins] SVN: zope.traversing/trunk/src/zope/traversing/ Moved the publicationtraverse module from zope.app.publication and added tests.

[Jim Fulton]

On Jun 21, 2009, at 3:38 PM, Laurence Rowe wrote:

> Jim Fulton wrote:
>> I don't agree. The semantics are different. For example, you often
>> want to traverse to things in a template that you don't want to  
>> expose
>> via URL.  We currently (or last time I checked) expose ++resource+
>> +name in URLs and this is a bug.
>
> What use is a resource without being URL accessible? It's used fairly
> often in Plone products to expose static css / js / images.


The way to access a resource in a URL is <site>/@@/name, as Hanno  
mentioned.  The ++resource++name form is intended for use in ZPT  
paths.  It can be used anywhere in a path, which defeats effective  
caching of resources.

Jim


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Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation