[Zope] Weird-ish things with new Zope install on Win32...

Tom Deprez Tom.Deprez@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
Mon, 07 Jun 1999 16:48:06 +0200


Hi Jules,

Yes, HTTPServer is slow. If you use ZServer, everything will be OK.

Tomorrow I'll launch a new website where you can find more info on that.

Look at ZBook in ZDP for more information about Zope.

Regards, Tom.



>Hello Zopistas.
>
>I downloaded and installed the latest stable version of Zope for Win32. I
>immediately fired it up, connected to localhost:9673 and played. Sheer
>brilliance! I'm totally wowed (I notice you lot don't go for the <0.5 wink>
>thing over here so I'll try and refrain).
>
>The main weird thing that I noticed is that the HTTP server is disastrously
>slow if the remote IP doesn't have a DNS map. I'm sure I'm not the first to
>notice this. Is there a quick way to stop a remote lookup on IPs?
>
>Now on to the real problem.
>
>I found the tree control and added it to the standard HTML header. Very
>nice. Then I found the sexy-with-images tree over at zdp.zope.org, fired up
>a session, and tweaked my #var sidebar which is what I called the tree.
>
>The new tree worked just fine on the opening index_html method but each
>index_html document in sub folders didn't work. I'd either get a 'Sorry, an
>error occured' or a space in the table where the tree should be and no tree.
>
>So then I commited the session thinking maybe that would help. Oh dear.
>Good job I'm testing, eh?
>
>Thanks for any insight. Did I royally, unintentionally screw something up
>or did I stumble across a known issue/bug/whatever they call it where you
are.
>
>Another thought: While I have your ears, I feel like there is a tremendous
>amount of power in Zope that I'm just not getting. The zdp does a wonderful
>job of explaining what it explains (nice HOWTO's) but I'm either really
>dopey or I can't find the meat of the Zope documentation. I can't even
>remember how I stumbled on the tree control in the first place. What else
>is burried in there that's awesome but out of my sight? Don't get me wrong,
>I'm not bitching. I'm just a little disoriented in this whizzy new world
>and need a map.
>
>Cheers,
>Jules
>
>--
>Codito, ergo sum.
>
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