[Zope] writing dtml on zope.org

[Ausum]

I think Zope.org is a big how-to on itself, and by letting its users to write
dtml it helps to that purpose, although just at a didactic level. I don't 
think many people uses dtml-at-zope.org to bring out special features to their
member pages, so in order to continue offering illustrational capabilities I'd
suggest a special common "dtml drawing paper" area of the site.

On the subject of letting commited users to manage some areas, I agree. One of
my first thoughts on Zope.org was "why doesn't it have any page snapshots?",
and stuff like that. Nevertheless, it's good to realize that the
standardization is very important to the sense of unity of the whole Zope
development. I'm thankful to every other site that spreads Zope, but if the
assets it provides weren't adknowledged by Zope.org, I probably would'nt
consider them. On the other hand, if every other site had the same look and
feel of Zope.org, my concerns would be lower. That's to mention how important
the perception is.

To the DC's plan of delegating to comunity members in order to customize and/or
improve certain areas of the site, I would add that it is at 
least of the same importance to consider what are going to be the standards for
that future site. For example: Does it make sense to enable a
PIM like WorldPilot?. What about multimedia?  :)

Cheers,


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ethan mindlace fremen wrote:
> 
> --On Monday, April 30, 2001 14:25:40 -0600 Casey Duncan <cduncan@kaivo.com>
> wrote:
> > All I am after is a way to present the standard stuff, howtos, tips and
> > products. I suspect this is all that anyone really needs. If you want
> > more, you should just have your own site as you suggest.
> >
> > What objects would members still be able to create?
> 
> News Items, Software Products*, Wikis, How-To's and Tips (may be merged),
> Folders, Links, generic HTML/Structured Text Documents.
> 
> Also, more significant aspects of the site will be delegated, so community
> members of good standing that show an interest will probably have greater
> levels of permission than they do today, i.e. being able to create python
> scripts, etc. for the purposes of making zope.org better.
> 
> *Software Products are likely to be fairly different, but they will allow
> the creation of Trackers and fishbowl-esque content.
> 
> --
> ethan mindlace fremen
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