[Zope] Kube and ZPT

[Tom Nixon]

I solved this with a bit of a dirty hack that's not ideal but does the
job for the time being until I work something better out. I thought I'd
share it with the list for the benefit of the archive.

1) For each folder that you want to redirect, add a String property
called "redirect" and give it a value equal to the name of the Kube you
want it to redirect to. So The WhoWeAre folder has a redirect property
value of "CompanyInfo".

2) Create a python script called redirect.py containing the following
code:

return "<script>window.location = '%s/%s';</script>" %
(context.absolute_url(), context.redirect)

4) Add the following code somewhere near the top of index_html:

<div tal:define="doctype here/meta_type"
     tal:condition="python: doctype != 'Kube'"
     tal:replace="structure here/redirect.py">Redirect URL</div>

5) Put the rest of the Template code inside a div tag like this:

<div tal:define="doctype here/meta_type"
     tal:condition="python: doctype == 'Kube'">
:
:
</div>

So now when index_html gets called with the context of a folder, it
redirects to the Kube specified in the redirect property of the folder.
If it gets called with the context of a Kube then it renders normally.
It works, but it's not good practice to rely on a JavaScript redirect
for basic navigation. Not a problem if you're running it on an Intranet
where you know the broswers can handle it, but not advisable for public
web sites.

T.

> Has anyone on the list been using the Kube product? 
> 
> I have built a simple site using folders for the main site 
> areas and Kubes to hold the document content.
> 
> The structure looks like this:
> 
> Root
>  |- index_html (Page Template)
>  |- WhoWeAre (Folder)
>  |   |- CompanyInfo (Kube)
>  |   '- People (Kube)
>  '- WhatWeDo (Folder)
>      |- Products (Kube)
>      '- Services (Kube)
> 
> If I call http://zopeserver/WhoWeAre/CompanyInfo the 
> index_html template is rendered using content from the 
> CompanyInfo Kube - Great. BUT...
> 
> When Someone calls http://zopeserver/WhoWeAre I would like it 
> to default to the CompanyInfo Kube. I cannot create an 
> index_html inside the WhoWeAre folder because we need it to 
> acquire index_html from the root for presentation. I also 
> thought about making WhoWeAre into a Kube which contains the 
> other Kubes but this seems wrong to me because WhoWeAre is 
> part of the site structure, and not content in its own right.
> 
> Can anyone suggest anything else?