[Zope] Win2k Pro SP4, Zope 2.7.0, WebDAV, web folders, and local tools

[dpchrist at holgerdanske.com]

zope at zope.org:

I am evaluating Zope for building collaborative web sites.  My
background is HTML, CGI, and Linux-Apache-MySQL-Perl (LAMP), mostly
using ssh/vi.  I have downloaded and installed Zope-2.7.0-win32.exe on
Win2k Pro SP4, gone through the Zope tutorial, and am now trying to
figure out how to edit Zope source documents using WebDAV via Windows
web folders.  I have successfully created a web folder for
http://localhost:8080/ using Windows Explorer and can browse around my
Zope instance.


Mozilla 1.6 is configured as my default browser and HTML editor.  If I
double-click on a page template, the rendered page opens in the Mozilla
HTML editor.  I can make changes.  I can also carry out a save
operation, and it appears to work.  However, when I look at the same
object using ZMI, my edits are not there.  If I close Mozilla and
double-click on the template again, Windows Explorer complains that the
file does not exist.


If I open a template by Send To -> Microsoft Word, it also opens the
rendered page.  Word adds a whole bunch of XML stuff at the top.  Saves
do get posted to the Zope instance, but because Word opened the rendered
page this only serves to destroy functionality.


If I attempt to open a Python script by Send To -> Notepad, nothing
happens.  This also seems to break Mozilla's ability to open a template
until I open a template using Word.


I would like to be able to create/edit/move/delete Zope objects using
local text editors, WYSIWYG editors, and/or command-line utilities.
WebDAV sounds like a nice idea, but I can't get it to work.  I tried
creating a web folders for http://localhost:8021/ and
http://localhost:9800/, but this just hangs Windows Explorer.


WS_FTP works fine connecting to localhost port 8021.


In my RTFM and STFW efforts, I did see statements about WebDAV being
broken on Windows.  I was just wondering if this has been fixed and/or
somebody knows of a work-around.


Any comments or suggestions?


TIA,

David