Re: [Plone-docs] Scriptable Type Information

[alan r. <ru...@ru...>]

> I'm trying to keep the FAQ simple and to the point, so when these 
> wonderfuly detailed explinations come through, I am puting it first in 
> the How-To section, and then adding a simple answer in the FAQ with a 
> link to the How-To.

you are the dictator of FAQ.  If you feel these things dont fit in that 
form.  dont put them there.  I'm not offeneded ;-)

keep up the great work!

~runyaga

> Let me know what you think.
> Richard
>
> 	-----Original Message----- 	From: alan runyan 
> [mailto:ru...@ru...] 	Sent: Tue 2/25/2003 8:16 PM 	To: plone- 
> do...@li... 	Cc: 	Subject: [Plone-docs] Scriptable Type 
> Information
> 	
> 	
>
> 	someone was asking how to make a pre-populated folder
> 	through-the-web.  here is a howto.  I would appreciate it going into FAQ
> 	and maybe Book?  If someone would like to
> 	post it into Zopelabs that would be great.
> 	
> 	~runyaga
> 	
> 	Scriptable Type Information
> 	
> 	You want to create a new folderish object
> 	that is pre-populated with a variety of content
> 	objects.
> 	
> 	in ZMI:
> 	
> 	  - goto portal_types
> 	
> 	  - add new (Script) Python
> 	 - id: addPopulatedFolder
> 	    - title: prepopulated folder
> 	
> 	    - parameters: container, id
> 	
> 	<code>
> 	context.invokeFactory(id=id, type_name='Populated Folder')
> 	#create a new instance of your portal_type in the the
> 	#current context
> 	
> 	obj=getattr(context,id)
> 	#get a reference to the newly created portal_type object
> 	
> 	obj.invokeFactory(id='newsitem_1', type_name='News Item')
> 	obj.invokeFactory(id='document_1', type_name='Document')
> 	obj.invokeFactory(id='image_1', type_name='Image')
> 	#we have just populated it with 3 content objects.
> 	
> 	#we are creating folder1 inside of our Populated Folder instance
> 	obj.invokeFactory(id='folder1', type_name='Folder') #get a reference to 
> the
> 	newly created folder folder1=getattr(obj, 'folder1') #and create a
> 	subfolder inside folder1.invokeFactory(id='subfolder1', 
> type_name='Folder')
> 	#we nest a few folders; of course nesting Populated Folder would do bad
> 	things
> 	
> 	return obj
> 	#very important we must hand back the object so that
> 	#the CMF machinery can imprint some type information onto
> 	#the instance
> 	</code>
> 	
> 	
> 	  - in portal_types in the drop down list there is a 'Scriptable Type
> 	Information'; add it.
> 	
> 	  - the only things you need to fill out are two things:
> 	
> 	    - id: Populated Folder
> 	
> 	    - use Default Type Information: CMFPlone: Plone Folder
> 	
> 	  - now you created the type information, click on it to edit it.
> 	
> 	    - Constructor permission: Add portal content
> 	
> 	    - Constructor path: portal_types/addPopulatedFolder
> 	    #NOTE: the above is relative path to the portal from where you
> 	    #      are adding the object.  so anywhere inside a CMF portal
> 	    #      you can easily access the portal_types by just traversing
> 	    #      to it.  This happens via Acquisition.
> 	
> 	Now you are done.  You should be able to add 'Populated Folder' 
> instances
> 	to your Folderish objects.  If you are using Plone there is one more 
> step
> 	to go.
> 	
> 	  - in portal_properties/site_properties there is a property,
> 	'use_folder_tabs'
> 	    in that on a new line add 'Populated Folder' # without the ' - of
> 	course
> 	
> 	Why is this?  Because Plone attempted to layer functionality onto CMF
> 	instead of
> 	completely replace it.  Since we tried to do this there was some
> 	implementation
> 	details (when something is a folder/object) that were exposed.  The tab
> 	code is
> 	crufty and old but fairly easy to fix (especially if you arent try to be
> 	all
> 	things to all people).
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~runyaga