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Hello everyone,
I am proud to announce the first preview of the ZMailman product. It allows Zope to have access to the Mailman API and pretty much replaces Mailman's Web GUI. I also added the beginnings of a Mailman UserFolder.
More info at: http://demo.iuveno-net.de/iuveno/Products/ZMailman/ Zope site: http://www.zope.org/Members/srichter/Products/ZMailman
Note: ZMailman runs only on Zope 2.5+ and Mailman 2.1a3+.
Please go and try it and don't forget to send us comments.
Regards, Stephan
-- Stephan Richter CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management
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I don't understand Zope; can someone describe why I might want this, what it buys me, etc. (like a sales brochure)?
Stephan Richter wrote:
Hello everyone,
I am proud to announce the first preview of the ZMailman product. It allows Zope to have access to the Mailman API and pretty much replaces Mailman's Web GUI. I also added the beginnings of a Mailman UserFolder.
More info at: http://demo.iuveno-net.de/iuveno/Products/ZMailman/ Zope site: http://www.zope.org/Members/srichter/Products/ZMailman
Note: ZMailman runs only on Zope 2.5+ and Mailman 2.1a3+.
Please go and try it and don't forget to send us comments.
Regards, Stephan
-- Stephan Richter CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management
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At 04:34 PM 12/9/2001 -0800, Dan Mick wrote:
I don't understand Zope; can someone describe why I might want this, what it buys me, etc. (like a sales brochure)?
Okay, I just opened my development server at http://physics.cbu.edu:6080/manage
Username: test Password: test
You have full management rights to Zope, so please be considerate and do not destroy it to a point, where other people cannot look at it anymore. ;-)
Regards, Stephan
-- Stephan Richter CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management
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On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 04:34:53PM -0800, Dan Mick wrote:
I don't understand Zope; can someone describe why I might want this, what it buys me, etc. (like a sales brochure)?
It doesn't necessarily buy you anything, unless you already need Zope. This was more for Zopatistas who need to run mailing lists, rather than Mailman people, not that it isn't a cool hack.
I think I like Zope, too; I just can't get it to stand still long enough to learn it. Maybe I'm getting old...
Cheers, -- jra
Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274
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At 11:10 PM 12/9/2001 -0500, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
I don't understand Zope; can someone describe why I might want this, what it buys me, etc. (like a sales brochure)?
It doesn't necessarily buy you anything, unless you already need Zope.
Right, ZMailman is not for people not using Zope. However, it makes the integration of Mailing List functionality into your Web Site so easy, that I thought some of you might be interested.
This was more for Zopatistas who need to run mailing lists, rather than Mailman people, not that it isn't a cool hack.
Yes, and I think quite some people need that. Just looking at all these CMS and community sites...
I think I like Zope, too; I just can't get it to stand still long enough to learn it. Maybe I'm getting old...
Well, try to get into Zope 3.0, which is being built at the moment. It makes use of the latest development and design patterns, so it is good to look at it in anyway, whether you are interested in Zope or not.
Regards, Stephan
-- Stephan Richter CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management
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On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 10:22:33PM -0600, Stephan Richter wrote:
At 11:10 PM 12/9/2001 -0500, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
I don't understand Zope; can someone describe why I might want this, what it buys me, etc. (like a sales brochure)?
It doesn't necessarily buy you anything, unless you already need Zope.
Right, ZMailman is not for people not using Zope. However, it makes the integration of Mailing List functionality into your Web Site so easy, that I thought some of you might be interested.
Ok, good; I'm glad I pegged it. I'm one of those -- I propose to use Zope to build a bunch o'websites that are on my plate; I'll need this integration.
Will it integrate directly with UserFolders, so users can do their mailing list stuff on their home page?
This was more for Zopatistas who need to run mailing lists, rather than Mailman people, not that it isn't a cool hack.
Yes, and I think quite some people need that. Just looking at all these CMS and community sites...
You bet.
I think I like Zope, too; I just can't get it to stand still long enough to learn it. Maybe I'm getting old...
Well, try to get into Zope 3.0, which is being built at the moment. It makes use of the latest development and design patterns, so it is good to look at it in anyway, whether you are interested in Zope or not.
Alas all the books are still 2.2/2.4ish. Any decent non-zoo tutorials? (WADR to whomever wrote that particular tutorial track, it stinks.)
Cheers, -- jra
Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274
"If you don't have a dream; how're you gonna have a dream come true?" -- Captain Sensible, The Damned (from South Pacific's "Happy Talk")
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Right, ZMailman is not for people not using Zope. However, it makes the integration of Mailing List functionality into your Web Site so easy, that I thought some of you might be interested.
Ok, good; I'm glad I pegged it. I'm one of those -- I propose to use Zope to build a bunch o'websites that are on my plate; I'll need this integration.
Cool, I am glad you can use the product right away for a project.
Will it integrate directly with UserFolders, so users can do their mailing list stuff on their home page?
Yes, there is a proof-of-concept (not working) ZMMUserFolder as part of the product. But simply by providing the Mailman API in Zope will help you with this task. But let's take that discussion to the ZMailman list, since it is inappropriate for this one...
Well, try to get into Zope 3.0, which is being built at the moment. It makes use of the latest development and design patterns, so it is good to look at it in anyway, whether you are interested in Zope or not.
Alas all the books are still 2.2/2.4ish. Any decent non-zoo tutorials? (WADR to whomever wrote that particular tutorial track, it stinks.)
Well, Zope 3.0 is in the early stages of development right now. So, it is not really ready for use yet. ZMailman still uses 2.5. What do you mean with non-zoo tutorials?
Regards, Stephan
-- Stephan Richter CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management
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