Hi, Now that Zope 2.0 final is out, it's time to start trying to understand and put to use all the cool new stuff in Zope 2. The new Zope.org website, while still in beta, is starting to become a great source of information for Zope users. There are already 37 How-Tos on the site, all searchable. The new site will soon replace the existing Zope.org site. * Chris Petrilli updated the Oracle and ODBC Database Adapters. http://www.zope.org:18200/Products/DA/ZOracleDA http://www.zope.org:18200/Products/DA/ZODBCDA http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/1999-September/000031.html * Amos Latteier released Alpha 2 of XML Document http://www.zope.org:18200/Products/XMLDocument http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/1999-September/000028.html * Brian Lloyd posted an informative How-To on External Methods http://www.zope.org:18200/Documentation/How-To/ExternalMethods * Work continues on the new Zope.org site. Mike Pelletier has been hardening the cataloging and reviewing facilities and sprucing up the existing ZClasses. Amos Latteier posted a proposal for Topic objects to help with organizing and browsing content. Currently there are 537 Members of Zope.org! http://www.zope.org:18200 http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/Amos/TopicProposal * The 5th Berlin BBQ hosted by beehive happens Friday, September 17 at 16:00. Be there if you can make it to Berlin! http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/webman/berlinBBQ5 * The Portland Oregon Python Interest Group had it's first meeting on 9/6/1999. Amos Latteier gave a talk on Zope and XML. The slides are on-line. http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/Amos/XMLSlides/PORPIGgies * Evan Simpson released version 0.0.1 of his very cool Python Method Product. This product promises to allow safe Python programming through the web! http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/4am/pm0-0-1 * Andreas Kostyrka posted a fix for using Confera 1.3.1 with Zope 2.0 final. http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009411.html * Zope t-shirts were discussed. It turns out that some already exist, and that the have a dangerous logo on the back. http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009479.html http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009526.html * Janko Hauser posted about CIS (Community Information System) a very impressive looking Zope project. http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009641.html http://www.bionode.com/cis/ * If you haven't already seen it, check out the ZDP's awesome Zope Quick Reference. http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009899.html http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/ZQR/ See you next week. -Amos == Amos Latteier mailto:amos@digicool.com Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce@python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------