[Mailman-Users] Mailman 2.1.5 - Customize Look and Feel

[Brad Knowles]

At 12:34 PM +0100 2004-08-11, PeteBell wrote:

>  I read the replies with interest.  As I do NOT have any access to the
>  config files for the copy of Mailman which I use (because Mailman is a
>  single copy shared across all the domains on the server where I have my
>  site hosted),

	That's a typical method of installing Mailman.

>                I wondered about getting my own copy and installing it so
>  that I could make changes.  However, I am a simple Apple Mac user (used
>  to having everything easy and intuitive).

	Note that Apple provides their own customized version of Mailman 
with MacOS X 10.3 Server, and that a number of people have created 
pages with extensive information on how they have installed Mailman 
on MacOS X "Jaguar" and "Panther" (non-Server).

	See 
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.021.htp> 
for more information.

>  I would have to understand "python" code before I could do anything,
>  would I? (Up untila few minutes ago, I had never even heard of it)!

	If you wanted to do extensive customization of the "look and 
feel" of Mailman, yes.

>  Looks like customising Mailman to look like it's part of your own
>  site is beyond most people? Yes?

	Most people don't even bother to edit the public HTML templates 
through the existing facilities provided by Mailman.

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