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TTWType - a through-the-web content type for Plone

TTWType - a product for defining new CMF types via the ZMI

you can use TTWType to define new CMF portal types via the ZMI (without creating a new product). This is different to modifying existing portal types as you can also add new fields.

This is some sort of prototype implementation to test this idea.

Prerequisites

  • Formulator (tested with 1.3.0)
  • CMF (1.3)
  • Plone (might be optional, I only tested it with Plone)

Installation

create an external method inside your portal with the following data:

id
install_ttwtype
title
Install TTW Type
module name
TTWType.Install
function name
install

Then click on the Test Tab and the skins aswell as the navigation and validation properties for a plone site will be installed.

Ready it's for usage.

Usage

  1. Go to the portal_types inside your Portal.
  2. Add a new "TTW type information" from the drop-down box
  3. optionally fill in description and title
  4. click on the "Fields" tab on the top
  5. you will be presented by a Formulator management screen. Simply add fields and configure them. These will be used in the edit form also.
  6. now you can add your new type via the normal Plone/CMF interface

Optionally you can then adjust the ttw_view skin (copy it to a new name and change the view action in your type information).

(C) 2003 by Christian Scholz ([email protected]).

Contact me also as MrTopf@IRC.

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