Publishing objects patch

Created by jmeile . Last modified 2006-06-16 09:43:04.

How-to to add a publish button to the manage interface for using with CMF.

Have you ever wanted a publish button inside your CMF Site in the manage interface? If so, here is a little patch that does it.

You will need to add this peace of code after the place where the manage buttons are defined (main.dtml file):

Then you will have to create the following external method and add it to the root of your zope:

from Globals import MessageDialog
def manage_publishObjects(self, ids=None, REQUEST=None):
  message=''
  if ids is None and REQUEST is not None:
    return eNoItemsSpecified
  elif ids is None:
    raise ValueError, 'ids must be specified'
  if type(ids) is type(''):
    ids=[ids]
  oblist=[]
  try:
    wf_tool=self.portal_workflow
  except:
    return MessageDialog(
                  title='Error',
                  message='This function only works inside a CMFSite Object',
                  action ='manage_main'
                  )
  for id in ids:
    ob=self._getOb(id)
    message=message+ob.getId()
    if hasattr(ob,"isPortalContent"):
      try:
        wf_tool.doActionFor(ob, 'publish')
        message=message+' published<br>\n'
      except:
        message=message+' couldn\'t be published<br>\n'
    else:
      message=message+' isn\'t a CMFDefault Content object<br>\n'
  return MessageDialog(
                  title='Published objects',
                  message=message,
                  action ='manage_main'
                  )

eNoItemsSpecified=MessageDialog(
                  title='No items specified',
                  message='You must select one or more items to perform ' \
                  'this operation.',
                  action ='manage_main'
                  )