Zope Content Management Framework (CMF) README

What is the CMF?

The Zope Content Management Framework provides a set of services and content objects useful for building highly dynamic, content-oriented portal sites. As packaged, the CMF generates a site much like the Zope.org site. The CMF is intended to be easily customizable, in terms of both the types of content used and the policies and services it provides.

Resources

• The CMF "dogbowl" site, http://cmf.zope.org.
• The mailing list, [email protected]. List information and online signup are available at: http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-ptk. Archives of the list are at: http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-ptk.

Known Issues

Please see the separate issues list.

Installation

Requirements

• Zope v. 2.3.1b1 or later OR
• Zope 2.3.0 with Jeffrey Shell's security info patch

Assumptions

• New installation
• Zope configured using INSTANCE_HOME, /var/zope, and SOFTWARE_HOME, /usr/local/zope/Zope-2.3.1b1.

Procedure

1. Unpack the CMF-1.0.tar.gz tarball into a working directory. For instance:

   $ cd /usr/local/zope $ tar xzf /tmp/CMF-1.0.tar.gz

2. Link (or copy/move) the three CMF packages into $INSTANCE_HOME/Products. For instance:

   $ cd /var/zope/Products $ ln -s /usr/local/zope/CMF-1.0/* .

3. Restart Zope; verify that the three CMF products loaded property, by examining them in Control_Panel/Product.
4. Create a CMF Site object. Join, and begin adding content. Enjoy!