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+Changes:
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+ver. 0.1.0 to 0.1.1
+
+ -- added code to handle both old and new versions of TinyTable product
+ -- modified credits.txt
+
+ver. 0.1.1 to 0.1.2
+ -- modified manage_delete call to conform to Python 1.5.2 syntax
+ -- fixed bug for disappearing subject text editing for plain vanilla version
+ -- changed from DOS line ends (CRLF) to Unix style line ends (LF)
+ -- changed reading of text file to prevent infinite loops
+ -- changed product packaging from zip file to tar.gz
+ -- development proc modified; shifted from RCS to CVS
+ -- fixed bug on file attachment
+
+ver 0.1.2 to 0.1.3
+ -- changed input tinytable data format (*.tbl) in /demo/newtables to fix authorization required bug
+ coming from TinyTable product
+ -- took out duplicate definition of site_url method from Posting class.
+ -- updated message*.txt to current info, as well as minor stylistic corrections
+
+ver 0.1.3 to 0.1.4
+ -- changed defn of site_url, copying code from Confera for Squishsite class's site_url method defn
+ and added different method defn for Posting class site_url -- computed from REQUEST[URL] which
+ I'm assuming is computed correctly even under PCGI. This change is being done to fix
+ a bug in computing site_url when Squishdot is run under an Apache-PCGI configuration.
+
+ver 0.1.4 to 0.1.5
+ -- changed self.subjects from a built-in map ({}) to a PersistentMapping to fix
+ weird storage behavior (with subjects disappearing) under ZODB3
+
+ver 0.1.5 to 0.3.0
+
+ -- added new Squishdot logo and Zope logo to the footer of the fancy demo/simple demo screens.
+ -- modified form input variables to html-quote so weird chars are redisplayed correctly
+ -- modified href and src variable to url-quote so they can handle weird url links
+ -- added a preview button.
+ -- fixed mailhost selection so that blank is an option.
+ -- error screen is now customizable.
+ -- message screen is now customizable.
+ -- edit posting screen now returns previous input coming back from error screen
+ -- fixed "regex" incompatibility with Zope2
+ -- added striptags function for stripping invalid chars for RSS/RDF
+ -- add RSS/RDF channel page
+ -- validation of article/comments are now customizable
+ -- added new rss_ properties -- rss_title, rss_description, rss_image_url for data needed in RSS/RDF channel
+ -- added a new property to control how many previous days of articles are shown in Older Links squishbox
+ -- fixed permission list for manage_postings to list postings/subjects list -- but see known bugs
+ -- fixed mail html removing the first blank line
+ -- removed the dtml file Squishdot_manage_main.dtml -- not used
+ -- attachment file now displays for plain-vanilla mode article posting
+ -- fixed advertising image display banner so it sets a fixed image url -- and url now points to squishdot.org
+ -- fixed site_title so it nows sets a fixed image url (not relative to posting's url)
+ -- added new links to technocrat, gnotices, squishdot in quicklinks squishbox
+ -- added links to static download page and documentation page in squishdot website
+ -- fixed inserted spaces problem when editing posted articles/replies
+ -- removed expire_time from list of predefined properties (demo mode only) -- not used
+ -- converted dtml tags to new format
+ -- added an about, readme, license, credits, version and changes page
+ -- converted all image file names from xxx.gif to xxx_img
+ -- added code to force all images inserted at creation time to have content type 'image/gif'
+ -- modified body_len to make it return a numeric value if an additional divisor parameter is passed
+ -- modified date_posted to make it return different formats if an additional format string was passed
+
+ver 0.3.1
+
+ -- fixed rdf_rss page missing quote (reported by Luke Tymoski)
+ -- fixed invalid header bug (reported by John Hendow)
+ -- reverted back to prev. version for mail_posting_html -- wouldnt work without blank first line
+ -- modified date_posted to allow for variable date formats returned (c/o Lalo Martins)
+ -- modified site_header to call misc_methods.advertising correctly, passing base_url instead
+ of site_url -- this was causing a transaction update everytime pages were accessed
+ (demo mode only) (reported by Pavlos Christoforou)
+ -- modified SquishSite site_url method (moved code from Posting site_url method)
+ to fix bug where site_url is incorrect if called from folders below Squishdot folder
+
+ver 0.3.2
+
+ -- added back Squishdot_editForm.dtml (got lost due to a CVS setup screwup)
+
+ver 0.3.3a1
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+ -- fixed SquishPosting ac_permissions so that moderators no longer need to
+ have a "manager" role in order to approve articles -- they only need the
+ manage postings privilege
+
+ver 0.3.4
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+ -- fixed dynamic dates in rightbox_methods that were broken in 0.3.3a1
+ -- removed path from suggestion cookies to enable them to work in conjunction with the SiteAccess
+ product
+ -- gifs and zips in CVS were turned into binary files to stop corruption during CVS checkout.
+
+ver 0.4.0
+
+ -- __init__.py re-implemented using the Zope 2 API
+ -- added 'view' tab to management screens.
+ -- move 'about' out of Squishdot.py into about.dtml
+ -- removed redundant SquishItem and SquishSet classes.
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+ -- changed indexing to be ZCatalog-based. This means you get a 'Cataloged Objects' tab.
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+ -- fixed mail_html in the fancy demos so it sends out correctly formatted MIME.
+ -- changed mail_html in the plain demo so it doesn't use MIME.
+
+ver 0.4.1
+
+ -- The namespace and client are now passed to showMessage and showError to things like site_header and site_footer may be used.
+ -- A minor bug in the 'Plain' demo's addPostingForm was fixed. (reported by Paul Browning)
+ -- 'body'is no longer a required search argument, a bug introduced in 0.4.0. (reported by Kai-Oli Tiffany)
+ -- SquishSet and SquishItem re-instated :S (They're needed for the ZSearchable Interface)
+ -- A new and more useful mail_html has been included in the 'Plain' demo.
+ -- Security has been tightened and a new set of roles introduced.
+ -- A message saying that a Mail Host is required for mail notification is included on certain forms. (suggested by Paul Browning)
+
+ver 0.5.0
+
+ -- Adding support for postings to be formatted as Plain Text, HTML or Structured text.
+ -- Enabled preview when editing postings through the management interface.
+ -- Fixed KeyError for site_header in Plain demo.
+ -- Fixed another bug introduced in 0.4.0 that prevented Squishdot working with the ZSearchable Interface.
+ -- Made Squishdot behave more like a ZCatalog in the way you can search it.
+ -- Fixed a missing ',' that was causing the 'managemanage_editForm bug'.
+ -- Fixed problem with Path on cookies that meant you had to enter name and email address at each level in the folder structure.
+ -- Fixed nasty bug in the CRLF regular expression that meant lines were (and in old articles, still are) containing \r's.
+ That really confused the structured text renderer ;-)
+
+ver 0.6.0
+
+ -- Integrated Bruce Perens' Batch Moderation patch and made some of its functionality available on the Postings page.
+ -- The administrator can now be optionally emailed when news articles and/or postings arrive.
+ -- Some improvements in presentation in the management interface screens.
+
+ver 0.7.0
+
+ -- Changes to the Demo Sites and Squishdot core to make them Zope 2.2 compatible.
+ -- Updated Cataloging to use the Traversal Interface. This means 0.7.0 will not work with versions of Zope earlier than 2.2.0!
+ -- Added in some html_quoting. The Demo Sites could do with a lot more...
+ -- Some small changes to the management screens.
+
+ver 0.7.1
+
+ -- Slightly updated roadmap.
+ -- Fixed bug that prevented deleting postings.
+
+ver 0.7.2
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+ -- Made Squishdot work with INSTANCE_HOME Zope installations.
+
+ver 0.7.3
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+ -- Removed bad url quoting of email addresses in some of the fancy demo pages.
+ -- Fixed TinyTable detection that got broken in 0.7.2.
+ -- Fixed problems with moderated Squishdot sites and searching.
+ -- Fixed the behaviour of Squishdot's ZCatalog when Squishdot Sites were moved, copied or renamed.
+ -- Updated copyright in about.dtml
+ -- Updated roadmap.
+
+ver 0.8.0
+
+ -- Made Squishdot work with TinyTable or TunyTablePlus. Also made Tinytables work in 2.3.0.
+ -- Fixed KeyError problem with Re-Catalog All Postings button.
+ -- Reversed the order of postings on the postings tab and other small changes to make the Postings
+ view more useful
+
+ver 1.0.0
+
+ -- Added Updaters to handle fixing old Squish Site instances.
+ -- HTML postings are parsed to remove harmful tags. Unclosed tags are closed.
+ -- Reimplemented email notifications. No HTML mail is now sent.
+ HTML in postings is converted to text before being mailed out.
+ -- Fixed a design problem with threading (this requries an updater to be run ;-).
+ -- Fixed wierdness in Plain Demo addPostingForm which included the original posting's subject in all replies.
+ -- Fixed the problem that someone with only Moderate Postings permissions couldn't acutally edit postings.
+ -- Fixed reply count problem when postings were deleted.
+ -- Made moderation stuff show if there are postings that require moderaion, not if we're in moderated mode.
+ The two are not necessarily the same
+ -- Added the ability for moderators to add, delete and modfy attachments to postings.
+ -- Removed unneccessary exception catching in __init__.py
+ -- Split the monolithic Squishdot.py file into several small, more usefuly files.
+
+ver 1.1.0
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+ -- Search results calculation has been re-implemented and should be much more efficient now.
+ -- Updated some information in one of the sample postings.
+ -- Posting previews now also use the HTML parser.
+ -- HTML parsing now doen using the Strip-o-Gram library.
+ -- Mail notification has been improved. In addition, the site administrator will be mailed if notification fails.
+ -- Postings now have a 'date' method which returns a DateTime object of their creation date and time.
+ This is really handy for indexing and sorting.
+ -- Properties are now deletable letting you share a set of properties between several Squishdot Sites.
+ -- The moderation tab now renders postings in their correct format.
+ -- The date_created, time_created and time_modified methods have been deprecated.
+ -- Squishdot now uses the new Zope 2.3.2 BTrees
+ -- The Updaters have been modified to use the UpdateSupport product.
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+ver 1.2.0
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+ -- Strip-O-Gram now uses a much better HTML Parser.
+ -- Strip-O-Gram no longer allows you to sneak tags through using cunning means.
+ -- Fixed a bug in where the preview code picked up the encoding type from.
+ -- Fixed a bug in the posting deletion code that re-calculated posting counts incorrectly.
+ This meant that some postings which hadn't been deleted weren't showing up.
+
+ver 1.2.1
+
+ -- Fixed stupid typo in Article.py.
+ -- Brought back the Undo tab for Squishdot Sites.
+ -- Removed some silly url quoting code from index_html in the demo sites.
+
+ver 1.3.0
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+ -- Updated Licensing to be clear, consise and present in all files.
+ -- Removed deprecated usage of SCRIPT_NAME from demo sites.
+ -- Moved to new security spellings.
+ -- Fixed the inability to change the subject of postings.
+ -- Fixed bug when submitting incomplete postings.
+ -- Made compatible with Zope 2.4.x
+ -- Fixed mail notification template.
+ -- Made Postings implement the Traversal interface.
+ -- Squishfile now subclasses Zope's File object solving a few issues.
+ -- Enabled Squishdot to work with the Refresh product.
+ -- Fixed Strip-O-Gram bug that caused weirdness when & appeared on its own in postings.
+ -- Error emails are no longer sent, people should use the MailingLogger product from Zope.org
+ -- The render method is now replaceable by added an object called 'render' into the Squishdot Site object.
+ -- Added a fairly complete PyUnit Test Suite.
+ -- merged validateArticle and validateComment into a single validatePosting method.
+
+ver 1.4.0
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+ -- Fixed cancelNotification URL in mail_html. Also fixed broken tests that should have caught it.
+ -- Postings' desc_items method now filters on reviewed status.
+ -- Optimisation of indexing during addition of postings.
+ -- Fixed a very bad indexing bug involving incorrect Acquisition wrapping. This also made
+ moderaton break completely.
+ -- Fixed bug in plain demo previewPosting method.
+ -- Moved to Strip-o-Gram 1.1.
+ -- Adapted to Structured Text's desire to suddenly change API.
+ -- Fixed bug when manage_edit is called non-TTW.
+ -- Fixed bug that prevented replies being deleted.
+ -- Fixed various small bugs.
+ -- Removed unused desc_items method of SquishSite enabling the removal of redundant Stack class.
+ -- Fixed bug that meant 'None' was returned when messages were successfully posted.
+ -- Fixed incorrect incrementation of reply counts when people attempted add postings with
+ missing fields.
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+ver 1.4.1
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+ -- Added the ability to delete postings be specifying their id on the moderation page.
+ -- Slight improvement in efficiency of previewForm for 'plain' sites.
+ -- Approving Articles or Postings using their edit form was fixed.
+ -- Fixed a bug preventing attachments from being downloaded from Article or Posting edit forms.
+ -- Added the ability to reverse approval of a Posting or Article using its edit form.
+ -- Some tests were made mroe robust so they ran cross platform and from various locations.
+ -- Updaters were chanegd so they are named as described in the README.TXT of the UpdateSupport product.
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+ver 1.5.0
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+ -- Added the ability to edit the date of posting on the posting edit form.
+ -- Update the posting's 'modified' attribute when postings are editted.
+ -- Use BTrees.IIBTree.IISet instead of the deprecated intSet.intSet.
+ -- Fixed problems with indexes and metadata for Zope 2.6.0.
+ -- Added 'date' as metadata by default.
+ -- Fixed handling of reply counts and moderated counts when un-approving postings.
+ -- Moved to Strip-o-Gram 1.4.
+ -- Better documentation and some renaming in updaters.
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+ KNOWN BUGS:
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+ -- the demo sites don't html-quote several fields which really should be.
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+ -- Clicking the Import/Export button within a Squishdot site won't let you do anything useful.
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+ +Credits : + +ver. 0.1.0 + + -- Digital Creations (http://www.digicool.org) -- original Confera code + -- Butch Landingin (butchland@yahoo.com) -- original author and current maintainer + -- Jeremy Pena (jeremypena@yahoo.com) -- code fixes, html updates + -- John de la Paz (johndelapaz@yahoo.com) -- gif updates (animation, squishdot logo, topic images) + -- Rob Malda (malda@slashdot.org) -- Slashdot (slashdot.org) look and feel ideas, navigation, gen. inspiration etc. + +ver. 0.1.1 + + -- Butch Landingin -- bug fixes + +ver. 0.1.2 + + -- Butch Landingin -- bug fixes + +ver. 0.1.3 + + -- Butch Landingin -- various bug fixes + +ver. 0.1.4 + + -- Butch Landingin -- bug fix + +ver. 0.1.5 + + -- Butch Landingin -- bug fix + +ver. 0.3.0 + + -- Butch Landingin -- preview panels, bug fixes, updates, additional + features, squishdot logo, testing + -- Bruce Perens, Avvus, others -- rdf/rss page + -- A.M.Kuchling, others -- "re" fixes + -- M. Bernstein -- t.y. for maintaining the site during my absences + -- others too numerous to mention -- for bug reports, egooboo messages, suggestions, + patches, etc. + -- Lalo Martins, date_posted fix + -- pesky ACs (and non-ACs as well) who keep reminding me to get on my butt + and finish this thing ;^)... + +ver. 0.3.1 + + -- Butch Landingin -- bug fixes + -- Lalo Martins, date posted patch + +ver. 0.3.2 + + -- Butch Landingin -- bugfix + +ver. 0.3.3a1 + + -- Butch Landingin -- bugfix + -- Scott Kaplan -- bugfix + +ver. 0.3.4 + + -- Chris Withers -- bug fixes + +ver. 0.4.0 + + -- Chris Withers -- bug fixes and ZCatalog Indexing. + +ver. 0.4.1 + + -- Chris Withers -- bug fixes and new functionality. + +ver. 0.5.0 + + -- Chris Withers -- bug fixes and new functionality + -- John Glossner for the patch that enabled preview when editing postings in the management interface + -- Wilbert Yuque for finding the KeyError in the Plain Demo + -- Dan Pierson and Lance for their help in making Squishdot adhere to the ZSearch interface and behave more like a ZCatalog + -- Steve Alexander for helping me track down the CRLF bug. + +ver. 0.6.0 + + -- Chris Withers -- new functionality + -- Bruce Perens -- batch moderation patch + -- Martijn Pieters -- management interface taming ;-) + +ver. 0.7.0 + + -- Chris Withers -- grunt work of checking everything was the way it should be ;-) + -- Lance -- patches for some of the Zope 2.2 compatability problems. + -- Shane Hathaway -- help with some really confusing tracebacks. + +ver. 0.7.1 + + -- Ulrich Schreiner -- patch to fix deletion of postings bug. + +ver. 0.7.2 + + -- Chris Withers -- implementation of INSTANCE_HOME compatability + -- Evan Simpson -- information about package_home() + +ver. 0.7.3 + + -- Chris Withers -- bug fixes. + -- Fred Yankowski -- for point out bad url quoting. + -- Philip Tellis -- patch to fix TinyTable detection. + +ver. 0.8.0 + + -- Chris Withers -- bug fixes. + -- Tres Seaver -- pointers for solving the KeyError on Re-Catalog All Postings problem + +ver. 1.0.0 + + -- Chris Withers -- bug fixes and new features. + -- Itamar Shtull-Trauring -- parser to strip harmful HTML and close unclosed tags + -- unknown@anonymous.openface.ca -- Fixed problem with permissions for editing postings + +ver. 1.1.0 + + -- Chris Withers -- bug fixes and new features. + -- Mike Renfo -- Finding a bug in the postingPreview method. + -- Andy McKay -- Strip-o-Gram testing. + +ver. 1.2.0 + + -- Chris Withers -- bug fixes. + -- Guido van Rossum and Fred Drake -- Kick ass HTML parser :-) + -- J M Cerqueira Esteves -- Strip-o-Gram testing. + -- Emmanuel Viennet -- reproducing posting count bug. + +ver. 1.2.1 + + -- Chris Withers -- bug fixes. + +ver. 1.2.1 + + -- Chris Withers -- bug fixes, code updating and refactoring + -- Raymond Penners -- patch to enable editing of Posting subjects + +ver. 1.3.0 + + -- Chris Withers -- bug fixes & refactoring + +ver. 1.4.0 + + -- Chris Withers -- bug fixes, refactoring & optimisations + -- Michael Bernsteing -- analysis of desc_items bug + -- Adam Warner -- patch for bug in plain demo previewPosting method + -- Rob Bickers -- noticed STX tag problem + -- Nicola Larosa -- fixes for various small bugs + +ver. 1.4.1 + + -- Chris Withers -- new functionality and bux fixes. + -- Mike Renfro -- tidy up of Squishdot_previewForm.dtml + -- Andy Dawkins -- bug fixes. + +ver. 1.5.0 + + -- Chris Withers -- new functionality and bug fixes + -- Gari Araolaza -- idea for editing date of posting and analysis of 2.6.0 ZCatalog problems + -- Dirk Datzert -- noticing problems in set_reviewed method and providing patch + ++ |
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+ NB: Please make sure you upgrade to Squishdot 1.5.0 + before upgrading to Zope 2.6.0! + + +Upgrading to Squishdot 1.4.0+
Upgrading to Squishdot 1.3.0+ +
Upgrading to Squishdot 1.2.1+
Upgrading to Squishdot 1.1.0+
Upgrading to Squishdot 1.0.0+
Upgrading to Squishdot 0.7.x+There's a small change you need to make in the following + DTML methods of each pre-0.7.0 Squishdot Site object: +
Whenever the expression If you start getting KeyErrors on thread_path, it might be worth clicking
+ on Upgrading to Squishdot 0.6.0+Assuming you are upgrading from 0.5.0, there's nothing you need + to do to old Squishdot Sites! + + +Upgrading to Squishdot 0.5.0+Assuming you are upgrading from 0.4.1, you don't + need to do anything... + +However, if you want to use the new Plain Text and Structured Text stuff, + you'll need to change any exisiting Squishdot Sites you have as follows: + + +
Upgrading to Squishdot 0.4.1+Assuming you are upgrading from 0.4.0, + please do the following for each of your Squishdot objects: + + +
Upgrading to Squishdot 0.4.0+If you are upgrading from a previous version of Squishdot to 0.4.0, + please do the following for each of your Squishdot objects: + + +
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+ is a news publishing and discussion product for
+ Zope. It creates a place in your
+ website where people can post short articles, news items, announcements, etc. as well
+ as hold threaded discussions about them. In other words, Squishdot
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+ + Squishdot Features+Squishdot is a Zope Product, i.e. it works as a plug-in module for the Zope + Application Server. It provides you with a news publishing and discussion site with a + minimal amount of configuration and day-to-day administration. It is also easy to + customize and can satisfy a wide range of news publishing needs. + +Like Zope, it is being released under an + OpenSource license. You can use, modify, and + redistribute the source code for both commercial and non-commercial purposes following + the terms imposed by the license. + +Squishdot was inspired by Slashdot, + a news publishing and discussion website (i.e. a weblog website) focusing on technology and + the open source movement. While Butch credits Slashdot with many of the ideas he used + (e.g. navigational structure, mode of interaction, look-and-feel), + it must be made clear that Slashdot is NOT in any way affiliated with, nor does + it endorse or support Squishdot. DO NOT request any support or submit bugs, + enhancement requests, questions etc. to Slashdot regarding Squishdot. Instead, send all + email regarding Squishdot to squishdot@squishdot.org. + + +Some Squishdot features include: +
Squishdot versions+Squishdot version numbers have a three part numeric format separated + by a dot (x.y.z) where x is the major release number, y is the minor release + number and z is a maintenance release number. + +
+ The latest release can be downloaded from here. + + +Documentation++ If you want more information about the current release, here are some related + documents: + +
Support++ If you run into problems with squishdot, please + search this website + or try the mailist list. Bear in mind that + the people who help here aren't being paid, so asked politely and help those that you can. + If you require further consultancy or support and you are prepared to pay, please email + support@squishdot.org. + + +Attribution request++ While not a requirement, you are requested to give some attribution to Squishdot, + in the same way that Zope requests it in its license. This will help the product to grow + and should mean we all end up with a better product in the long run. + + ++ There is a Squishdot logo which you are encouraged to put + on any Squishdot sites you set up. It'd also be great if you could make the logo a link + to http://squishdot.org. If for some reason you would rather not use a logo, + then please include some text on the main page mentioning that you are using Squishdot + along with the url shown above. + + + +Installation++ If you need instructions on downloading and installing Zope, please visit the + Zope website. The Squishdot package is available + for download + here and at the + Zope Products page. + ++ Installation of Squishdot is the same as for any other Zope product. For + early versions of Squishdot, you just need to untar the package + into the zope installation directory. That's the directory with the + z2.py file in it, if you're unsure. + However, for versions 0.7.2 and later of Squishdot you need to + untar the package into the Products directory of + your Zope installation. + Consult the Zope documentation if you need further information. + ++ For Windows, you can use Winzip or any similar utility to open the + Squishdot-x-x-x.tar.gz package (where Squishdot-x-x-x.tar.gz is the + name of the Squishdot package you downloaded) and extract all the files + into the appropriate directory. Make sure that the "use folder names" + option is checked. + ++ For Linux and other Unix systems, cd to the appropriate directory and do a + tar xvzf Squishdot-x-x-x.tar.gz (where Squishdot-x-x-x.tar.gz is the + name of the Squishdot package you downloaded). + ++ + If you are planning to use either of the 'fancy' demos, it is recommended that + you have the Tiny Table Zope product installed. + This product, written by Ty Sarna, allows you to store small sets of data in simple + and easy to manage tables. Squishdot uses it to manage some of the configuration options. + The Tiny Table product is available at the Zope + Products page. + + ++ After installing both the Squishdot and TinyTable products, shutdown and restart Zope. + Open the Zope management interface in a web browser (e.g. go to + http://your-zope-server/manage) and click on the + Available Objects selection list. There should + be two additional objects available in the list; "Squishdot Site" + and "TinyTable". If they are not on the list, check the next + section for debugging options, otherwise continue to the next paragraph. + ++ Select the Squishdot Site option and create your Squishdot site + by entering an id and a title. You can also modify some of the + options presented to you, but don't worry about them for now. + Click on Add. + ++ That's it. Your site should now be ready. If you've selected the + fancy demo option (which requires the TinyTable product), + the Squishsite would have come up with some documentation displayed as sample articles. + They also showcase many of the features of Squishdot. + +Debugging your installation++ If the two objects are not present, then something went wrong with the package + installation. Check to make sure that the Squishdot and Tiny Table packages are + installed correctly; there should be both a TinyTable and Squishdot directory + under the /lib/python/Products directory of your Zope installation. Also, make sure + that the version of Zope you are using is 2.2.0 or greater. + ++ Another check + you can make is to open the Zope management interface and click on to the Control + Panel folder. In the control panel folder, click on the Product Management link. + This will bring up the list of available products for your Zope Installation. + If either TinyTable product or Squishdot product is not on the list, then the + TinyTable product or the Squishdot package were not installed correctly. + ++ If either of the two products show up on the list but are displayed with broken box + icon beside them, click on the link for the product; this will then display + a error message which will indicate why the installation of the package failed. + You can use the error message to figure out whats going on and fix it yourself. + Or you can subscribe to the + zope mailing lists and + ask for help there. If you ask for help in the mailing list, including the error + text in your message will help a lot in diagnosing your + installation problem. + +Mailing Lists++ If you wish to always get the latest and greatest information on Squishdot, + you can join the mailing list. + + |
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