Introduction¶
Goals, Pre-Requisites, and Tools
So you think Archetypes' way of automagically generating HTML to view your object isn't pretty enough? Well, you've come to the right place! I'm going to teach you how to dress up those boring, drab views and make them shine!
Goals: What will I learn?¶
- How Archetypes generates views for content objects
- How much control Archetypes gives you
- How to change the HTML output for a particular field by creating a custom widget template
- How to use the Archetypes template framework to make minor changes to the default AT-generated view
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How to customize the HTML output for the entire view of
an Archetypes object by using the
title,body,folderlisting, andfootermacros
Pre-Requisites: What do I need to know?¶
- How to read and write Python code
- How to read and write Zope Page Templates (ZPT)
- How to create Archetypes-based products (ArchGenXML is acceptable)
Tools: What do I need to have installed?¶
- Plone 2.0 or 2.1
- Archetypes (included by default in Plone 2.1)
- The ATViewTutorial product - this product has examples of the concepts in this tutorial