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Update:

Issue 9 of ZopeMag has launched. We had so many great articles for Issue 9 that we didn't want the SuperGuide overhaul to delay the launch of another great issue. The two revised SuperGuide parts will be out within the next few weeks. A big thank you to all of our authors, editors and subscribers who continue to make ZopeMag a one-of-a-kind resource!

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Interviews:   Interview with Stéfane Fermigier by: ZopeMag Staff In this Issue we chat with Stéfane Fermigier of Nuxeo. Nuxeo produces among other things the popular Zope based Collaborative Portal Server (CPS). Articles:  Fine Grained Permissions by: Chris Curvey The number of different functions that Zope and Plone offer can be daunting when you're new to the environment. There are permissions, groups, roles, folders, workflow and, within Plone, "sharing". This article will walk you through some business problems from a real customer and will show the step-by-step solutions. Once you've worked through the examples in this article, you should have not only a set of techniques, but also a better understanding of how these functions interoperate.   Intro to Silva by: Jan Smith The Silva Content Management System (CMS) is suitable for small, medium and large organizations. Designed to eliminate webmaster bottleneck, content responsibilities can be securely delegated throughout the website. Silva is an open source application built on Zope.   Archetypes - Part III by: Sidnei da Silva In this article, you're going to learn how to use the power of Page Templates and the flexibility of Archetypes together to do several customizations of view/edit views and widgets, how to create new widgets (including fancy javascript-enabled widgets) and all of this without modifying a single line of code in archetypes.   Profiling Zope (Part I of II) by: Michel Pelletier To handle a large site, Zope needs lots of disk space, memory, and CPU resources. Usually, Zope does its job as quickly and efficiently as it can with the resources you give it. When you begin to customize your site in Python, however, you may end up noticing your code being rather slow. This is the first of a two-part article series.   Intro to CPS by: K. Kirchner In this article we'll take a look at the Nuxeo Collaborative Portal Server (CPS). It is built on top of CMF and is a Content Management System that allows users to work together in groups and publish contents using a dedicated workflow. We'll also see how CPSSkin, an add-on for CPS, can be used to give your CPS site a new look.

Guides: miniGuide to Zope Hosting by: M. Pratt Unless you have your own server connected to the Internet you will need to work with a Zope Hosting Provider (ZHP) to deploy your Zope or Plone Based site or Web Application. This miniGuide explains the basics of Zope Hosting. SuperGuide for Newbies (Part II) by: ZopeMag Staff Coming later this quarter the second part of our very popular SuperGuide for Zope Newbies. Product Review: DocFinderTab by: K. Kirchner One problem that almost inevitably arises when one is working with Zope is trying to work out where an object gets its methods and attributes. The difficulty here is often due to Python's feature of multiple base classes. Due to inheritance sometimes you have to work your way through 4 or more modules to find the method you are looking for. Debugging especially can be tedious. DocFinder or DocFinderTab will make your life easier. mxODBC Zope Database Adaptor by: Samuel Sotillo We review the only commercial Database Adaptor available for Zope.