Lesson 1. "Elvis Lives" Home Page

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Let's create a home page for "Elvis Lives", an organization that tracks Elvis sightings.

First you need to create a DTML Document for the home page. Zope uses DTML Documents for web pages.

1. Select DTML Document from the product add list.

2. Type home.html for the document id.

3. Type Elvis Lives for the document title.

4. Click Add and Edit.

You should now see a screen where you can edit your web page.

1. Change the contents of the document to::

   <dtml-var standard_html_header>
   
   <dtml-var header.gif>
   
   <p>
   Welcome to <i><dtml-var title></i>,
   your source for information about
   Elvis and Elvis sightings.
   </p>
   
   <dtml-var standard_html_footer>

2. Click the Change button.

The contents of the document are a mixture of HTML and special tags called DTML.

The <dtml-var> tag inserts things into web pages. In this page we insert a page header, a page footer, an image, and a title with DTML.

Now let's see what our page looks like.

1. Click the View tab at the top of the screen.

Congratulations you've created a web page with Zope.

Summary

Zope allows you to create and manage objects through the web.

• Zope uses DTML Documents for web pages.

• Create Zope objects by choosing them from the product add list.

• View Zope objects by clicking the View tab.

• Insert content in web pages with the <dtml-var> tag.

In the next lesson you'll expand your web site.

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