Lesson 2. Going to Graceland

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Elvis loved his home, Graceland. Let's link an existing page to our web site with information about Graceland.

1. Click on the graceland Folder.

2. Inside you should see a number of objects including an index_html document.

If a Folder contains an object named index_html, that object provides the folder's default view. This is just like how an index.html or a default.htm file works with a conventional web server.

Notice that the location of the graceland folder appears at the top of the management screen. This tells you the URL of the folder.

You can navigate between Zope management screens using the location links. Go back up to the enclosing folders by clicking their ids in the URL.

1. Return to the enclosing folder by clicking the lesson2 link in the folder's URL.

2. Click on the home.html document to edit it.

3. Change the contents of the home.html 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>
   
   <h2>About Elvis</h2>
   
   <p>
   Elvis was born in
   <a href="graceland">Graceland</a>.
   </p>
   
   <dtml-var standard_html_footer>

4. Click the Change button.

This adds a link the the graceland folder. Now let's test out the link.

1. Click the View tab.

You've successfully created a multi-page site with a link between two Zope objects.

Summary

Zope files and documents have a lot in common with conventional web pages--they have names, are arranged in hierarchies, and have URLs that correspond to their locations.

• Folders contain other Zope objects.

• The default object for a Folder is named index_html.

• The Zope management screens allow you to navigate between folders and determine the URLs of objects.

In the next lesson you'll learn about moving pages around in Zope.

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