Package README (CVS ver. 1.4)

TTWType - a product for defining new CMF types via the ZMI

    you can use TTWType to define new CMF portal types via
    the ZMI (without creating a new product). This is different
    to modifying existing portal types as you can also add new
    fields.

    You can either use TTWType or TTWFolder to specify your portal types.

    This is some sort of prototype implementation to test
    this idea.

    Prerequisites

    - Formulator (tested with 1.3.0)
    - CMF
    - CMFFormController
    - Plone 2 (might be optional, I only tested it with Plone)

    Installation

        Use the quick installer to register TTWType. If you don't have
    quickinstaller (cmf only people?) install TTWType the old way:

    create an external method inside your portal with the
    following data:

    id -- install_ttwtype

    title -- Install TTW Type

    module name -- TTWType.Install

    function name -- install

    Then click on the Test Tab: the skins as well as the
    navigation and validation properties for a plone site
    will be installed.

    Next, you have to ready it for usage.

    Usage

    1. Go to the portal_types inside your Portal.

    2. Add a new "TTW Type information" or "TTW Folder Type information"
       from the drop-down box. Please note that at the moment, it is not
       possible
       to convert a non-folderish type to a folderish one after a type has been
       defined.

    3. optionally fill in description and title

    4. click on the "Fields" tab on the top

    5. you will be presented by a Formulator management screen.
       Simply add fields and configure them.
       These will be used in the edit form also.

        6. Go to the Security tab at the root of your Portal, and give the
           "Add TTWFolders" and "Add TTWObjects" permissions to the Member
           role.

        7. Now you can add your new type via the normal Plone/CMF interface

    Optionally you can then adjust the ttw_view skin (copy it to
    a new name and change the view action in your type information).

    (C) 2003, 2004 by Christian Scholz (cs@comlounge.net).

    Contact me also as MrTopf@IRC.

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