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Drop-in template overrides.

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Overview

The z3c.jbot (or “Just a bunch of templates”) package allows easy customization of existing templates and images. It works on Zope 2 and Zope 3.

The Chameleon rendering engine is supported [1].

Use of this package adds a small (2-3 ms per request on Plone) to the total application response time.

Usage

To override a particular file, first determine its canonical filename. It’s defined as the path relative to the package within which the file is located; directory separators are replaced with dots.

Example:

Suppose you want to override: /plone/app/layout/viewlets/logo.pt

You would use the filename: plone.app.layout.viewlets.logo.pt

Simply drop the file in a directory and register that directory for use with jbot using a ZCML-directive:

<include package="z3c.jbot" file="meta.zcml" />

<browser:jbot
    directory="<path>"
    layer="<layer>" />

Templates in views, viewlets and portlets

Any template that is defined as a class-attribute can be overriden using jbot, e.g. those used in views, viewlets and portlets. The template overrides may be registered for any request layer or only a specific layer.

CMF objects

Any skin-object (e.g. images, templates) on the file system (directory views) can be overridden.

Author

Malthe Borch <mborch@gmail.com>

Changes

0.5.3 (2009-10-31)

  • ZCML-directive is now called jbot. [malthe]

0.5.2 (2009-10-23)

  • Fixed issue where an exception would be raised if a view was not an acquirer, while the context was. [gweis]

0.5.1 (2009-10-19)

  • Acquisition-wrap template instance, if applicable. This fixes an issue on Zope 2.10 where legacy code would break.

0.5 (2009-10-16)

  • Added support for CMF skin objects.

0.4 (2009-10-15)

  • Added Chameleon-support.

  • Reimplemented override logic; the total usage cost is now reduced to an insignificant amount. Meanwhile, only templates that are defined as class-attributes (e.g. on views, viewlets and portlets) can be overriden.

0.3 (2009-09-26)

  • Improved test coverage.

  • Refactored code, improving performance.

  • Fixed issue with multiple layers.

0.2 (2008-07-14)

  • Added layer support.

0.1 (2007-11-27)

  • Initial public release.

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