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Zope Deployment Models
Possible models of deployment of Zope to meet various content management and application development needs. The four models listed range from lightweight and easily deployed through to all-encompasing and fully featured:
- Micro - small scale sites, low numbers of content objects and authors, quick development time, low technical requirements, managed through the Zope management interface (ZMI)
- Mini - small to medium scale sites using custom DTML interfaces and/or the ZMI for publishing and editing content, requiring ongoing admin support but generally supporting autonomous authoring
- Full - medium to large-scale sites, many authors requiring devolved management through non-technical web interfaces, supporting workflow, custom user roles, focused on content-managment more than web app development, and restricted to standard corporate look and feel
- Über - large scale sites with many authors and roles, user-driven wizards for site construction, administration and reporting, workflow, custom development for content management of arbitrary content types, flexibile skinning and look and feel (not neccessarily corporate)
| Micro | Mini | Full | Über | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Features | ||||
| Num of Authors
|
1-4 |
1-4 |
5+ |
10+ |
| Num of Objects |
few (< 50)
|
some (<100) |
many (100+) |
100's |
| User Roles |
admin only |
admin + authors
|
admin + authors + custom |
any |
| Interface
|
ZMI |
ZMI, TTW, WYSIWYG |
TTW, WYSIWYG |
all |
| Worflow |
N
|
N |
Y |
Y |
| Skinning |
N |
N
|
N |
Y |
| Admin Wizards
|
N |
N |
N |
Y |
| Reporting |
N
|
N |
N |
Y |
| Learning Curve | ||||
| Authors |
Medium |
Medium |
Short |
Medium
|
| Admin |
Medium |
Medium
|
Medium |
Long |
| Developer | Short |
Medium |
Long |
Long
|
| Technologies | ||||
| DTML
|
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
| ZPT/TAL |
N
|
N |
Y |
Y |
| Python |
N |
Y
|
Y |
Y++ |
| CMF
|
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
| ZEO |
N
|
N |
N |
Y |
| ZCatalogs |
N |
Y
|
N |
Y |
| DAV
|
N |
N |
N |
Y |
| XML/XSL |
N
|
N |
N |
Y |
| Authentication |
Local |
Local, Enterprise
|
Enterprise |
Enterprise |
| ODBC
|
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
| Virtual Hosting |
N
|
N |
N |
Y |
| Web services |
N |
N
|
N |
Y |
| Deployment
|
||||
| Release Timeframe |
Short |
Medium
|
Medium |
Long |
Über-zope model features
- Site establishment/skeleton-fleshing
- ZCatalogue utilities
- RSS News Feeds
- User/role management (with a lead editorial role)
- content expiration dates
- external content feeds/aggregation
- calendar of events
- voting mechanism
- information organisation - by org structure or workflow
See Also: Zope And Python | Web Development | Notes Index
