Using a folder on the file system instead of portal_skins/custom?

[Charles Y. Choi]

Folks -

Is there a way to specify a folder on the filesystem where I can add
templates and python scripts without going through the overhead of
building an Archetype? What I want is a way to get the benefits of
portal_skins/custom without having to go through the ZMI or via FTP to
get to whatever I put in there.

Thanks!

-Charles

[Aleksandr Vladimirskiy]

Hi,

This is probably not as minimal of a solution as you're looking for,
but it definitely doesn't involve building an Archetypes based type.

http://plone.org/products/diyplonestyle

There's a generator utility in bin/ that allows you to build a scaffold
necessary to get a skin into Plone. Works with 2.1 and 2.5.

> smime.p7s
> 3KDownload

[Chris]

Aleksandr Vladimirskiy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is probably not as minimal of a solution as you're looking for,
> but it definitely doesn't involve building an Archetypes based type.
>
> http://plone.org/products/diyplonestyle
>
> There's a generator utility in bin/ that allows you to build a scaffold
> necessary to get a skin into Plone. Works with 2.1 and 2.5.
>

I use the DIYPloneStyle generator and it does exactly what you're
looking for (if I understand your requirements). Only catch is that
you'd have to 'install' the CustomSkin you generate with the script
they provide, but once installed, it'll reference filesystem folders
within the /Data/Products/MySkin folder with no problems...

-Chris