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This is just my way of testing gists

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## Script (Python) "convert_news_to_press"
##bind container=container
##bind context=context
##bind namespace=
##bind script=script
##bind subpath=traverse_subpath
##parameters=
##title=Convert to News Items to Press Releases
##
source_contenttype = 'News Item'

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• http://plone.org/documentation/manual/developer-manual/generic-setup/using-genericsetup-efficiently
• When migrating an old product that used to sit in the products folder use the Products namespace - https://weblion.psu.edu/trac/weblion/wiki/EggifyAnExistingProduct
• Best explanation of a component - http://plone.org/documentation/manual/theme-reference/buildingblocks/components/
• Use dumppickedversions when troubleshooting
• Notes on debugging plone - http://plone.org/documentation/kb/best-practices/debugging-plone

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<configure
    xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
    xmlns:browser="http://namespaces.zope.org/browser"
    i18n_domain="your.product">

<!-- this is browser/configure.zcml 
without the allowed_attributes I get a permission error -->
 <browser:page
    name="helloview"
    for="*"

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[buildout]
extensions =
    buildout.bootstrap
    mr.developer
extends = http://dist.plone.org/release/4.2b1/versions.cfg
extends-cache = .
find-links = http://dist.plone.org/thirdparty/elementtree-1.2.7-20070827-preview.zip
parts =
    mod-wsgi
    plone

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mkdir plonewsgi
cd plonewsgi
# works with python 2.7 virtualenv!!
virtualenv-2.7 --no-site-packages --distribute .
bin/pip install zc.buildout
bin/buildout init
wget --no-check-certificate https://raw.github.com/gist/1543998/34af3ad5cffe1df2f6c4253bc771de6bb3760857/buildout.cfg
bin/buildout

#to start your plone instance run

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wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1004432/ploneide.zip 
# on OS X use
# curl -O http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1004432/ploneide.zip
unzip ploneide.zip
cd ploneide
python2.6 bootstrap.py
bin/buildout
# be sure you have reliable internet access
# wait 15 - 25 minutes 
# TROUBLESHOOTING

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# add these lines to your script so that it will become proxy aware
# it assumes that you have set an http_proxy and or https_proxy
# export http_proxy=myproxy:8080
# export https_proxy=myproxy:8080
opener = urllib2.build_opener()
urllib2.install_opener(opener)

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""" This script allows you to interactively create a new database """
import gdata.spreadsheet.text_db
import getpass
import os
          
# os.putenv('http_proxy','scalpel:8080')
# os.putenv('https_proxy','scalpel:8080')
         
# Create a client class which will make HTTP requests with 
# Google Spreadsheet Service

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/**
 * Subtractive Color Wheel 
 * by Ira Greenberg. 
 * 
 * The primaries are red, yellow, and blue. The secondaries are green, 
 * purple, and orange. The tertiaries are  yellow-orange, red-orange, 
 * red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green, and yellow-green.
 * 
 * Create a shade or tint of the subtractive color wheel using
 * SHADE or TINT parameters.