Global Sections¶

The top level sections of the site.

Notes:

The sections are either auto-generated from top level content items or can be set up manually

through the web: Site Setup > Navigation (for auto-generation) Site Setup > Zope Management Interface > portal_tabs (for manually defined sections)
in your product: profiles/default/actions.xml and propertiestool.xml

Snippet:

<h5
                        class="hiddenStructure">Sections</h5>
                        <ul
                        id="portal-globalnav">
                        …
                        </ul>

CSS:

public.css

Name:

plone.global_sections

Type:

viewlet

Use:

Site Setup > Zope Management Interface > portal_view_customizations

Go to:

plone.global_sections

Further information:

http://plone.org/documentation/kb/where-is-what/the-navigation-tabs

Customizing in your own product¶

The following details will help you locate the files that you will need to copy into your own product. They will also help you to provide the correct information to create your own zcml directives, Python classes, and interfaces.See viewlet for more information.

Located in:

[your egg location]/plone/app/layout/viewlets/

[your egg location]/plone.app.layout-[version].egg/plone/app/layout/viewlets/

Template Name:: sections.pt
Class Name:: plone.app.layout.viewlets.common.GlobalSectionsViewlet
Manager:: plone.portalheader (name) plone.app.layout.viewlets.interfaces.IPortalHeader (interface)

Sample files & directives¶

Put a version of sections.pt in [your theme package]/browser/templates)

Create your own version of the class in [your theme package]/browser/[your module].py

                          from plone.app.layout.viewlets.common import GlobalSectionsViewlet
from Products.Five.browser.pagetemplatefile import ViewPageTemplateFile
class [your class name](GlobalSectionsViewlet):
    render = ViewPageTemplateFile("[your template name]")

                        

Wire up your viewlet in [your theme package]/browser/configure.zcml

                          <browser:viewlet
    name="[your namespace].[your viewlet name]"
    manager="plone.app.layout.viewlets.interfaces.IPortalHeader"
    class=".[your module].[your class name]"
    layer=".interfaces.[your theme specific interface]"
    permission="zope2.View"
/>

                        

In [your theme package]/profiles/default/viewlets.xml

Hide the original viewlet (if you wish)

                          <object>
    <hidden manager="plone.portalheader" skinname="[your skin name]">
        <viewlet name="plone.global_sections" />
    </hidden>

                        

Insert your new viewlet in a viewlet manager

                              <order manager="plone.portalheader" skinname="[your skin name]"
           based-on="Plone Default">
        <viewlet name="[your namespace].[your viewlet name]"
                 insert-before="*" />
    </order>
</object>

                        