[Setup] DIY Plone Styles & Limi's tutorial Part 4

Larry Pitcher unclelarry at columbiainet.com
Wed Aug 22 03:23:43 UTC 2007


unionhack wrote:
> I just got this to work after multiple attempts. The problem seemed to be
> that windows still hasn't got used to spaces in file names. and so thought
> that C:\Program was supposed to be a program....

Iain,

I've gotten into the habit of telling the Windows Installer to put my 
Plone at: C:\Plone2\ (Now C:\Plone3\) for this very reason. It also puts 
it in plain view when I open my C:\ drive in Windows Explorer ;-)

Larry Pitcher

> 
> Here's what I did (Windows XP 32):
> move DIYPloneStyles folder to C:\
> run cmd
> cd C:\Program Files\Plone 3\Python
> python C:\DIYPloneStyles\bin\generator.py --productname=MyTheme
> 
> A folder named MyTheme will now show up in C:\Program Files\Plone 3\Python.
> Note: no extension used on "python", and "=" after "productname".
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Iain
> 
> 
> Chris Chambers wrote:
>> Installed OK in Plone 3 on Windows XP x64. But Uninstalled as per tutorial
>> and then tried the command line 
>>
>> On Limi's tutorial A Real-World Example Part4: A proper foundation at the
>> part:
>>
>> cd Products/DIYPloneStyle
>>
>>    python bin/generator.py --productname MyTheme
>>
>>
>> In a command window I need to use python.exe (tried no extension and full
>> path neither work) and then I get error:
>> C:\....\python.exe is not a valid Win32 application
>>
>> If I substitute the python.exe from the Plone 3 install then it runs and
>> says pyhton24.dll is missing. Add this and I get an error:
>> 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "bin\generator.py", line 4, in ?
>> import os, sys, optparse
>> ImportError: No module named os
>>
>> Did I unzip with WinZip (against recommendation)? - Yes guilty is this
>> what has cause the problem?
>>
>>
> 




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