AT Content Types

Installation

 Please read INSTALL.txt for a list of requirements before installing this
 product. ATContentTypes requires new versions of Python, Zope, Plone and
 Archetypes. Make sure you've updated all products.

Reporting bugs / feature requests

 Please use the Plone bug tracker at http://dev.plone.org/plone and use the
 Content Types component!

Comparing CMF types with ATContentTypes

 This is a very roughe and short list of differences between the old CMF types
 and the new ATContentTypes types.
 
  * Archetypes: All types are written with Archetypes and have all features
    default Archetypes based types have like:
    
     o autogenerated edit forms based on the schema
     
     o referenceable
     
     o Easily enhanceable by subclassing or adding fields to the schema
     
     o Transformations like restructured text, python source code highlighting,
       pdf to html, office to html and many more.
     
     o plugable validation of fields
       
  * Clean and documented API.
  
  * Translateable using LinguaPlone.
    
  * Dynamic Views: All types are using the new dynamic view FTI that allows you
    to choose the view template per instance. You can configure the templates in
    the portal_types tool. This features is used to turn an ordinary folder into
    a photo ablum by simple switching to a different view.
    
  * Permissions per type and feature: Every type has its own add permission and
    all features like template mixin have their own modify permission, too.
    
  * Numerous small adjustments and enhancements to all types for example:
  
    o Images can be rotated through the web and have exif informations
    
    o News Items have an image plus caption
    
    o Events have a body text
    
    o Documents have a history tab to show the last changes as an unified diff
      view using the ZODB history.

