How to show a new content-type in the calendar
Use-case: you’ve created a content-type and want it to be shown in
the calendar portlet.
profiles/default/import_steps.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<import-steps>
<import-step id="compass-types-various" version="20090725-02"
handler="compass.types.setuphandlers.importVarious"
title="Additional Compass Types Setup">
</import-step>
</import-steps>
setuphandlers.py:
from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
def addCalendarTypes(portal):
portal_calendar = getToolByName(portal, 'portal_calendar')
# 'Event' was already here, we're just adding the
# 'DD Training Class' content-type.
portal_calendar.calendar_types = ('Event', 'DD Training Class')
def importVarious(context):
"""Miscellanous steps import handle
"""
if context.readDataFile('compass.types_various.txt') is None:
return
portal = context.getSite()
addCalendarTypes(portal)
Credits: ecarloshanson, optilude.
See the module Products.CMFCalendar.CalendarTool.py for further info
about the calendar included with Plone.
