Plone - cannot copy and paste view in Zope Management Interface's plone_skins' plone_content

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  •  18-03-2021
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Question

We are using Plone 4.1.2, and are having problem doing a copy and paste of a view in Zope Management Interface's plone_skins' plone_content. We get this error message:

Thank you very much in anticipation.

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Traceback (innermost last):

Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 126, in publish
Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 77, in mapply
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 46, in call_object
Module OFS.CopySupport, line 206, in manage_pasteObjects
Module OFS.CopySupport, line 537, in _verifyObjectPaste
CopyError: <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Not Supported</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <FORM ACTION="manage_main" METHOD="GET" > <TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="10"> <TR> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> <BR> <CENTER><B><FONT SIZE="+6" COLOR="#77003B">!</FONT></B></CENTER> </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> <BR><BR> <CENTER> The object <em>folder_summary_view</em> does not support this operation. </CENTER> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> <CENTER> <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE=" Ok "> </CENTER> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </FORM> </BODY></HTML>
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Solution

The error message you posted is an archaic one from the deep depths of Zope, but it is clear in your case. You are trying to copy something into a place that doesn't support copying.

Most skin layer folders in the ZMI reflect a filesystem directory on your disk. They are not showing you ZODB persisted objects, so you cannot add or remove items there through the ZMI.

If you want to copy a skin item for customization, use the 'customize' button at the bottom of their view to create a persistent copy in the ZODB, usually in the special custom folder, which you can then alter. Or you can find the file on the filesystem and make a copy there (into your own skins layer folder, for example).

OTHER TIPS

You can paste only into non-filesystem folders i.e. custom and ones created through-the-web in ZMI.

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