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XML in Plone with Marshall

Marshall lets you save and load Plone content using XML. As a configurable system, it has lots of options. This hands-on how-to shows exactly what to do to make the basics work.

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  1. Introduction Background information on the tutorial.
  2. Setup Prerequisites and configuration for software.
  3. Marshaller Registry Archetypes by default uses its own "marshaller" for exporting content. This step points it at Marshaller's ATXML exporter.
  4. Getting and Editing XML Now that the ATXML marshaller is configured, let's work with it.
  5. Creating New Entries with CTR Loading a new XML file should create the correct content type. The Content Type Registry helps us.
  6. Conclusion What we did and what more we could do.

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