--- ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2007/08/15 11:05:43	1.85
+++ ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2007/09/17 16:45:09	1.87
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def logger(txt,method,txt2):
     """logging"""
     logging.info(txt+ txt2)
 
-displayTypes = ['ZSQLExtendFolder','ZSQLBibliography','ECHO_group','ECHO_collection','ECHO_resource','ECHO_link','ECHO_sqlElement','ECHO_pageTemplate','ECHO_externalLink','ImageCollectionIFrame','VLP_resource','VLP_essay','ECHO_ZCatalogElement','ImageCollection','versionedFileFolder','ECHO_movie']
+displayTypes = ['ZSQLExtendFolder','ZSQLBibliography','ECHO_group','ECHO_collection','ECHO_resource','ECHO_link','ECHO_sqlElement','ECHO_pageTemplate','ECHO_externalLink','ImageCollectionIFrame','VLP_resource','VLP_essay','ECHO_ZCatalogElement','ImageCollection','versionedFileFolder','extVersionedFileFolder','ECHO_movie']
 
 
 #decode and compress for xmlrpc communication with OSAS_server
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ class ECHO_basis:
     def unicodify(self, s):
         """return unicode object for string (utf-8 or latin1) or unicode object s"""
         return unicodify(s)
+    
+    # compatibility of old decode method
+    decode = unicodify
 
 
     def utf8ify(self, s):