My AT content type can't be added TTW

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I must confess that my custom Archetypes packages are all created with zopeskel, by the time it worked like http://docs.plone.org/4/en/develop/addons/helloworld/extend/addon.html advertised. I do not find the step-by-step docs for mr.bob to create a simplest Archetypes package, so here is how I just work with a vanilla Plone 4.3.12 instance:

First, install ZopeSkel 2.21.2 (not 3.x), update in your buildout.cfg or develop.cfg

parts =
   ...
   zopeskel

[zopeskel]
# installs paster and Zopeskel
recipe = zc.recipe.egg
eggs =
   PasteScript
   ZopeSkel

Then pin ZopeSkel to version 2.21.2 (say, in version.cfg or buildout.cfg). Run buildout and you should see zopeskel and paster in bin folder.

$ cd src
$ ../bin/zopeskel archetype MyCompany.MyProduct

archetype: A Plone project that uses Archetypes content types

This creates a Plone project that uses Archetypes content types.
It has local commands that will allow you to add content types
and to add fields to your new content types.


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Develop the package with buildout. Then create the Archetypes type with paster. See http://docs.plone.org/4/en/develop/addons/helloworld/extend/content.html

$ cd MyCompany.MyProduct
$ ../../bin/paster addcontent contenttype
Enter contenttype_name (Content type name ) ['Example Type']: MyType
Enter contenttype_description (Content type description ) ['Description of the Example Type']:
Enter folderish (True/False: Content type is Folderish ) [False]:
Enter global_allow (True/False: Globally addable ) [True]:
Enter allow_discussion (True/False: Allow discussion ) [False]:

Finally, you will see MyType from the Add new ... menu.

I believe there's a good reason to deprecate paster and zopeskel. However, the existing docs I could find is to utilize ZopeSkel. And I also believe you can directly adapt Dexterity types to meet your needs. Consider migrating your Archetypes items to Dexterity. Good luck.