Integration of ExternalFile into Plone and Archetypes
ATManagedFile allows you to store metadata in the database while keeping File assets on the servers file system. Content is treated like a first-class citizen in Plone, it can be transitioned (workflow), edited, copy/pasted. Metadata for content can be described through Archetype schema's. A managed_files tool enables administrators to specify where content is stored, the deletion policy, as well as the stored filesystem naming convention.
http://www.enfoldsystems.com/Products/Open/ATManagedFile
Installation of ATManagedFilePack-1.1.0 --Blair Lowe, Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:19:14 +0000 reply
Looks like the installation is not as simple as it seems for Plone-2.5.1 / zope-2.9.5. We ( http://www.computerengineering.ca/web_hosting_plans/#web_portal_content_hosting ) ended up doing an rpm installation on our CentOS? installation and found that to work. The simple installer in Plone did not seem to pick up on the ATManagedFilePack-1.1.0 so we found a "noarch" rpm and installed it that way. It still did not show up as an installed product, but did seem to extend the existing Product set in /usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products .