I'm still having difficulty getting CMFStaging to work with our setup. When attempting to run the install for PloneStaging I now get an error "LockError" "/staging/Stages/Development not lockable". So in digging around trying to find out how to fix that error I'm reading a lot of material that suggests that I'm traveling down the wrong path, specifically because CMFStaging/PloneStaging is not a production level and also because it looks like Plone is going to be going a different direction with staging/versioning in a later version. So I'm kind of at square one with this problem of staging again. DEV --> QA --> PROD Going back to an earlier thought I had I wonder if this might be able to work: Setup the Plone site within the main db (data.fs). In the Plone directory set up a mount point for a secondary database for content (content.fs). Develop the templates, security, and functionality as normal, create some test dummy content inside the content folder through Plone. When it's time to test in QA have a script copy over the DEV data.fs as data_v2.fs then fire up a new ZEO client for QA using that DB. At that point we should have the newest version of the Plone site and retain whatever content (from content.fs) that was already in QA. In QA it gets tested and approved and we perform a similar update through script to PROD where it gets tested for validity against the already existing production content (content.fs). At whatever point we verify that the new version works we point users over to the new ZEO client(s) and switch off the old ZEO client(s) The trick here is that what's in content.fs is created seperately from general development of templates, security, and Plone functionality. My question would be 1) can it be done this way 2) are there any repercussions as far as cataloging, session management, locking, etc. 3) is there a better way that's been tested and feels production ready. _________________________________________________________________ Rethink your business approach for the new year with the helpful tips here. http://special.msn.com/bcentral/prep04.armx