[Zope] Including a bunch of binary files in Zope

[mindlace]

Jason Wong wrote:
> I've got a load of files (PDFs, TIFs) that needs to be accessible from
> within a Zope application. I need to be able to link to them so people can
> download them. What is the best way to go about it?

<dtml-in imagefolder>
<a href="<dtml-var absolute_url>"><dtml-var title_or_id></a>
</dtml-in>
 
> If I add them into Zope (ie [Add new item]>[File]>[Browse]... etc is there
> an easier way of doing it? I've got hundreds of files to add and I don't
> want to do it using the HTML interface.

ftp my.zope.site/imagefolder 8023
put *

(i.e., use zope's ftp feature.)
 
> If I have the files in directory outside of Zope how do I reference them?

I've never used it, but the LocalFS product should do the trick.

Ethan Fremen
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