--- a/cwctl.py	Wed Nov 26 15:06:10 2008 +0100
+++ b/cwctl.py	Wed Nov 26 17:20:58 2008 +0100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from cubicweb import ConfigurationError, ExecutionError, BadCommandUsage
 from cubicweb.cwconfig import CubicWebConfiguration, CONFIGURATIONS
 from cubicweb.toolsutils import (Command, register_commands, main_run, 
-                              rm, create_dir, pop_arg, confirm)
+                                 rm, create_dir, pop_arg, confirm)
     
 def wait_process_end(pid, maxtry=10, waittime=1):
     """wait for a process to actually die"""

--- a/etwist/server.py	Wed Nov 26 15:06:10 2008 +0100
+++ b/etwist/server.py	Wed Nov 26 17:20:58 2008 +0100
@@ -123,11 +123,16 @@
             if segments[0] == 'https':
                 segments = segments[1:]
             if len(segments) >= 2:
-                if segments[0] in (self.versioned_datadir, 'data'):
-                    # Anything in data/ is treated as static files
-                    datadir = self.config.locate_resource(segments[1])
-                    if datadir is None:
-                        return None, []
+                if segments[0] in (self.versioned_datadir, 'data', 'static'):
+                    # Anything in data/, static/ is treated as static files
+                    if segments[0] == 'static':
+                        # instance static directory
+                        datadir = self.config.static_directory
+                    else:
+                        # cube static data file
+                        datadir = self.config.locate_resource(segments[1])
+                        if datadir is None:
+                            return None, []
                     self.info('static file %s from %s', segments[-1], datadir)
                     if segments[0] == 'data':
                         return static.File(str(datadir)), segments[1:]

--- a/web/webconfig.py	Wed Nov 26 15:06:10 2008 +0100
+++ b/web/webconfig.py	Wed Nov 26 17:20:58 2008 +0100
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
 
 import os
-from os.path import join, dirname, exists
+from os.path import join, dirname, exists, split
 from urlparse import urljoin
 
 from logilab.common.configuration import Method
@@ -320,3 +320,31 @@
             if isinstance(val, str):
                 files = [w.strip() for w in val.split(',') if w.strip()]
                 self.ext_resources[resource] = files
+
+
+    # static files handling ###################################################
+    
+    @property
+    def static_directory(self):
+        return join(self.appdatahome, 'static')
+    
+    def static_file_exists(self, rpath):
+        return exists(join(self.static_directory, rpath))
+
+    def static_file_open(self, rpath, mode='wb'):
+        staticdir = self.static_directory
+        rdir, filename = split(rpath)
+        if rdir:
+            staticdir = join(staticdir, rdir)
+            os.makedirs(staticdir)
+        return file(join(staticdir, filename), mode)
+
+    def static_file_add(self, rpath, data):
+        stream = self.static_file_open(rpath)
+        stream.write(data)
+        stream.close()
+
+    def static_file_del(self, rpath):
+        if static_file_exists(rpath):
+            os.remove(join(self.static_directory, rpath))
+