As we are preparing a new release of our web site, I found a small post about DocMan a simple but well integrated document management for Joomla.
http://blog.joomlatools.eu/2011/04/sneak-peek-into-docman2-development.html
From there I discovered http://www.nooku.org the new Joomla extension framework. We are not migrating to 1.6 but of course we keep an eye at it.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
DOCLink for DOCMan on Joomla
a year ago, I built a small website for one of our customer. It is built with Joomla 1.5xx. One of the key compoent is DOCman. A small document manager that ease uploading, building a directory tree of documents etc
DOCman is ideal for small corporate web sites, loading brochures, manuals etc But watch out to the size limit (php settings) set by your hoster !
Strangely the menu system enables only to point to a category in the tree - not a document leaf.
What my customer wanted - which is basic I must admit was a simple way to make links from an article to some content in the DOCMan tree. I though I could find the URL of each individual document and create the links manually. I did not succeed - well there is no easy way to find the id of the items.
Finally I found an extension that adds an button on the defaut editor - TinyMCE -and that helps finding the right resourcee and link it. Really easy.
My only regret is that it is not standard and I searched for it during at least one hour...
Also the tip for the day don't forget to go to Extensions/Plugin manager, locate DOCLink and enable it then the button will show up ev ery time you edit an article (rows of buttons under the text area).
DOCman is ideal for small corporate web sites, loading brochures, manuals etc But watch out to the size limit (php settings) set by your hoster !
Strangely the menu system enables only to point to a category in the tree - not a document leaf.
What my customer wanted - which is basic I must admit was a simple way to make links from an article to some content in the DOCMan tree. I though I could find the URL of each individual document and create the links manually. I did not succeed - well there is no easy way to find the id of the items.
Finally I found an extension that adds an button on the defaut editor - TinyMCE -and that helps finding the right resourcee and link it. Really easy.
My only regret is that it is not standard and I searched for it during at least one hour...
Also the tip for the day don't forget to go to Extensions/Plugin manager, locate DOCLink and enable it then the button will show up ev ery time you edit an article (rows of buttons under the text area).
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