Re: [Nolug] Document Management

Just noticed that reply goes to the sender and not the list - Just
wanted to thank everybody. Going to try Knowledge Tree next and if
that doesn't get me there I'll go w/ SharePoint I guess.

Thanks again.
-Dane

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Mark A. Hershberger <mah@nichework.com> wrote:
>
> Dane,
>
> KnowledgeTree is great!
>
> I used the Open Source version to replace a proprietary, PDF-only solution at my last job.  KTree uses the headless mode of OpenOffice to read and index Word, Excel, and PDF documents.  For full-text search, it uses Lucene.
>
> The people I installed it for were very pleased.  Their requirements were similar to what you're talking about:  They had several layers of permissions from publicly-viewable to "Top Secret" with various groups given different levels of access.
>
> The version I installed had WebDAV access, but I didn't really try that.
>
> There is a learning curve, but once you get the hang of how it is supposed to work, it does a great job.
>
> I installed it alongside Joomla and updated the authentication plugin I found that ties the two systems together.  They use Joomla for their web CMS and KTree for the document management.  (Joomla has a fairly weak DMS available -- DocMan -- but KTree was just so much better.)
>
> HTH,
>
> Mark.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dane Reugger" <dane@downtownpc.com>
> To: nolug@nolug.org
> Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 1:55:14 PM
> Subject: [Nolug] Document Management
>
> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm looking to setup a CMS or Document Management System. I basically
> just need to share and collaborate files across interoffice workgroups
> - must have flexible permissions and version tracking.  Public facing
> option would be a bonus but not needed, MS Office integration would be
> a real bonus, and CIFS/SMB intergration would be awesome. I looked at
> Alfresco but it's a beast. Now I'm getting ready to look at
> Knowlegetree but I'm unclear as to what is included in the opensource
> edition - I don't mind spending a little money but looks like CE
> starts at $2500 annually which is out of budget.
>
> Anybody have a recommendation for an easy to use, inexpensive document
> management system?
>
> Thanks,
> -Dane
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