Re: [Nolug] Document Management

From: B. Estrade <estrabd_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:01:33 -0600
Message-ID: <20110131030133.GZ8488@x2045.x.rootbsd.net>

We've had a need for such a solution as well. It's been suggested to
me that I check out Xerox's docushare, but I we are also evaluating TWiki.

Anyone have any experience with it?

Brett

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 02:41:21PM -0600, Dane Reugger wrote:
> Sadly no - that was a year ago and still want to do something but -
> Alfresco is to complicated and neither KT or Alfresco have Office integration.
>
> Are you thinking paid version of KT?
>
> -Dane
>
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Jonathan Roberts <gremln007@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dane,
> >
> > Your old thread helped me with a work project, so first of all: thanks!
> >
> > We're looking at Knowledge Tree among a few others for document sharing and
> > collaboration.? Did you settle on a product for your needs?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jonathan
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Dane Reugger <dane@downtownpc.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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