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DOCman 
Version
1.4.0 RC3 (last update on Mar 24, 2008)
Rating
Compatibility
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180
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211
License
GPLv2.0
Non-Commercial
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Main features:
* Infinite categories and subcategories. The documents can be organized across custom categories and subcategories;
* Files can be hosted locally or on a remote server
* Access control: Documents can be assigned to specific user or to custom groups of users
* Download counter and log. You can display a download counter per document and all the downloads can be logged (by user, IP, browser, date and hour);
* Own search system. Documents can be searched by name and/or description. The search system integrates with Joomla! using an optional mambot;
* Anti-leech system. The built-in anti-leech system avoids direct linking to documents;
* Path protection. Real paths to documents are never displayed to users;
* Themes: The layout can be changed using custom themes;
* ... and much more!
bypuneet on January 2, 2009
This is the one of the most useful extension discovered.
While there are some teething problem in windows environment with wamp. However this goes excellent with linux and xampp! Thank you developers.
While there are some teething problem in windows environment with wamp. However this goes excellent with linux and xampp! Thank you developers.
Owner's reply
Thank you for your feedback. Feel free to email us about the problems you are having with windows and wamp and we will have a look at fixing them.
byjernej.c on December 20, 2008
Went through the whole selection of "Download components" and this one is definitely the one with the most features an on the other hand is very! easy to use, which is usually a hard mix ;p
bymanish2535 on December 17, 2008
Absolutely brilliant extension. Definitely should be an editor's pick. Made my life lot easier. Thank you very very much for this wonderful extension. Keep it up.
bykbaehr on November 22, 2008
I was looking for way to have private web pages, and this allowed me to do this with ease. Thanks!
Ken Baehr
Ken Baehr
Excellent Extension, a staple in all of my joomla sites!! Kudos to the developers.
byrkmani on October 4, 2008
I feel this should be mentioned here. PDFs and DOCs can be indexed and searched within DOCman documents. Please read my revived for PDF Indexer and do the necessary. Read my review at (http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,741/Itemid,35/#rev-29929)
byking2008 on September 24, 2008
Very good extention, it works very well.
It will be more perfect if following features can be supported:
1. Rating
2. Write review
It will be more perfect if following features can be supported:
1. Rating
2. Write review
byDanLXIX on September 11, 2008
Came up with an error asking to make the root writeable, which is just not acceptable.
Owner's reply
Thank you for you feedback. DOCman does indeed check to see if the Joomla root folder is writable when it creates the dmdocuments folder, if the root is not writable it will display a warning at install time. Once the dmdocuments folder has been created you can and should set your permissions back to normal. Hope this helps to answer your problem.
bygabo.egui on July 22, 2008
Thanks to the authors for this great extension!, its an excellent solution
It would be nice that this extension works together with PDF Indexer or DOC Indexer extension, to provide a full solution to Joomla Community.
It would be nice that this extension works together with PDF Indexer or DOC Indexer extension, to provide a full solution to Joomla Community.
byPrutkar on July 16, 2008
I was happy with DocMan for a while, till I started to get "Memory allocation failures" on 300kb file downloads or even just when I tried to load category list. First I solved it by increasing php.ini variable from default 8MB to more. Every month or so this error came back and I had to increase this php limit. It worked ok. After a while when I had to increase this limit again, this time to 220MB, but error was not going away, I reached the point when I was not willing to use DocMan anymore. On top of everything docman homepage shows "Bandwidth limit reached" error so not help there at all. Nice product but this is unacceptable.
Owner's reply
Thank you for your feedback. We have had issues with memory use in DOCman in the past but those should be fixed in the 1.4.x version. If you still have problems feel free to contact us and we are happy to help you.
byAngelface on July 9, 2008
Just wish I could add documents from frontend. Keep on getting an error message.
bychrisb123 on June 2, 2008
After starting to use Joomla 1.5.3, I have been very careful to ensure all the extensions install all work fully. I am glad to confirm that Docman definately gets the thumbs up. I cant understand what went wrong for Yamada (from a previous review) but I did not need to do any of what he/she stated, nor did I get any installation errors.
Apache Version : 2.2.8
PHP Version : 5.2.6
MySQL Version : 5.0.51b
Apache Version : 2.2.8
PHP Version : 5.2.6
MySQL Version : 5.0.51b
bylwpman26 on May 23, 2008
Very easy to install and works great in legacy mode. Great program overall.
byyamada on May 3, 2008
sorry but i cant be that positive like the rest here.
i tried to install it for a friend on a 1.5.3 and willing to use it with legacy.
but it wouldnt install.
all i got was errors saying i have to make my root writable and some admin folder as well.
huh..?..not in a million years.
With joomla's 1.5 i was happy that we didnt have to touch the folders anymore,which is safer.
But docman goes his own way,and thats the wrong way.
installed another component instead.
i tried to install it for a friend on a 1.5.3 and willing to use it with legacy.
but it wouldnt install.
all i got was errors saying i have to make my root writable and some admin folder as well.
huh..?..not in a million years.
With joomla's 1.5 i was happy that we didnt have to touch the folders anymore,which is safer.
But docman goes his own way,and thats the wrong way.
installed another component instead.
Owner's reply
DOCman does indeed ask you to make your root writable to be able to add the dmdocuments folder. Once the folder has been created you can revert your permissions back.
byrichardprice on April 21, 2008
Simple to use, plus great admin and website interfaces. Bulk file uploading is really useful. Highly recommend!
byNikijacob on April 11, 2008
I love this whole component, but the support is nill! I have a gigantic space in between my files and my nav bar and when i went to the site for Support as it says too. There must be 50+ forum messages never replied to from last year. My site looks stupid with the component because of this and I cant figure out which page makes the extra spacing.
bysurfmusic.ers on April 11, 2008
DOCman is a very good extension. I recommended! Thanks!
byTarun on March 30, 2008
I really like this extension. It should be integrated into all Joomla installations.
One thing I would like to see change is to have a short description for the files when you view them on a page. If you view the file's page itself, the full description would be shown.
A few users have been thrown off by clicking the title to view it and getting the download instead, so a small change there may be nice.
Otherwise, it's very nice and works far better than anything I've ever seen in other CMS softwares.
One thing I would like to see change is to have a short description for the files when you view them on a page. If you view the file's page itself, the full description would be shown.
A few users have been thrown off by clicking the title to view it and getting the download instead, so a small change there may be nice.
Otherwise, it's very nice and works far better than anything I've ever seen in other CMS softwares.
byMilitis on March 28, 2008
DOCman is great!
Unless I'm overlooking the desired functionality, couple of recommendations...
Allow the user to open documents in a child/flyout window (with the window parameters selectable - chrome, toolbars, size, position, etc).
Allow the user to drill into the dmdocuments directory and select the file in a sub-folder.
Allow DOCman to launch not only the file but also related components in relative directories ./images, ./script. This would allow e-books such created by "exe" the "eLearning XHTML Editor" from eXeLearning.org. There are a number of advantages to this format.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks,
-Jay
Unless I'm overlooking the desired functionality, couple of recommendations...
Allow the user to open documents in a child/flyout window (with the window parameters selectable - chrome, toolbars, size, position, etc).
Allow the user to drill into the dmdocuments directory and select the file in a sub-folder.
Allow DOCman to launch not only the file but also related components in relative directories ./images, ./script. This would allow e-books such created by "exe" the "eLearning XHTML Editor" from eXeLearning.org. There are a number of advantages to this format.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks,
-Jay
bysip on March 28, 2008
Docman rocks! This has been a must for many of my client sites wanting to control files accessed by their users. Contractors, graphics companies, industrial manufacturers (the list goes on) all can benefit from this extension.
Could use some added features like the ability to use multiple directories for files on the server. You have to use one directory so you are forced to have unique names on every file. Hoping they incorporate allowing you to assign a server directories for each category in Docman and a few other requests I have made in their forum. Over all this has been one of the best extensions for Joomla.
THANKS A TON FOR THE GREAT WORK ON THIS APP!!!!!
Could use some added features like the ability to use multiple directories for files on the server. You have to use one directory so you are forced to have unique names on every file. Hoping they incorporate allowing you to assign a server directories for each category in Docman and a few other requests I have made in their forum. Over all this has been one of the best extensions for Joomla.
THANKS A TON FOR THE GREAT WORK ON THIS APP!!!!!
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