File Listing for DOCman
If you are using DOCman 1.6, please continue to use DOCman List 2.5.4+ (version 2.6.0 is NOT compatible which DOCman 1.6).
Would you like to try out one of our extensions before buying a subscription? Feel free to create a Pre-Sales Ticket (http://www.orware.com/pre-sales/ticket/create) specifying the extension you'd like to try out or send an email to presales@orware.com (we're happy to let you try before you buy!).
This plugin is compatible with Joomla 1.7/2.5!
Membership is $9.99 for 1 Month, or $30 for 1 Year (aside from DOCman List, I also have a Content Update Notifications plugin with more useful extensions coming!).
Please try the new NESTEDTABLE layout available in 1.5.9+ and 1.7.0+...it's pretty cool!
This plugin provides a simple way for users to create a tabular list of file links given one or more DOCman Category IDs. Usage Examples: {docmanlist get_subfolders 2 123} will get category 123 plus all of its subfolders and files up to 2 levels deep and display them in a table. {docmanlist 34|56|78} will get categories 34, 56, and 78 and display them in a table. You may also filter out certain subcategory names if needed by specifying one or more filters: {docmanlist get_subfolders 3 102:Subcommittees|123:Agendas,Minutes}
This is the first commercial extension available from orware (we already have at least 3 more coming down the pipeline over the next 2-3 weeks).
Please check out the demo page above to see some examples of the functionality of the plugin.
In order to access the download for the plugin you will need to visit our signup page:
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Developer has done a perfect job. Truly; easy to install, understand, what else could I say...transformed a poor repository concept into a very smart one!!
To developer: Thank you very much indeed
I purchased it originally only because I required that the file date and time stamp be displayed rather than the date the document was set up in DOCman (we have customer files uploaded on an hourly basis from our database which overwrite the original file and the timestamp information is critical. This is a function that doesn't appear to be available anywhere else, despite hours of searching for it (why ever not, one wonders?)!
Imagine my dismay when I installed only to find that it did indeed display the file date, but not the time. So, I contacted Omar. He responded within 5 mins and committed to an immediate unsupported fix, or an official one with the next release in a few days.
Well, that next release is here and it works!! That's service excellence! Thanks, Omar.
Thanks a lot for this great development.
Thank you for the review ieng!
I myself had wondered about it for a long time and had even suggested something similar be built to the Joomlatools crew some time ago, but I finally decided to sit down and write it a few months ago for my own usage.
The main thing the plugin saves is time, because it finally allows the listing of documents from one or more DOCman categories to be automated with a content item in your page. Now all your users (or you!) need to do is upload the document, make sure it gets published/approved, and your content item will automatically be up to date with the latest files, which to me is the whole reason for having a system like DOCman in place :-).
Additionally, I wasn't aware of this until earlier this week, but the Custom HTML module within Joomla does not allow content plugins to be processed so I've modified an existing Custom HTML module (built by Dart-Creations.com) so that this can be done:
http://www.orware.net/downloads/item/html-module.html?category_id=201
You can see an example of the plugin being used within a module on the demo site:
http://demos.orware.net/extensions/docman-file-listing-content-plugin.html
Hopefully that will be helpful for some users visiting this page :-).
Thank you again for your review and if there is anything else you feel the plugin needs, feel free to let me know and I'll do my best to include it in the next release!
-Omar
Simple to install, simple to configure and works right out of the box!
Thank you very much David for your review! I'm glad it does what you were expecting it to (for the most part). I just saw your Wish List on the forums...I'll be looking into implementing those features for you soon :-).
If you feel my response on the forums is slow it is possibly due to Ninjaboard not sending me any notifications when a new post is made, which I apologize for, but I'm usually very quick to respond to emails :-).
Have a good day!
