More FILEman Features
Since the beta release of FILEman end of December we have been working hard on adding a few more key features we are sure you will like. FILEman now comes with a built-in image gallery, support for file listings and we added the ability to remotely upload files.
Image gallery
The image gallery is a super simple way of displaying an album. You can put all your images in a folder, create a menu item for it, then get an instant image gallery. This feature is also made to be super fast by caching small images.
File listing
FILEman’s file listing feature allows you to offer a downloadable list of files to your site users. All you need to do is create a menu item and select the folder and/or subfolders you want to list.
International filenames
FILEman enables full support for international filenames and folder names running on Joomla 1.5, 1.7 and 2.5. Your files can now be named in your own language.
Remote file uploads
FILEman now allows file uploads directly from a URL. We also added instant file size validation so you never upload files that are too big.
FILEman Release
FILEman 1.0 will be released early February. Buy a subscription today and be the first to get FILEman 1.0 when it’s released.
New Year Release of the DOCman Manual
Happy 2012! We are happy to announce the release of our brand new manual for DOCman 1.5 and 1.6. Both 40+ page manuals are now available for download at the Joomlatools Member Center.
The manual covers the installation and configuration of DOCman as well as information about the DOCman productivity pack. We have also included tips and tricks that can make your DOCman experience more productive.
We are constantly updating and upgrading our products and we would love to hear feedback from our club members. Send us an email or post in our forums.
Not yet a member? Subscribe now for access to the latest products and resources from Joomlatools.
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An Early Christmas Present
It’s the season for giving, so Joomlatools is very happy to announce an early Christmas present for our club members – beta versions of FILEman and LOGman are now available for download and testing.
- FILEman is our lightweight, simple, speedy and vamped up version of the Joomla media manager featuring multiple and remote file uploads, automatic thumbnail generation and easy file linking.
- LOGman brings Facebook style user activity streams to Joomla. Easily keep track of what is happening on your site and what other people are doing. Record and view the activities of your web administrators, writers, editors & even yourself.
The beta test packages for FILEman and LOGman are now available for all Joomlatools club members in the Member Center, in the Downloads >> Beta Products area. Don’t have a subscription yet ? You can join here.
Please note that this is a beta version of FILEman and LOGman and is intended for testing purposes only. Please do not install them on live sites. We do not provide support on beta products. We do want to hear your feedback, ideas and bugs reports. You can report them through our beta product support forums.
Please let us know how you like FILEman and LOGman and how we can further improve them!
Happy Testing and Merry Christmas !
DOCman 1.6.3 released
We are pleased to announce the immediately availability of DOCman 1.6.3 for Joomla 1.7. This release is available for download for all members of our Member Center.
This hotfix release fixes one (1) major bug in 1.6.2. This bug also affects all previous versions of DOCman 1.6.x. running on Joomla 1.7.3. DOCman 1.6.x running on Joomla 1.7.2 or below is not affected. This bug does not affect the DOCman 1.5.x series
We became aware of issues with DOCman 1.6.x running on Joomla 1.7.3 through user reports on our forums. A change in Joomla 1.7.3 caused an unanticipated `Itemid` regression in DOCman. The result was, in some cases, categories or documents which are meant to be visible to the public would ask you to login or would return a 403 error.
More information about the new releases can be found in our change-logs.
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DOCman Secrets: Large file distribution
DOCman is well known for its ability to be used for small file distribution. But did you know that DOCman is as equally adept at serving large files without a huge resource gain?
In this edition of DOCman secrets, we give you a few tips and configuration changes that will help you use DOCman to deliver Gigabyte files with ease while maintaining the usual DOCman blend you are accustomed to.
Two roads for large files
There are two roads when we define large files.
The first of these roads would be the 0-150MB road and the second would be the 150MB to 8GB and beyond. The first road is the most simple and does not require too much sacrifice in terms of features.
- Set max_filesize_upload and post_max_size to within your upload range.
- Set session timeouts to ensure uploads don’t fail due to timed out sessions.
- Shift uploading to be done via FTP.
- Use remote links to ensure we don’t pass these large files through PHP and chew through memory.
- Ensure anti leech is on to hide your internal link structure.
- Ensure hide remote links is set to on.
And that covers road two.
Two separate paths both dealing with large file delivery and distribution and both using one platform, DOCman – grab your copy today from the Joomlatools store!
DOCman 1.5.12 & 1.6.2 released
We are pleased to announce the immediately availability of maintenance releases for DOCman in our Member Center:
- DOCman 1.5.12 for Joomla 1.5
- DOCman 1.6.2 for Joomla 1.7
At Joomlatools, we are fully committed to providing you a quality product that just works. We constantly strive to eliminate the bugs. The maintenance releases fixes one non-critical bug in 1.5.12 & two non-critical bugs in 1.6.2 – these bugs also affect all previous versions.
More information about the new releases can be found in our changelog.
Under the hood of FILEman
One of the most requested features of DOCman 2.0 is the ability to upload files in multiple folders. Currently, DOCman 1.x only allows uploading files in one folder.
Joomla’s media manager can manage files across different folders but is a hermetically sealed black box which has been around since the Mambo days. It neither allows extending it, nor can it be easily re-used by other extensions.
For DOCman 2.0 we needed a file manager that is more flexible, modern and extendable. Over the past months we re-built the media manager from the ground up. We took out the aging iframe techniques and static structure and replaced it with a brand new component. Meet FILEman.
A Closer Look at LOGman
Knowing what’s happening on your site and what other people are doing is an essential part of web administration and the social web. Whether you’re alone or working with a team of web administrators, writers and editors, having the ability to record and view their activities in your site or across sites is very useful.
Activity Streams
Joomlatools is bringing Activity Streams to your Joomla sites through LOGman. If you use Facebook, you should have a general idea of what Activity Streams are. Knowing what you and others have done is very helpful. It shows you the progress of whatever project you’re working on, and it helps boost the productivity of people.
Logging Actions
LOGman is capable of logging all the actions of our Joomlatools extensions. For example, LOGman can log everything that is happening in FILEman 1.0 and the upcoming DOCman 2.0.
We also added support for some of Joomla’s core components. You can log events from content (add/edit) and users (add/edit/delete/login/logout). As an extra treat, LOGman can also log add and edit actions for DOCman 1.x. So even DOCman 1.x users can make direct use of LOGman.
Meet FILEman and LOGman
The team has been working hard on DOCman 2.0 over the past months. We realized that DOCman is basically made up of 3 key features: files, documents and logs.
Together, these three make up the core functionality. Instead of holding of until all three features are ready, we have decided to release them as separate extensions. We are very happy to announce today two new extensions to the Joomlatools family: FILEman and LOGman.
FILEman
FILEman is our lightweight, simple, speedy and vamped up version of the Joomla media manager that features multiple file uploading and automatic thumbnail generation. All powered by AJAX, CSS3 and HTML5 making for a much more responsive user experience.
