Sneak peek into DOCman 2.0 development

That sounds great. Let me know if it is time to start with translations. I can do German.

Nobs

Thanks Nobs, when we are ready for translations we will let you know.

I can’t wait, DOCman is definitivly one of my favorite extension and for me the biggest reason not to use Joomla 1.6 on some sites.

I’m curios, will DOCman integrate with Joomla’s ACL system?

Thanks Rouven. We are building our own ACL solution and will offer integration with both 1.5 and 1.6. We already have a ACL integration of Joomla 1.6 in Nooku Framework.

Any idea what month? I just took our work kbase to 1.6 for better ACL functionality and am looking at integrating a different tool since my existing DocMan won’t jive. If you guys have something soon I can hold off.

We don’t have a concrete date yet. We are now working hard to get the first beta ready.

How to upgrade from 1.5?

It’s too soon to give an concrete information about upgrade, our first priority is to get the beta out. Once that’s done we will look at upgrading etc. More information will follow.

that was a very “sneaky” peek !!! lol
can we see more !!!!

will there be a beta version available to play with?

Appprove

Thanks for the interest. We will be releasing more information about our progress. Keep a close eye on the blog.

Any update by now? Really can’t wait and looking forward to a J1.6 version!

Looking forward to beta test! Let me know…

How about a few screenshots? :-D

How about a few screenshots? :-D

Good suggestion, will do a blog post next week with screenshots.

Just posted an update on our forums : http://forum.joomlatools.eu/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=7484&p=26660#p26660

There will be a beta version to play with. This version will be made available to paying customers. We are in final stages of the alpha phase, wrapping up alpha 8 this week. We expect to need a few beta before we have something that is fully testable.

Any chance of betatesting? I need mvc support badly :P

Once the beta is ready existing customers will be notified. Slowly getting there.

Looks like there really isn’t a proper alternative to DOCMAN for J1.6 ;)

Any update guys!?

The code refactoring is done, we are now working on setting up our new support portal. We are scheduling a release beginning of July.

Johan great news! We will certainly give a test drive ones it’s available.

Hi.. I am looking for a new downloads system.. DocMan kinda looks good.. what would be so helpful to someone like me is to know: what is the feature list of DocMan 2 ? I am looking specifically for ‘Custom Fields’ which I see on the voting area for suggestions is ranked number 2. Is this is Docman 2?

What will be in Docman 2? (i.e. how does it compare in terms of features to 1.5?)

Thanks!
Paul

Hi Paul, we are going to start blogging about the many new features in DOCman 2 as from next week. 

Do you have a specific date for the release yet? I am getting impatient :)

No data available at the moment. First up is the release of DOCman 1.6. We will then start making beta build available to our customers through our new customer portal.

May I pay to get into a beta program for a Joomla 1.6 version and get
the bet now? I would be more then glad to contribute monetarily so I can
get going.

Brad, the Joomla 1.6 version is ready. We are on schedule to release  next week.

Any news about the 2.0 release (for Joomla 1.6) ?

We are working hard on the release of DOCman 1.6 for Joomla 1.6. We are on shedule for a release early next week. Once this is out we will start providing beta releases of DOCman 2.0 for testing. 

what if we don’t want a nookified version? i dont see the point in it, as joomla already has its own framework, which i know is being separated out to make it easier.

So if it needs nooku will that mean we need to install something else?

Why wouldn’t you want a DOCman that’s smaller in size, do more, run faster and have smarter code?
And what makes you think Joomla Framework is comparable to Nooku Framework?

Thanks for your question. The simple answer is that the Joomla Framework doesn’t provide us with the features we need to build DOCman 2.0. ng for by only building on top of

The framework will be installed together with DOCman, just like we do today. A lesser know fact is that DOCman 1.5+ already includes it’s own framework. Nothing to worry about. We will make sure it all just works.

Since Joomla 1.7 is out now and there is a dearth of information on DOCman (both 1.6 and 2.0), can we get a status update on where things are at?  It is coming up on 3 months since the blog post was made and we are nearing the end of the quarter, which was when the beta release was targeted according to the article.  Even if you updated a blog post every couple of weeks with a “still in progress – targeting XX/XX/XXXX” it would be better than no information at all.

I hope there will be some backwards-compatibility (path-wise) will the current Docman build because we have thousands of linked documents so far. I also hope there will be some support for a non-flat file system (can you imagine thousands of actual files in one dir?)

Hi Kevin. We are publishing a status update tomorrow. In short DOCman 1.6 has been released silently last week to allow us to iron out any issues with our new member center and subscriptions system. 

Check ! We have non-flat file systems covered for DOCman 2.0. You will be able to add files from different folders. 

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we’re getting close… i can’t wait to try DOCman 2.0.
I’m already running an extension using the Nooku Framwork, will there be any conflict when installing the new DOCman?

The initial beta’s we are releasing are for testing purposes only. We advice you to only use them on a none-production installation.

Yes good work
iam still wait

Looking forward to the new DOCman version for a client site. is the beta 2.0 version available?

The beta version is not yet available. If you need DOCman for a client site we advise to use DOCman 1.5 or 1.6 in production. The first beta’s of DOCman 2.0 will be for testing purposes only.

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When can you post a release date for Docman 2.0 Beta version? i would appreciate your quick answer :D.

Hi, we are not giving any date for the launch of DOCman 2.0. We are working very hard to bring you the best document management extension for Joomla. 

We not giving a release date for DOCman 2.0. We have been working very hard at moving all our existing customer to our new support portal. This has been fully completed and the team can now re-focus on DOCman 2.0 development.

Dear Team Docman.I would love to have the controls DOCMAN for my downloads, for use 1.5xwould be very interesting if we could limit downloads by date (2 days, 3 days) and also limits the number of downloads per user, for example the user (x) given downloaded file (2times) prevent the next download. I’m waiting for version 2.0 DOCMAN for purchase. Stay with God, Eves (BRAZIL).

Thanks ! This is already possible with DOCman 1.5, you can build a plugin that allow you to limit downloads by date or by number. No need to wait for the 2.0 version to do this.

DEAR Johan JanssensYou can buy, buy this plugin of you,to limit file downloads (doc.xls, pdf, etc. ..) per day (1 day, 2 days, 10 days), and also limit number of times per user.If possible send me the name of pluguim of you and how to buy or where to buy.Grateful, Eves.

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