Joomladay Netherlands 2012 - File and document management in Joomla
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Joomla file and document management has evolved over the years from 2005 to present. Johan Janssens discussed the history and future of file and document management extensions, particularly DOCman. Key points include: 1. DOCman helped drive innovation for Joomla 1.5 by introducing concepts like MVC that were later adopted by Joomla. 2. Ensuring security and stability are top priorities for DOCman, as many sites rely on it to manage sensitive documents and files. 3. Moving forward, four new extensions will be introduced - DOCman, FILEman, LOGman, and EXTman - which will be built using a new framework to improve extensibility, reduce code, and
Joomladay Netherlands 2012 - File and document management in Joomla
- 1. Joomla file and document management http://joomlatools.com Johan Janssens JOOMLADAY NL 2012
- 2. A little bit of history
- 3. 22 April 2006 First Joomladay ever 120 people
- 4. Joomlatools started in 2006
- 5. Meet the team !
- 6. 12 people, all over the world
- 7. File management in Joomla over the years.
- 8. 2005 Joomla 1.0
- 9. 2008 Joomla 1.5
- 10. 2012 Joomla 2.5
- 11. Document management in Joomla over the years.
- 12. DOCman, quick history • Manage documents • Publish downloads • Manage permissions
- 13. DOCman 1.3 was the testing ground for Joomla 1.5 • Rude MVC in DOCman MVC in Joomla • Theming Template overrides • Mambots Plugins • DOClink Editors-xtd Tradition of Innovation
- 14. DOCman 1.5/1.6
- 15. DOCman 1.5/1.6 • Native Joomla 1.5 • Stability • Security • Performance
- 16. Native version was the number 1 feature request http://ideas.joomlatools.eu/pages/docman
- 17. Native vs Legacy 1.4 1.5 1.6 2.0 Legacy Joomla 1.5 Joomla 1.5 Joomla 1.6/1.7 Joomla 2.5
- 18. Stability At 1 million downloads a year, we know that lots of sites depend on DOCman. We don’t take risks with your data. • Make upgrades as painless as possible • No database changes • No behaviour changes
- 19. Security • Big complex projects have a higher risk factor • Software that manages sensitive data is more attractive to hackers • Yet not a single vulnerability was discovered in DOCman in the past three years
- 20. Performance DOCman 1.4 DOCman 1.5/16 Page render in milliseconds Memory usage in Mb 420 12 415 376 10 10,45 315 8 8,5 210 6 4 105 2 0 0 10% gain 20% gain
- 21. Features • GPL • Custom fields • Nested categories • Local or remote storage • Group ACL • Logs & statistics • Themes • Search • Plugin support • Anti-leech • MVC • ... • DOClink
- 29. Time for innovation !
- 30. 150 Feature requests for DOCman Most of them are very specific to one single use case http://ideas.joomlatools.eu/pages/docman
- 31. 29 DOCman Extensions on JED Most of them are very specific to one single use case http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension-specific/docman-extensionsman
- 32. Comments Categories Multiple file Google Analytics upload Remote file upload Tagging Easy file linking Upload progress Versioning Automatic thumbnail generation Drag & Drop File listings Image gallery Activity logs Rating
- 33. The real problem is extensibility
- 34. The solution ?
- 35. Joomlatools Framework! • Rapid Extension Development Framework, make an extension extendable. • Sits alongside the Joomla Framework, installs as a plugin through EXTman, our new extension manager. • Joomlatools extensions get code reusability and extensibility out of the box. 3 years of development
- 36. Joomlatools Framework dramatically reduces the amount of code in an extension Shorter development time Less bugs Less security vulnerabilities Easier to understand, easier to extend
- 37. FILE AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT FUTURE ACL Mobile Amazon S3 Tagging Notifications Google Docs Backup Workflows Box.net Parameters Extendability Dropbox (either official or 3PD plugins) Extensions build on the Joomlatools Framework
- 38. 4 extensions, not one ! 1. DOCman Document en download manager 2. FILEman Advanced file and media manager 3. LOGman User activity streams 4. EXTman Extension manager
- 39. DOCman 2.0
- 40. FILEman 1.0
- 41. LOGman 1.0
- 42. EXTman 1.0
- 43. What should you remember? • DOCman was a key driver for innovation in Joomla 1.5 • For DOCman 1.5/1.6, keeping your documents secure is our primary concern • DOCman 2.0 is build from the ground up using a new and more powerful architecture • Not one but 4 new extensions : DOCman, FILEman, LOGman and EXTman.