File / Directory Manager like Sharepoint

By cfrancis on 25 Jan 2005 at 22:45 UTC

I have a Sharepoint site that allows people to upload various documents. Everything is arranged in directories so for example, there may be a hierarchy like Product->Version->Release Notes.doc. The site will grow to contain more information and functionality such as request forms. I am looking at alternatives to Sharepoint that may be more flexible down the road. My first step, though, is to mimic what we have now. Can Drupal do something like Sharepoint with the document directories? I have tried three file modules, but can't figure out how to get a structure in place as they all seem to put things in a single directory. Am I just missing something? I need something that a non-technical person can easily create a folder and put files in there. I also need a way for people to subscribe to that folder and get notifications when there is a change.

Thanks,
Chris

Comments

Owl?

Rick Cogley commented 25 January 2005 at 23:00

Hi - I'm very new to Drupal and so cannot comment, but an alternative is that you might look at the OSS software called OWL. There is a demo on opensourcecms.

Rick Cogley :: rick.cogley@esolia.co.jp
Tokyo, Japan

Drupal with WebDAV Would Be Nice

carl ditzler commented 26 January 2005 at 01:23

Drupal with a WebDAV module would probide this functionality, as suggested.

hmmm

sepeck commented 26 January 2005 at 03:29

I don't use any of the file management modules, but how is this for a strategy. Add the inline module and turn on upload (required)

Develop your taxonomy to mimic the structure you are trying to achieve and upload the files to the nodes. They could have a description field and everything, or you could add the site-map module for that. You could alias the taxonomies, and manually build out the menu's, or use one of the taxonomy menu's from contrib.

With some combination of the permissions modules you could add permissions settings to your site as well. This would all save you lots on licensing costs for SharePoint.

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