[Web4lib] RE: DocMan-like plugin in for WordPress?

[Havens,Andy]

If I was going to do this on my WordPress blog, I'd use the WP Download
Monitor plugin:

http://blue-anvil.com/archives/wordpress-download-monitor-plugin-v15

I think it's a great idea to use WP for a document management system.
You can use all the various features, plug-ins, etc. to manage your WP
pages/posts, and then link to the files from the various pages/posts.
You get the ability to do tags and categories, comments, etc. With some
agreed-upon user rules, you could also have a pretty vigorous "version
control" system, whereby users either add new versions and link to them
in an edited post, or change the document and replace it, but note the
changes in comments.

Neat idea. 

 


- A

Andy Havens
OCLC: Manager of Branding and Creative Services
Phone: 614.764.4326
Mobile: 614.395.4134

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Gilman, Mark
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 1:29 PM
To: web4lib
Subject: [Web4lib] DocMan-like plugin in for WordPress?

Hi,
 
I am thinking of setting up a Wordpress install to serve as a kind of
portal for certain categories of librarians.  What I'm chiefly looking
for are:
 
1) simple, intuitive administration in a multi-editor environment
2) ability to upload and manage a reasonable number of PDF's, word docs,
spreadsheets, PowerPoint files, etc.
3) minimal need for intermediation by me or anyone else - end users
should be able to generate / structure their own content
 
I've played around with many different CMS's and wikis, and I've about
concluded that WordPress has the right combination of features,
especially the just released version (2.7) which features automatic
upgrades to subsequent versions (like Firefox) and a completely
customizable administrative interface.
 
Never having used WordPress in anything but incidental ways, there's one
area where I'm seeking your help; namely, the question of how to manage
a document store.  Ideally, these documents would be easy to upload,
name,  categorize, search and retrieve.
If there were a plugin similar to Joomla's DocMan, that might be just
the ticket. The plugin library for Wordpress is very large, but I
haven't found anything that seems comparable.
 
Does anyone know of  a Wordpress plugin similar to DocMan? Any other
ideas about how to approach this issue of needing to create a small, but
easily navigated document store?  (I'm thinking this could grow to no
more than, say, 500 or so documents, over time.)
 
I realize that WordPress is natively a blogging product and that bending
it to function like a CMS may strike some as being a somewhat eccentric
path to follow.  However, that said, it's robust and simple and I very
much like those traits. Also, blogging is a large part of what I want to
use this portal for.  Thanks!
 
Regards,
Mark Gilman
 
Municipal Reference Librarian
Urban Information Center
Dallas Public Library
1515 Young St., 6th floor.
Dallas, TX 75201
214-670-1482
http://dallaslibrary.org/cgi/cui.htm
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