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Advanced customizations UI;Explorer vs Share vs external app

michalwrobel
Champ on-the-rise
Champ on-the-rise
Hope this is appropriate forum part for this post, because it  doesn't concern any particular part of Alfresco.


We're currently investigating possibility of creating a mid-complicated web app. It involves a simple workflow (not 'simple' in terms of alfresco developemnt but rather not complicated). The application allows clients to submit orders which include some attachments in form of .jpg files. Then the manager distributes these orders as tasks among his workers. So there is a workflow and content to manage. The application must have, of course, a very customized menu for every role. Eg. the client has only options to submit order and view his invoices, the worker sees only his tasks and deadlines. There should be no normal options available such as Company home, search, etc.

The question is: Is alfresco suitable for such profound customization and tailoring? If the answer is yes, what would be better, customizing Explorer or Share? Or maybe it is better to develop an external application using only (and if) alfresco api via webservices?

Thanks in advance for your answers.
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smicyk
Champ in-the-making
Champ in-the-making
Hi,

in general it is easier to change something in Share, also it has much more customization options. Moreover, Alfresco Explorer will not be develop anymore. I think you should start to customize Share and get used to webscript API. If Share is not enough you can always change the user interface, not the API itself.

smicyk

mrogers
Star Contributor
Star Contributor
To answer your question, yes alfresco is suitable for customisation.

However you need to do some analysis to see which if any of the existing user interfaces suit.   And just to complicate the picture even more 😎 a fourth option is to use one of the other user interfaces for Alfresco, your choice is wider than just Explorer or Share.

Edit :  You may like to look at this Blog entry from Jeff Potts. http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2009/04/20/971
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