Some starter questions about Alfresco features and setup

[robwu]

Hi,

I apologize if this can be found on the forum (I have done a fair amount of searching already), but the amount of information regarding Alfresco is a bit daunting to say the least. So if there are already any links to the questions please post them.

For our little company setup we would like to use Alfresco as a Internet accessible project server. Multiple people will have to have access to data in several folders, with or without limited rights. All this because a lot of us work on different locations a lot of the time, and this way we feel that the risk of working with outdated information or files is less possible.

In addition we would like to have a 'blog like' system integrated into Alfresco for clients to log into. This blog would be password protected, and a way to have work validated for the next step.
It would be nice if a simple, received email with a link attached would bring you to the login page for the blog thread, and adding a comment on the thread would generate an email for all people assigned to the thread. So they know a comment is added.
This is a big thing for us, but I couldn't find any information on this yet if Alfresco can do this OOB or with addons.

There's some other stuff we would like to add, like a online agenda, and a online progress report. But the first two have our immediate interest of need atm.

A separate question: When working with Alfresco, you can use the server as a virtual drive, but is there some kind of check-in/out system from the File menu in all apps used?

Thank you for any response, links to the forum or websites,

Rob
Holland

[mrogers]

This is a big thing for us, but I couldn't find any information on this yet if Alfresco can do this OOB or with addons.
-> Have a look at Share's blogs or simply use a new type.  

-> You can send your email from a rule or an action as and when a comment is added.   Or you can drive your blogs through a simple (or complicated if needed :wink: ) workflow

There's some other stuff we would like to add, like a online agenda, and a online progress report. But the first two have our immediate interest of need atm.

-> A separate question: When working with Alfresco, you can use the server as a virtual drive, but is there some kind of check-in/out system from the File menu in all apps used?  
No.    The app's menu is not under the control of Alfresco.   As and where its possible such as via CMIS, CIFS and SPP there will be COCO actions.

[robwu]

Hi,

A bit of a late reply, but thanks for the answers.
After some more digging Alfresco Share is probably the most logical solution for us.

We're finishing our little list of wishes, and having a meet n greet with a Alfresco integrator soon.

thanks,

rob