Turn on file versioning

[amejin]

I uploaded a full directory to the Alfresco Share via windows explorer under smb, and I am able to fully access from within MS Office (2003). Both server and client are running on Windows XP (I'm just evaluating at this point). One major issue I have is that when I do a bulk upload like this, none of the files have versioning enabled by default. I can use the Explorer UI to go in and manually set each file to enable version history, but this is not an efficient method of managing documents in the sort of numbers I am using. Is there a way to turn on file versioning by default other than by messing with the Data Dictionary? I read the Data Dictionary Guide, but quite frankly that document is pretty useless to me as a user.

[zaizi]

Sent a content rule on your Site Document library space to apply the version aspect to all content uploaded. Specify the rule should apply to all subspaces.

[amejin]

Sent a content rule on your Site Document library space to apply the version aspect to all content uploaded. Specify the rule should apply to all subspaces.

Right. I'll go study the documentation and figure out what you are saying. Then I'll come back and try again. Thanks. I AM the supernoob!

[golash]

Sent a content rule on your Site Document library space to apply the version aspect to all content uploaded. Specify the rule should apply to all subspaces.

I have tried doing this on Alfresco Labs Version V3.0.0(Stable). I have found that using the CIFS interface in Windows the files take forever to upload, even navigating folders takes forever and is practically useless.

It appears directly related to the versioning rule. Is that possible or could there be other reasons?

Is there any other way to turn on versioning other than setting a rule in the space?