google docs?

[jriker1]

I was under the understanding that the latest builds of 3.3 support editing of documents on-line with google docs.  Is there something I have to configure to be able to say directly edit a word doc thru Share?

Thanks.

JR

[jriker1]

downloading current build now to test.

[mattsmith]

Hi jriker1,

How did the testing of the google docs bits go?

Regards
Matt

[janvg]

Just downloaded and installed 3.3 G (Installed Version   3.3.0 (g 2860)) but I don't see the google docs link

does it need some extra config to make it visible ?

[savic_prvoslav]

yes some config is needed, you have it all hire
http://wiki.alfresco.com/w/images/7/78/Getting_Started_with_Using_Google_Docs_with_Alfresco.pdf

hope it helps.

[mattsmith]

Hi All,

I have read the article on upgrading (http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/General_Upgrade_Process) but i don't think this is feasible with the way that I have been using Alfresco.

I have installed Alfresco on a SLES10  server and have so far been editing the properties files directly on the server and restarting Alfresco.  I have taken a tar copy of /opt/Alfresco that contains all my configuration changes.  How will i take the changes I made previously  to the new 3.3g installation and ensure that all data remains safe?

Cheers
Matt

[mrogers]

Any configuration over-rides you make for Alfresco should be in your "shared" folder.    And in the case of properties these go in your alfresco-global.properties.    Or larger pieces of code are installed via AMPS.

Therefore your configuration will be unaffected when you upgrade.

You may need to "rework the configuration" between different versions however between 3.3 and 3.3g I'm not aware of any difference and the upgrade should be trivial.       For users moving from versions older than 3.2, although the "old style"repository.properties configuration will still probably work you should probably move most of your configuration to alfresco-global.properties, in particular the authentication configuration was overhauled.

[mattsmith]

Thanks for the reply,

I have made changes in directory's like the below,

/opt/Alfresco/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/subsystems/Authentication/ldap

how will I ensure that these changes are carried to the new version?

Matt

[mrogers]

You should never touch the contents of the WEB-INF folder.    Your over-rides should go below the <extension root> folder which will be something like "tomcat/shared".   That keeps your configuration separate from the alfresco provided configuration.

So in your example your LDAP configuration should be moved to tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/subsystems/Authentication/ldap.

You will need to search for the files you have changed in WEB-INF, possibly by modification date, and then configure alfresco via the shared folder.    

N.B.   Please make sure you backup your alfresco instance before upgrading.  DB, Content store and Alfresco configuration.

[mattsmith]

Thanks again for the reply,

the /tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/subsystems/Authentication/ldap directory doesnt exist, presumably its fine to create this and move my files etc.

do I need to tell alfresco to look at the shared directory for ldap etc or is it clever enough to work this out?

Cheers
Matt

[mrogers]

Tomcat 5 has a shared directory.     It was done away with by Tomcat 6.

If you installed Alfresco with a bundled tomcat then you need to do nothing.   If you installed Alfreco on your own instance of Tomcat 6 then you need to create the shared folder and add the shared folder to the class path as per the install guide.