Re: [cms-users] Enhanced CMS 0.02

[Roger B. <ro...@sa...>]

Hi Matti (and Alexandre?)

A long time ago, Matti Lattu wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I have worked few weekends with CMS making some enhancements which me
> and my colleagues need for our groupware.

I have spent a few hours playing with this - the changes are excellent,
thanks!

Please let me know if you have done any more development on this as I'd
be keen to take a look.

Some comments about 0.02-E1

1. Is it worth having an option to save the *comment and *note files as
"dot files" (for example: .somefile.note instead of somefile.note)?
The reason is: If the cms folders are shared by Samba or FTP users, the
dot files are not listed - This means a cleaner index option for when
when using FTP or Samba.

2. How about having a buttton to  "reserve" and "unreserve" files in
addition to current "checkout" and "available". This would allow files
to be better protected. For example, a file could be "reserved" by
default when uploaded. It would be better still if a file owner could
make a file "read only" but the "reserve" option would be easy to  do?

3. Have you thought about using RCS  for revision control? I think this
would be easy to do ( you could take a look at one way that is done at
http://www.twiki.org/ ).

4. I have run into a few download problems (mostly javascript errors)
with unusual browser versions. Maybe an ftp download option in addition
to current options might be useful?

I have modified (badly) cms-0.02-E1 to do some of the above but I am a
useless coder so not offering them as a patch... but let me know if you
are interested in taking a look at the changes - they at least provide a
hands on example of what I am talking about above. I would not be able
to do any coding but happy to help with testing and documentation if
anyone is interested in doing anything on this.
 

Thanks Matti (and thanks also to Alexandre for original cms),

R.

(PS I am sending copy to list and to personal as I am unsure if there is
any "life " in the list ;^)

> + Possibiliy for multiple desktops (parallel shared filesystems)
> + Desktops are password-protected (MD5-hashed cooke used)
> + Note window for longer file/directory -related text. Intended for
> commenting, discussion etc.
> + Option to download the files using browser's right-click popup and
> SaveAs ("manual download"). I've had problems with IEs too eagerly
> executing helpers with messy outcomes.
> + File uploading works now also under IIS 5.0
> + Enhanced security features: All CGI parameters are filtered, upload
> through separate program
> 
> If you're interested to try it, the current release (0.02-E1) can be
> downloaded from http://www.dogman.fi/software. Alexandre Gravel, the
> author of CMS, has not replied my offer to participate "officially" the
> CMS project so I'm bit unsure about the future of my version. Any
> suggestions to how I should proceed?
> 
> r. Matti
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