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Hello friends,
I want my website to have few closed pages just for the staff (basically a simple intranet). I want to put a link to the log-in page on the website so when my workers click on it they will see the log-in, will enter there email/username and password and will be able to see those pages. I guess I will add those users manually as I dont want to have open registration on the website.
Anyway frz said:
concrete5 can do this quite handily, and as soon as we get our showcase back online i can show you some examples.
You should check out the permissions and advanced permissions model in the basics of our docs.
You should also check out the add-ons. Stuff like the document library, contact directory, and discussion forums can be put together to make an extranet for a few hundred bucks.
My question is...is there anyway to do those 3 things (document library, contact directory, and discussion forums) without the add-ons as we dont have money for it (we are a starting non-profit). I guess I can use phpBB for the forums and just put in in iframe but what about the others?
Any ideas?
Thank you,
YoYo
I want my website to have few closed pages just for the staff (basically a simple intranet). I want to put a link to the log-in page on the website so when my workers click on it they will see the log-in, will enter there email/username and password and will be able to see those pages. I guess I will add those users manually as I dont want to have open registration on the website.
Anyway frz said:
concrete5 can do this quite handily, and as soon as we get our showcase back online i can show you some examples.
You should check out the permissions and advanced permissions model in the basics of our docs.
You should also check out the add-ons. Stuff like the document library, contact directory, and discussion forums can be put together to make an extranet for a few hundred bucks.
My question is...is there anyway to do those 3 things (document library, contact directory, and discussion forums) without the add-ons as we dont have money for it (we are a starting non-profit). I guess I can use phpBB for the forums and just put in in iframe but what about the others?
Any ideas?
Thank you,
YoYo
Hi...
Thank you Mainio for you quick and professional answer....
The forums look great...I will probably use it...
with regards the the users log-in...I didn't understand if by doing what you said in No. 1 above my users will need to log-in only once to see all the pages in the intranet or they will need to enter their log-in details for each restricted page?
With regards to No.2, I want to have on the intranet one page with tale of documents so my volunteers will be able to download them. Is there a way to show the files in a table format...something that looks close to the way they look at the Document Library add-on?
Last question, can I move info from the my Contact Us form to the users list?
Thank You,
YoYo
Thank you Mainio for you quick and professional answer....
The forums look great...I will probably use it...
with regards the the users log-in...I didn't understand if by doing what you said in No. 1 above my users will need to log-in only once to see all the pages in the intranet or they will need to enter their log-in details for each restricted page?
With regards to No.2, I want to have on the intranet one page with tale of documents so my volunteers will be able to download them. Is there a way to show the files in a table format...something that looks close to the way they look at the Document Library add-on?
Last question, can I move info from the my Contact Us form to the users list?
Thank You,
YoYo
No. 1 above my users will need to log-in only once to see all the pages in the intranet or they will need to enter their log-in details for each restricted page?
>> Only once. I just meant that if they are NOT logged in, those pages will show most probably a login form for them.
No.2, I want to have on the intranet one page with tale of documents so my volunteers will be able to download them.
>> This is possible but I don't know/find an add-on that would do this out-of the box than the Document Library.
This might help if you use the "Results Only" option (so that it does not show you the search form):
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/image-file-search/...
If you just need the basic list of files that you can get with some file attributes or by some file set, you will need few lines of code but I'm quite sure you will get an answer to this problem from the forums if you don't manage to pull it off by yourself.
Antti
>> Only once. I just meant that if they are NOT logged in, those pages will show most probably a login form for them.
No.2, I want to have on the intranet one page with tale of documents so my volunteers will be able to download them.
>> This is possible but I don't know/find an add-on that would do this out-of the box than the Document Library.
This might help if you use the "Results Only" option (so that it does not show you the search form):
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/image-file-search/...
If you just need the basic list of files that you can get with some file attributes or by some file set, you will need few lines of code but I'm quite sure you will get an answer to this problem from the forums if you don't manage to pull it off by yourself.
Antti
Few answers:
1. Basic login and restricted pages
This is already in the concrete5 core, just turn on the advanced permissions and setup rights for the pages where you want your users to require login. They should see a login form if the page is not allowed for them. I'm not sure about this but they can always be redirected to the login form if this is not the case.
2. For the files
When you turn on advanced permissions, you should be pretty easily able to control the permissions for the files as well. The document library just adds some additional functionality, I doubt you will need it.
3. Forums
Recently this integration was published for Vanilla Forums:
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/vanilla-forums/...
You need to setup vanilla forums but you should be able to integrate to it pretty easily.
So, shortly: advanced permissions is the key as Franz already said and when you get there you can start adding some additional stufff, like forums.
Antti / Mainio