[HLUG] Document management/publishing website suggestions

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

Quoting Paul Stenning <paul at vintage-radio.com>:

> Can anyone give me some pointers please?
>
> A client has asked me to quote for a website with the following
> requirements:
>
>     1. A membership system where members are set up by the admin. There
> will be about 10-12 members.
>     2. Members can upload documents as PDF files together with a typed
> abstract/summary. They can be put in one of several predefined categories.
>     3. Newly uploaded documents require approval by three other members.
>     4. Once approved the document together with the abstract, author
> details etc are available on the website for anyone to download.
>     5. Any changes to the document require the approval process to be
> repeated. Until that is completed the old version remains available.
>     6. A mailing list system which automatically emails visitors who
> have registered whenever a new document is published. Also emails to
> members when a new document is uploaded.
>     7. PHP/MySQL based preferred (will be on an Apache server so no ASP!).
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for existing software that can do at
> least some of this? It would need some sort of template system to
> customise the look-and-feel. Free open source is preferred of course,
> but if it needs to be commercial then that's OK.
>
> I'm not looking for someone to create this from scratch for me. However
> if you already have something that does most of what I need and can be
> adapted then I'd be interested in discussing it.

I've got something I've just developed that does most of this already  
(it doesn't do the editor bit but that wouldn't be too difficult to  
develop).  I'm currently tidying up the code and plan to release it  
under the GPL.

It's in use at www.sharedservicearchitects.co.uk if you want to see  
the public front end, I can't provide admin access as it's a live site  
but I'm willing to put it up on a demo server for people to play with  
if they want.

Kind regards,

Matt
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Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk
http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/