In general, I agree with drmike about group admins. That said, if the site admin had uber control over file types, group admins could simply manage from the list of available. And I agree that it would be great to have a manageable directory structure - similar to blogs.dir.
If the management of this could be complementary to the site-wide/centralised doc management plugin discussed in previous threads, then it would be perfect.
Personally, I'd like to have the sitewide doc manager released ahead of a BuddyPress Groups version, although they are both excellent tools.
The BP doc repository gives users yet another strong reason to utilise the groups area. We're very keen to make Groups the feature of our member's interaction, so yes - a big +1.
This would be great!
Having one central place to keep files so that everyone could access them easily is a perfect fit for the site I am building for my real estate company
Responses (13)
Erstwhile founder — 30th November 2009 (2 years ago) #
Not a bad idea. What does everyone else think about this plugin idea?
Thanks,
Andrew
Keeper of the Dark Chocolate — 1st December 2009 (2 years ago) #
I like it although I'm against having group admins have a say over file types.
Please make sure the upload directory is adjustable like blogs.dir is so it can be moved.
Member — 1st December 2009 (2 years ago) #
Perfect idea.
Keeper of the Dark Chocolate — 1st December 2009 (2 years ago) #
Is it done yet? :D
Member — 1st December 2009 (2 years ago) #
In general, I agree with drmike about group admins. That said, if the site admin had uber control over file types, group admins could simply manage from the list of available. And I agree that it would be great to have a manageable directory structure - similar to blogs.dir.
Thanks guys - I'll wait here... : )
Erstwhile founder — 1st December 2009 (2 years ago) #
Bumping this for others to see. We'll need a few additional users who would like to see this plugin coded :)
Thanks,
Andrew
Member — 16th December 2009 (2 years ago) #
+1 from me.
If the management of this could be complementary to the site-wide/centralised doc management plugin discussed in previous threads, then it would be perfect.
Document Management Plugin
Personally, I'd like to have the sitewide doc manager released ahead of a BuddyPress Groups version, although they are both excellent tools.
The BP doc repository gives users yet another strong reason to utilise the groups area. We're very keen to make Groups the feature of our member's interaction, so yes - a big +1.
thanks
Paul
Member — 17th December 2009 (2 years ago) #
It would be handy to have a plugin that would create a file repository for groups to store documents - PDFs, Word, Excel, JPG, etc.
- Airfoil- This is a plugin that should have been available long ago, so.. please invite some others to agree, so that we can have it soon.. Please.
Strauss
Member — 23rd December 2009 (2 years ago) #
+1
This would be great!
Having one central place to keep files so that everyone could access them easily is a perfect fit for the site I am building for my real estate company
Member — 23rd December 2009 (2 years ago) #
fantastico idea... bring it on.. this will be one hell of a killer plug-in for bp...
Erstwhile founder — 23rd December 2009 (2 years ago) #
Hi Guys,
We'll look into this one when we're all back in the office in January.
Thanks,
Andrew
Member — 7th March 2010 (2 years ago) #
I think the university students would benefit from a site with such features.
I say yes but maybe it's already existing ?
Member — 7th March 2010 (2 years ago) #
There is now a plugin that provides this feature:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-documents/download
There is a roadmap.txt file included with the plugin that lists features the developer is working on adding.
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