Welcome to the home of OpenDocMan

Posted on Tuesday 27 February 2007

OpenDocMan is a free document management system (DMS) designed to comply with ISO 17025 and OIE standard for document management. It features web based access, fine grained control of access to files, and automated install and upgrades. Please have a look around and if you have any questions, contact us!

Opensource Document Management Software

OpenDocMan was developed under the open source GPL license, which in a nutshell allows you to use the program for free and modify it any way you wish. We also encourage feedback from our users when they encounter issues, or have suggestions. Free document management software is good for you.
   

No Changing of Business Rules Required

Unlike most DMS’s that require you to change your business rules in order to manage your documents, OpenDocMan allows you to integrate your current rules. Through supporting multiple file types, to departmental review, OpenDocMan lets you concentrate on the business at hand, document management. Free document management software is good to find.

Easy To Use and Setup

Your users will appreciate the minimalist approach to the user interface. Your IT staff will enjoy the automated installation process.

Robust User Management

IT staff and managers can delegate document management duties to any number of staff members, through user and group permissions. Permissions can be set as restrictively or permissively as needed.

Document Management Software Basics

Document management software and document management in general is based around a concept of centralized document storage, limited access, and change tracking. These three DMS software fundamentals make up much of ISO 17025 in regards to document management systems.

Centralized Document Storage:

Any decent document management system ( DMS ), whether it is open source or commercial, will allow documents to be stored in some sort of centralized location. This makes finding documents in the DMS much easier, as there is only one place to look.

Limited Access:

Having a centralized location to store files is not enough to call your product a document management system. A simple folder on your computer can allow files to be stored, but limiting access to specific individuals becomes more of a problem. A good DMS will allow fine-grained access to each and every file.

Tracking Changes:

Limiting access to the DMS files is a good step in the right direction but does no good if the files can be changed, added, removed without tracking of those actions. A good document management software system will add on change tracking for the files so that changes can be noted, and reversed if need be.

 

OpenSource Document Management System

 

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Pre-Installed OpenDocMan Hosting Sale

Posted on Tuesday 20 February 2007

ODMHosting.com is currently offering an introductory sale on all of our OpenDocMan hosting plans.

Visit http://www.ODMHosting.com for more information.
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OpenDocMan 1.2.5 Released

Posted on Monday 5 March 2007

A new version of OpenDocMan is now available. Version 1.2.5 includes minor bug fixes and has some new features added. One new database table was added as well. Check downloads link for latest version.

The OpenDocMan SVN repository is also updated.

Changelog:


  • fixed issue #1670157 - search results sorting is broken
  • added feature #748473  - Template System
  • fixed issue #1466355 - Slash in dataURL causing error
  • fixed issue #1489652 - Mimetype in check-in
  • added feature #949882 - Search query addition
  • added feature #1595659 - Show additional file attributes in TreeView
  • added feature #1659100 - Addition of User Defined Fields (UDF)
  • added feature #949878 - Browse by query
  • added patch #1637861 - GUI corrections and improvements
  • added patch #1233457 - Custom Header for Signup Page
  • added patch #1633374 - Added OpenOffice mimetypes
  • added patch #1638858 - Configuration Option Handling change (config_local.php)
  • added patch #1648156 - Read system mime.types file
  • added patch #[ 1638032 ] Improved NIS patch
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Announcing ODMHosting.com

Posted on Sunday 18 February 2007

The OpenDocMan project is pleased to announce the arrival of OpenDocMan Hosting. Each hosting account comes pre-installed with OpenDocMan, a leading Open-Source document management system (DMS). Other features of the hosting plans include priority support, email accounts, and more…

To learn more please visit our website at http://www.odmhosting.com
OpenDocMan v1.2.4 Released

Posted on Monday 20 November 2006

A new version of OpenDocMan is now available. Version 1.2.4 includes minor bug fixes, has some new patches applied, and should be PHP5 compatible. One new database column was added as well. Check downloads link for latest version.

The OpenDocMan SVN repository is also updated.

Changelog:

  • added PHP5 changes
  • fixed old SERVER vars
  • fixed addslashes on dept_reviewers
  • fixed issue #[ 1230565 ] unable to change the reviewer groups
  • fixed issue with reviewer user settings not being saved
  • fixed reviewer checkbox not-checked
  • fixed issue #[ 1431911 ] patch to treeview
  • applied patch #[ 1114195 ] add functionality for "one-click" view
  • added patch #[ 1387635 ] Utility to Reset Forgotten Password
  • added 1.2p3 upgrade path for 1.2.4
  • added patch #[ 1431875 ] Add "QDF" to mimetypes
  • added patch #[ 1449920 ] Special characters may cause login to fail
  • fixed issue #[ 1117924 ] OpenOffice document mime types
  • removed NIS patch. It was causing too many errors and warnings
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OpenDocMan v1.2p2 Released

Posted on Thursday 28 April 2005

Version 1.2p2 has been released. Some highlights are: This release is mostly bug fixes with some new features added as well. New Features:
  • One-Click View in file list
  • NIS/YP for login option
  • Tree-view in file list
  • Signup Page
Bug Fixes:
  • setup.php: fixed issue # [ 1116314 ] Access denied during fresh install
  • applied patch from SF patch #1113224 - jonathanwminer - sytax error in MySQL statments
  • applied SF patch # 1114195 - jonathanwminer - add functionality for “one-click” view
  • added patch [ 1160981 ] fix: Normal user update password
  • applied patch [ 1118889 ] fixes to search.php
  • applied patch [ 1163776 ] Check password against NIS/YP
  • added patch [ 931891 ] Change the display of documents to a tree view
  • patch [ 955024 ] Login Page Signup
  • fixed bug [ 1114071 ] Cancel button in dept. maint screen is broke
  • fixed bug # [ 1120379 ] Error in Query: INSERT INTO max records limit in db?
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Installation Assistance Available

Posted on Friday 19 November 2004

Logical Arts is now providing fee-based installation support for OpenDocMan. Please contact them at their site to schedule an installation: OpenDocMan Installation Assistance
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Where are you using OpenDocMan?

Posted on Wednesday 17 November 2004

I am interested to compile a list of companies that are using OpenDocMan for their document management needs. Does your company use OpenDocMan?
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OpenDocMan version 1.2p1 released

Posted on Monday 18 October 2004

There has been a new release posted on the download site. This is version 1.2p1 and is a release that fixes bugs in 1.2-Final. All users are encouraged to upgrade. To update: Install this in a new directory and edit the config.php file to match your old one. Thats it. Changelog:
  • view_file.php: applied patch #[ 1014553 ] MIME decoding problem - blackwes
  • check-out.php, view_file.php: fixed bug #[ 999102 ] mozilla download error
  • error.php, add.php, config.php: fixed bug # [ 1000887 ] There is no warning message when a file is too big
  • functions.php: fixed bug [ 1003626 ] draw statusbar and menu
  • config.php, functions.php: fixed bug [ 1003629 ] config.php mis-nomer
  • search.php: fixed bug#[ 1006450 ] filtering docs with browse by
  • index.php: fixed bug #[ 1043583 ] index should check for missing dirs
  • toBePublished.php: fixed bug #[ 1028268 ] mail not sent on reject - Chad B.
  • commitchange.php: fixed bug when updating user
  • category.php, department.php: fixed bug where non-admin could edit items - c. bloomquist
  • category.php, department.php: fixed bug # 1000380 - category and department security fixes - c. bloomquist
  • check_exp.php: fixed bug about no footer
  • check_exp.php: fixed bug #1003648- no footer on check_exp.php - c. bloomquist
  • index.php, include/library/functions.php: added login username field validation added long php tags
  • functions.php, index.php: fixed bug #999791 - username login field validation
  • view_file.php: fixed spaces in filename bug fixed view file perms check bug - c. bloomquist
  • view_file.php: Fixed bug #999780 - added perm check to view/downloading files - C. Bloomquist
  • commitchange.php: initial addition of updateuser admin logic - needs testing
  • commitchange.php: Added admin logic - thanks Chad changed submit checks to POST with new verbose action values as the keys changed all _REQUEST vars to appropriate _POST/_GET vars for security and integrity reformatted some if’s
  • department.php: moved cancel logic to end added admin check for bug #1000380 - thanks chad changed _REQUEST vars to proper GET or POST removed defunct delete logic changed submit buttons to be named submit and have value = verbose action
  • user.php: changed post submit buttons to all be named submit, with the action as the value
  • admin.php: added comments
  • secureurl.php: added closing ?>
  • view_file.php: fixed bug# 999102 submitted by Chad Blomquist - spaces in filenames fails download in mozilla
  • commitchange.php: applied security checks for each action
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OpenDocMan 1.2 Final Released

Posted on Sunday 25 July 2004

This release is the final release for version 1.2. All users are encouraged to upgrade. If upgrading from 1.2rc2 or 1.2rc3, there are no DB changes. Next release will be 1.3rc1. Changes:
  • install/odm.php, database.sql: changed admin email to RFC compliant example.com
  • config.php: vanilla changed default URL to RFC proper example.com
  • added copyright to all files added and added Khoa Nguyen to copyright notices where appropriate
  • commitchange.php: fixed security vulnerability where commitchange was not checking to make sure users were authorized to make the requested changes
  • functions.php: fixed bug ID#982733: modified_on column sort error in out.php
  • details.php: Fixed bug ID#917813: View only was able to read
  • setup.php: Added smart defaults for database connection form and
  • Added more feedback during installation steps
  • view_file.php: Fixed bug ID#909399: View file does not open in new window
  • toBePublished.php: fixed short tags added braces to if’s
  • profile.php: case change on php tag
  • delete.php: cleaned up braces added isset’s
  • add.php, edit.php: added Joe Jeskiewicz fix to spTo_
  • edit.php: added an isset for forbidden array to keep notices from showing in source code when no forbidden are selected
  • functions.php: fixed < ? tags that were causing $ in functions.php error
  • images/companylogo.gif: changed logo to opendocman logo
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