Download - Get ready for alfresco 4
Get Ready forAlfresco 4
Paul Hampton
• Features that make Alfresco easier to use
• Features that provide Social Content Management support
• Features that make Alfresco easier to deploy and manage
Usability
Question?
• How do you make it easier to…add contentfind content and use content?
Uploading Content
• Support drag and drop uploado Drag from desktopo Drop on to folders
• Improved parallel upload• Support drag and drop
moveo Drag files to the folder
tree, folders or the breadcrumb
• HTML5 enabled browsers
Get D&D move screen shot off Paul
HH
Finding Content
• Sort folder viewo By name, type,
rating…
• Inline edit of propertieso Nameo Tags
Viewing Content
• Redesigned UIo More room for
previewo Toggle actions,
properties, tags, etc.
• Support more formatso Preview Video and
Audioo Support for Apple
iWorks files
Site Administration
• Drag and drop setup of components
• Rename components• Brand sites• Improved help
o Default texto Help bubbles
Other Enhancements
• Improved calendar• Create from template• TinyMCE link to page• Geotag linked to
Google maps • Google Docs
Social Content Management
Social Features – Followers
• Follow influential people
• Use search to find people to follow
• Activities – what are they doing
• Private following list• Find out who is
following you
Social Features – Ratings and Commenting
• Ability to ‘like’ content
• Sort content by ratingso Find highly rated
content
• Comment counts• Rewind version tree
Social Features – Notifications
• Proactive notificationso Uses HTML templates
(localized)o Can be customized (in
repo)o Activity feed, following
and WF tasks
• Personal preferenceso Op-in/out
• New activity dashleto Multiple optionso New filers
Social Features – Publishing
• Support two typeso Contento Status updates
• Support for o Facebook, Twitter,
YouTube, and Flickro Can be extended
• Define ‘Channels’o Multiple channels for
each service
Publish
Social Publishing
• Administrationo Define the channelso Define credentials
• Java API to build automation
• Usero Select contento New action ‘Publish’o Select channel(s)o View publishing
history
Administration
Web Administration
• Admin consoleo Tag and category
managerso Channels and Workflow
management
Enterprise
Community
New Alfresco Index Server
• Replace Lucene• More scalable
solution• Separate Solr index
servero Remove load from
Alfresco servers
• Solr index used for search
Lucene vrs. Solr
I I I
DB FS
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DB FS SOLR
Solr Support
• Customer can choose either Lucene or Solr
• Typical upgrade processo Install Alfresco 4.0o Configure SOLRo Run Solr indexo Switch off Lucene
• Fine grain control over what gets indexed
• ‘Eventually Consistent’
• Client supporto Alfresco Explorero Alfresco Shareo WebDAVo FTPo MS SharePointo CIFS
• RM will follow 4.0
Activiti Workflow
• Designed by Tom Baeyens (founder of the open source BPM engine jBPM)
• Option to use Activiti, jBPM or both
• Apache licensed with support for BPMN 2.0 standard
• Designer for Enterprise
Activiti Admin
• Deploy
Processes
WCM
• Web Quick Starto Publish to file systemo Also DM to file system
• Multilingual web site supporto Mark an asset / section as
translatableo Edit the locales available
on a particular websiteo See the translations of a
given asset / sectiono Create a new translation
of a translatable asset / section
o Edit a translation of a translatable asset / section
Availability
• End September 2011o Alfresco Community 4.0.a – Available for
download
• November o Alfresco Enterprise 4 Beta –
http://svy.mk/Beta4Alfresco
• Mid December 2011o Alfresco Enterprise 4o Alfresco Team 4
• Q1 2012o Alfresco Records Management 4
Alfresco 4
• Easier to Use
• Supports Social Content Management
• Easier to manage and deploy
Mobile
Mobile Features
• Find contento Browse sites and folderso Search
• View contento View file information
• Download to deviceo Open in app
• Favorites• Send content to others• Comment• Upload content
(WebDAV)
Alfresco DevCon 2011
San Diego, 26-27 Oct & London, 9-10 NovUse ‘DevCon11Web’
Save $50 (€36 or £31) on conference registration at
http://www.alfresco.com/about/events/devcon
The open platform forsocial content management.
