Simple Groupware - News archive 2006 #1
Simple Groupware 0.217 released - June 30, 2006
Added text preview for OpenOffice, MS-Office and PDF documents. Also added preview for images (.bmp, .emf, .eps, .ico, .pcd, .pcx, .psd, .svg, .tif, .wmf, .xpm) and archives (.tar, .zip, .tar.gz, .tgz). Added the option to use a virus scanner for uploading / downloading files. Added a new module for contact activities. Added a status field to the files module. Added a direct edit mode to the SQL console. Added new/edit to the local filesystem module. Changed image preview for .jpg, .gif, .png to ImageMagick (better quality). Changed quota handling to notification. Splitted the forum module into display and details view. Replying and moving mails with IMAP was fixed. Importing bookmarks from Firefox was fixed. POP3 attachment detection was fixed. Error with undefined "flevel" was fixed for the news module.
Preview for PDF documents | Preview for MS Word documents |
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Simple Groupware 0.217 - Simple Groupware Client 0.21
Simple Groupware 0.216 released - June 21, 2006
Fixed deleting folders from trash. Therefore an update is strongly recommended to avoid data loss!
A backup can now also be restored to the backup folder instead of the original folder. Added new portal and chat module. Added column summing. Added level structure to tree module. Added Simple Spreadsheet for doing data imports. Fixed ordering in RSS items, missing categories in tasks and changed readonly behaviour in categories, statuses.
Portal | Chat |
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Simple Groupware 0.216 - Simple Groupware Client 0.21
Simple Groupware 0.215 released - June 14, 2006
Added option to create users automatically with LDAP, htaccess or IMAP authentication. Added anonymous mode for SMTP and made the mail footer configurable. Also added authentication for LDAP binding (instead of anonymous binding with openLDAP). Fixed an SQL error in forum module.
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Simple Groupware 0.215 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.214 released - June 8, 2006
Improved usability: Changed selecting items to view based instead of folder based. Fixed selecting many dates in iCalendar.
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Simple Groupware 0.214 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware User Manual 0.12 - June 5, 2006
A new release of the Manual containing the latest changes in layout and usability.
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User Manual 0.12: pdf or odp (OpenOffice 2.x)
Simple Groupware 0.213 released - June 4, 2006
Fixed iCalendar parsing. Made duration in calendar readonly and fixed week layout for many allday events.
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Simple Groupware 0.213 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.212 released - June 2, 2006
The IMAP caching performance was significantly improved. Search terms are now highlighted in the search results. Excel/Spreadsheet export was changed to produce native xls files. Furthermore a new Firefox search plugin was added. Some components (Smarty, TinyMCE, Auth_SASL) were updated to the latest versions.
Highlight search terms |
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Simple Groupware 0.212 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.211 released - Mai 30, 2006
Added duration field to calendar and improved calendar navigation by adding a new tomorrow field. Created a new forum module. Added custom resizing for bookmark previews. Fixed creation of database indexes and problems with automatic resizing bookmark previews.
Forum |
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Simple Groupware 0.211 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.210 released - Mai 23, 2006
Expanded bookmarks with a (iframe) preview. Added RSS links to tree, a date box to the tasks, and an option to redirect to home directory after login. Fixed selecting several assets in external data sources and layout problems with IE.
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Simple Groupware 0.210 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.29 released - Mai 16, 2006
Added free/busy popup for calendar. The layout for datebox in tree was changed to non-scrolling. Creating assets was fixed as well as hiding data in calendar.
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Simple Groupware 0.29 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.28 released - Mai 15, 2006
Improved search pane in the tree. Added tabs to new/edit views if there are many data sources. Changing rights for non-admin users is now possible. Fixed some layout and form problems.
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Simple Groupware 0.28 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.27 released - Mai 12, 2006
Added LDAP module, a faster function for clearing out unsecure HTML and collapsing for the asset list in calendar mode. Fixed some problems in the IMAP module.
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Simple Groupware 0.27 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware User Manual 0.11 - May 10, 2006
A new release of the Manual containing the latest changes in layout and usability.
Download:
User Manual 0.11: pdf or odp (OpenOffice 2.x)
Simple Groupware 0.26 released - Mai 8, 2006
Added ajax based tree expanding/collapsing and a type field for categories and statuses. Also added a trash folder for all deleted assets and folders. Creating default groups in setup was fixed.
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Simple Groupware 0.26 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.25 released - Mai 5, 2006
Added new gallery module and a wizard for easier creating mounpoints. There is also a new web-based editor for the system configuration. Implemented a default folder structure for departments and delete triggers for users and projects. Added feature for virtually merging folders. Moved default style to system configuration. The default folder structure got cleaned up. Enlarging hidden text in Firefox was fixed together with reducing some icons in the layout.
Photo gallery |
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Simple Groupware 0.25 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.24 released - Mai 2, 2006
Changed tree to dynamically resize with the screen resolution. Added a notes modules.
Calendar - Using colors |
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Simple Groupware 0.24 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.23 released - April 30, 2006
Added seen/unseen state for emails. Views and buttons are now accessible with keyboard shortcuts (for details, see user manual). Calendar settings for day begin and end can be configured in user accounts. Added automatic url decoding in bookmarks (better readable). Finally some fixes for searching, imap, pop3, changing user settings (password, status, etc.), mail subject decoding and text highlighting.
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Simple Groupware 0.23 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
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Installation - Update (updated)
Simple Groupware 0.22 released - April 21, 2006
All assets can now be marked with special colors. Translations get directly built during the setup which leads to a smaller download size. A method for cleaning up POP3 cache was added and the asset history was fixed.
Calendar - Using colors |
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Simple Groupware 0.22 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware User Manual 0.1 - April 20, 2006
This is the first release of the User Manual. If you're missing something, just let me know.
Download:
User Manual 0.1: pdf or odp (OpenOffice 2.x)
Simple Groupware 0.21 released - April 19, 2006
The new release received full POP3 support. The setup was relayouted. Importing contacts from csv files was fixed as well as deadlock problems with updating treesizes and search indexes.
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Simple Groupware 0.21 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.2 released - April 18, 2006
Added save, delete, move and copy mails to the IMAP module. Added module for contact groups. Added mailing to groups and contact groups. Added a new system console to directly execute commandline programs. Expanded day and week view to allow creating appointments by clicking the time at the left side. Fixed LDAP login with OpenLDAP, now base- and user-dn are detected automatically.
Changed the required-flag in contacts/companies. Adapted size counting to a row-based method. Dropped Helene code editor because it's no longer under development. Replaced JS-Calendar with a new (smaller) javascript calendar. Updated the libraries to the latest versions (Smarty, JPpgraph, Net_Smtp, Pear, TinyMCE and TextWiki).
E-Mails (with Imap) | System Console |
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Simple Groupware 0.2 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.2 beta 11 released - February 18, 2006
Added templates for textareas. Increased performance when synchronizing database metadata. Changed some modules from datatype Htmlarea to Wikiarea, enabled opacity for Opera9.
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Simple Groupware 0.2 beta 11 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.2 beta 10 released - February 5, 2006
Added paths as folder parameter. Mailto-fields are now sorted. Improved browser compatibility message. Renamed iCalendar module. Fixed javascripts for Internet Explorer 7.0 beta 2, browser detection for Camino (but disabled) and fixed folder collapsing.
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Simple Groupware 0.2 beta 10 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.2 beta 9 released - January 28, 2006
Added SQL and PHP console to make it easier to run these statements in a popup. Also added vCard and LDIF (LDAP Data Interchange Format) export methods. PDAs having Opera Mobile 8.5 beta are now also supported. Folders can be moved. For better remote data handling an XML-RPC server was added together with a small client library showing how to use it. A new efficient locking system should provide better protection against tree corruption. The unit-tests were converted to much more simple blackbox tests. Finally there are some fixes for the url validation and the browser detection of Mozilla Suite.
SQL console |
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Simple Groupware 0.2 beta 9 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
Simple Groupware 0.2 beta 8 released - January 18, 2006
Added output compression for javascript and stylesheet files along with the Czech translation from Zdenek Blaha. In addition the developer documentation received a call structure map.
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Simple Groupware 0.2 beta 7 released - January 14, 2006
Added RSS support to subscribe to folders (e.g. with Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 or Serence KlipFolio) as well as the possibility to export iCalendar files (e.g. to Mozilla Sunbird). Changed the zipcode handling (no limitation to numbers) and improved browser compatibility with MacOS Safari 1.3/2.0 (thanks to Ben Jansen). Also added a new login screen and fixed iCalendar parsing and PHP5 incompatibilities.
Simple Groupware - Login | |
Event monitoring with Thunderbird | Calendar - RSS Notification with KlipFolio |
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Simple Groupware 0.2 beta 7 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2
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Simple Groupware 0.2 beta 6 released - January 2, 2006
New year, new release: Firefox bookmarks can now be imported using the new bookmark handler. Expanded the calendar module with a year view. URLs and E-Mail addresses inside textareas are now automatically displayed as links (also *bold* and _underline_ work now). If two users are simultaneously editing an asset, a warning message is displayed. Groups and rights are now automatically created when a new project is created. Added maintenance mode which forbids normal users to log in. Expanded user authentication with SMTP and SSL/TLS for IMAP/SMTP. Updated Smarty template engine to the latest version. Fixed bugs in the search function and anonymous session handling.
Firefox bookmarks | Calendar - Year view |
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Simple Groupware 0.2 beta 6 - Simple Groupware Client 0.2

Happy New Year!
I wish You all the best in the New Year!
Hopefully a year filled with peace and prosperity.
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