Simple Groupware
A complete groupware package that enables you to create powerful web applications
- Downloads:134
- Last update:Jan 16, 2008
- Version:0.311
- License:Gpl
- Publisher:Thomas Bley
- System Requirements
Windows All
Simple Groupware
A complete groupware package that enables you to create powerful web applications Simple Groupware is a complete groupware package written in PHP, SQL, CSS, HTML, XML and sgsML.
Unlike other groupware software, Simple Groupware contains the new programming language sgsML. Simple Groupware enables the quick creation of powerful web applications.
"Simple" means:
Simple installation (only one form)
Simple update (just copy the files)
Simple usage (all modules share a consistent look & feel)
Simple to adapt to your needs (see sgsML)
But not simple in functionality
With Simple Groupware web applications:
Can be created much faster
Are easier to maintain
Contain less errors
Are easier to write
Are much smaller in size
Feature a consistent look
With Simple Groupware you can:
Build powerful web applications in minutes
Change web applications in seconds
Decrease time for implementing and deploying
Web applications by a factor 10, compared to the usual solutions
Keep costs for maintenance and change
Management to a new minimum
Here are some key features of "Simple Groupware":
A 100% web-based application (no special client applications or plugins required).
A cross-platform client is available as an optional program to keep all data offline on workstations and mobile devices and make downloads/uploads easier
Complete secure communication using SSL
Easy and intuitive user interface
One platform for managing, controlling and developing business processes
Autonomy: Simple Groupware is fully driven with open technologies
Individuality: All hierarchical organization structures and responsibilities can be represented and managed in the application
Intelligent knowledge management: e.g. find everything faster using phonetic fulltext search algorithms and automatic file / content indexing
Support for MySQL, Oracle and PostgreSQL
Notifications: get notified by E-mail or RSS when assets are created, changed or deleted, get reminders for appointments, tasks, birthdays, etc.
Multi-language support (your help is welcome to provide other translations)
Unicode: Simple Groupware fully supports Unicode characters using UTF-8
Mass edit for any subset of entries
All information can be easily sorted and filtered by any custom criteria
Automatic update management for database structures
The portal module serves as a customizable overview page which can hold summaries of other folders, webpages or Google Widgets.
The search module offers a globals search through all folders for all kinds of items.
The calendar module offers day, week, month, year and Gantt views, recurring events, customizable categories, file attachments, etc.
The task module automatically highlights late tasks and offers open, closed and calendar views including Gantt diagrams as well as file attachments.
The IMAP, POP3 and SMTP modules turn Simple Groupware into an E-mail client for an unlimited number of accounts. E.g. mails can be efficiently shared by copying them from IMAP/POP3 to the database and back.
The users and contacts module also offer calendar views for displaying birthdays and anniversaries.
Simple Groupware includes support for the following languages: English, English (UK), German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Brazil/Portuguese, Czech, Hungarian and Russian
Synchronization using SyncML (included in most newer phones from Motorola, Nokia and Sony Ericsson)
Synchronization using free SyncML clients on Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Outlook, Palm, iPod, Thunderbird, Evolution
Download restriction for bad file extensions (.exe, .com, .hta, .cpl, etc.)
Automatic filter for bad HTML (Javascript, ActiveX, Java Applets, etc.) and Cross-site scripting (XSS)
Integrated Denial of Service (DoS) protection
User authentication and possibility to prohibit non-SSL requests
Individual rights for every folder given to users and/or groups
Special algorithms to protect against SQL injections
Get a new system, convert or migrate all your data? No.
With Simple Groupware you can seamlessly integrate any existing infrastructure:
Keep your mail-system using IMAP, POP3 and SMTP accounts (including SSL/TLS)
Integrate appointments from iCalendar files
Access your file-servers directly within Simple Groupware (e.g. Samba, Windows, NetApp)
Integrate contacts from vCard files, Outlook, LDAP / Active Directory
Integrate news using RSS feeds
Integrate Firefox bookmarks
Integrate data from CSV files using Simple Spreadsheet
Integrate external services like Google Maps or Skype
Keep your old system(s) and manage only one user database
Authenticate using built-in methods of Apache (e.g. Basic, NTLM, etc.)
Use NTLM (Single sign-on), LDAP, Active Directory, IMAP, POP3 and SMTP to authenticate users (including SSL/TLS)
Others (like ODBC) can be added using the authentication api
All kinds of documents can be managed centralized and secure
Special text indexing algorithms and external converting tools offer automatically searching through office documents, PDF documents and media files (e.g. exif headers in images, id3 tags in mp3)
Typical files from Open Office and Microsoft Office can be previewed in the web-browser (.pdf, .doc, .xls, .ppt, .odt, .ods, .odp, .docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.)
Typical images can be previewed in the web-browser (.tif, .bmp, .eps, etc.)
All files can be automatically checked by a virus scanner (e.g. using BitDefender, McAfee, F-Prot, etc.)
Files from existing file servers can be directly accessed (Samba, Windows, NetApp, etc.)
Custom meta data can be saved along with all kinds of files on an existing file server
Special handlers offer common file conversions (e.g. compressing, image manipulation)*
Theme support: layout customization of colors, text styles, etc.
Existing Modules can be expanded and fully customized using sgsML
(simple groupware solutions Markup Language = XML-based language for defining web applications at lowest expenses)
New Modules can be easily created using sgsML
New handlers for indexing, converting and previewing can be easily added using the file-handler api.
Personal and Global bookmark management
Individual composing of small notes
Add comments and extra files to your e-mails
Private, public and team calendars
Mark special assets with colors
Manage resources like rooms, computers, beamers, etc. inside one application
Administrate a complete IT-Support using the ticket-, resource- and inventory-system
Requirements:
Web browser with enabled Javascript and cookies
CPU: 1 GHz or more
RAM: 512 MB or more
Hard disk: 1 GB or more
PHP: 4.3.2 and higher (5.x is also supported)
Apache: 1.3.x or 2.x and higher
Database: at least MySQL 4.1, PostgreSQL 8.1, Oracle 9.2
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