Topic: Groupware, Collaboration, How do you rate yours?

[mizou]

I have looked around for Groupwares, Collaboration and Knowledge sharing tools and there are many on offer. eg Groupware,PHProjekt,Sherpath, PHPGroupware, Post-Nuke, GreyMatter, phpBB 2.0.0, TWiki, Twiggi, etc... (thank you)

In summary, I am looking at installing a collaboration tool for a small group of 10 Sales people spread all around main-land Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.
They need to be able to log onto the SME Server (Ver 6.0 Final) in Sydney, to log their daily sales calls and orders, which would be linked to their customer database. Each employee area/section would be password protected.

If anyone has a similar situation as above and using a "groupware" tools sucessfully, could they provide me with some info on which one they are using.

Thanks

Mizou

[Anonymous]

I'm also looking same thing someone help us please

[guest22]

I feel that phpgroupware is best suited for those jobs.

[Anonymous]

I think Twiki is the best for u'r requirement. But i'm also looking some how to's

[graviton]

I have used PHProjekt and Moregroupware extensively with an office of 8, PHProjekt is more stable and functional, but Moregroupware has a better interface and nicer features (with some bugs). I installed and tried most of the others you mention. Also tried OpenGroupware which is powerful, but complicated to configure on an SME box because it requires postgresql.

Ultimately we just upgraded to Suse Openexchange server 4.1 which is a great little product, however it needs to run on its own machine, and can't run on a mitel partition.

If you are looking for free, and simple I would use Moregroupware or PHProjekt. If you want  great flexibility and functionality with little hassle I would consider spending the money on OpenExchange Server.

[Anonymous]

Thanks u'r reply, have u  try Twiki ? anyway can u help to install Opengroupware and phpproject in SME 6.0

[mizou]

Hi

Thanks everyone for your advice of the matter of Groupware.

To keep you up to date, I have downloaded and installed the more.groupware ( http://www.moregroupware.org/ )following a set of instructions located on Sleepy SME ( http://vanhees.homeip.net/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=15 ).

The setup went like a dream and I was up and running within 20 minutes.
A good selection of extra modules are on offer and very easy to install.

Couple of probs I found.

1. Size of email attachments are somehow limited, and I need to chase up the fix for it (saw something on sourceforge that I need to follow up)

2. Only import feature that I found on more.groupware so far was for "vcard" and I need to chase up info on importing a bunch of outlook pst file or comma separated file??

3. In my webmail setup, I am asked to define the location for my antivirus program..

* webmail2_settings_antivirusprog *:

I am currently using Clam Antivirus with Amavis support (installed from http://sme.swerts-knudsen.dk/ how to.)Can you help me there graviton? or anyone.

And finally, if you wish to look at other Groupwares how to, here is a complete list from contribs.org http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/Groupware

Please note: The link to the more.groupware - "english howto" from contribs.org goes to the "french howto"

Cheers

Mizou

[desierto]

I've installed this app on 5.6 without problem, I am testing it for use with a 5 person consulting team.

[cosy]

Hi All,

  With more groupware can we add templates for our techs to fill forms and Add any visio diagrams?

[jmartin]

Here are a few more groupware & CMS links

MimerDesk - Great groupware for an internal intranet (would be best if integrated with sme user database)
http://www.openminddev.net/files/mimerdesk/1.5.3.2/mitelsme/5.5/
 - I've used these instructions to install latest mimerdesk version on 5.6.

WebGUI - CMS

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=20863.msg82613#msg82613

[mizou]

Hi

I am currently testing more.groupware on my SME 6.0 Final and it all seem to be going well. (just a couple of little bugs which I am working through)

I also run osCommerce and would like to know if anyone has been able to use the ONE customer database with both osCommerce + more.groupware or if anyone has seen a howto regarding this matter.

Cheers

Mizou

[Anonymous]

Hi ,

  I also like to see if there is any howto's. I'm running OScommerce but with more.groupware can u upload fils and manage?

I'm looking for somethin with file and project management. Run on SME 6.0

[jmartin]

Here is a link for a Metadot HowTo.  Many thanks to Ergin for taking the time to put this together.

http://www.ergin.net/download/metadot/metadot603.htm

Metadot - Metadot is a popular open source portal software (GPL) recognized for its revolutionary ease-of-use. It provides content management (CMS) like file, page and link management, collaboration features like discussion forums and polls and personalization like My Yahoo.

[ergozd]

I've updated Metadot Howto
http://www.ergin.net/download/metadot/metadot603.htm

Best rgds, Ergin

[gorm]

HELP - Does anyone know how to install mimerdesk on 6.0.1 - i have tried the instructions from mimerdesk.org concerning how to install on version 5.6 - but it dosent work om 6.0 or 6.0.1  

Here are a few more groupware & CMS links

MimerDesk - Great groupware for an internal intranet (would be best if integrated with sme user database)
http://www.openminddev.net/files/mimerdesk/1.5.3.2/mitelsme/5.5/
 - I've used these instructions to install latest mimerdesk version on 5.6.

WebGUI - CMS

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=20863.msg82613#msg82613

[constantine]

I have installed moregroupware on an SME 6.0.01 and the installation went perfect. I tested most of the modules and seem that work fine exept webmail2. I can send but i can not receive emails. I get "failed(invalid hostname)".I have changed the name to localhost, internal IP, external IP but no cigar. Did anyone had the same problem?

[dayhat]

The interface mgw is polished and installation runs smooth on an SME 6.0.01. The only problem i ecounter is that the webmail2 module could send but not receive any email. Every time i try to receive the msg i would get "failed(invalid hostname)" I tried localhost, public ip, private ip, mail.mydomain.xxx nothing. Does anyone have the same problem?

[jmartin]

What kind of trouble do you have with mimerdesk on 6.0

The two install commands I used for mimerdesk on 5.6 were

bin/installmimer --whole -z

and

bin/installmimer --wwwuser=www --wwwgroup=www -a

I found I had to use the second one because of permissions but it also seemed to run through some of the same install routines as the previous so I'm not sure if there is a way to combine the two or not.

[dayhat]

The "failed(invalid host)" show because I did not specified the name of the pop3 server. Woooooo what was i thinking?

[Anonymous]

[/quote]In my webmail setup, I am asked to define the location for my antivirus program..

* webmail2_settings_antivirusprog *:

I a m currently using Clam Antivirus with Amavis support (installed from http://sme.swerts-knudsen.dk/ how to.)Can you help me there graviton? or anyone.

im using the Moregroupware interim release 0.7.1 interim. Since youve    got the Clam antivirus with amavis on your system, set your path to /usr/bin/clamscan or if on you want to use the antivirus scanner installed on your workstation, set your path to your *.exe file (c:\scan.exe)

i have a problem sending out emails outside my domain, sending locally is ok but i get "error sending mail" when sending to a yahoo account or to other domain. Funny thing is when i tried to access my yahoo account, the email is there. No problem receiving mails on my end. I this a bug? is there a fix for this. appreciate if you can post it here. tnx

im using a SME 6.0.1-01 (custom), set as email server also.

Oh will a check on the webmail2_disable_local_send fix this?