for Liferay

Editing Liferay documents

just got simple

Once upon a time…

for Liferay

Liferay 4.0 Document Library (2006)

Liferay 6.2 Document Library (2014)

What didn’t change?

1 Checkout to prevent concurrent updates

2 Download to obtain a local copy

3 Open the downloaded file

Make changes

4 Edit the file in Liferay

5 Upload the new version of the file

6 Checkin to release the lock

“Hey! Wait a minute…”

There are alternatives

‣ MS Office integration

‣ WebDAV

‣ Liferay Sync

MS Office integration✓ Integrated in the browser

✗ Only works on Windows, Internet Explorer &MS Office 32-bit

✗ Only works for Office files

✗ Needs active connection to server

WebDAV✓Works for all files

✗ No file checkout

✗ Needs activeconnection to server

✗ Creates new versionon each save

Liferay Sync✓ Bidirectional sync

✓Works for all files

✗ No file checkout

✗ ALL files are synced

✗ Creates new versionon each save

WebDAVLiferaySync

MS Office integration

Conventional edit

SimpleEdit checks out, downloads

and opens your file in 1 click

1 Open with SimpleEdit

1

2

Make changes

SimpleEdit edits,

uploadsand checks in your file

in 1 click

2 Finish editing

3

2 Finish editing

Liferay server

SimpleEdit

SimpleEdit Desktop client

hook

CMIS connector

SimpleEdit JSP hook

SimpleEdit✓ Works in all browsers

✓ Works for all types of files

✓ No active server connection required

✓ Local copy is removed

✓ You decide when a new file version is created

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