Online Work Area

v1.14 Update

2010-03-10T12:22:00.000Z

New: Search feature which allows searching of file names and within documents, even within zip files. Search the whole area, or filter by company and/or project.

v1.13 Update

2010-02-04T21:01:00.000Z

Updated: Notification emails of uploads now contain links and project names

v1.12 Update

2010-01-22T10:27:00.000Z

Updated: MIME types to recognise Office 2007 suffixes on download.
Updated: Formatting of notification emails, including extra MIME types to avoid spam filters

v1.11 Update

2009-12-14T09:41:00.005Z

Updated: More robust upload tracking, downgrading to normal browser-based uploads if necessary
Updated: Public uploads indicates how many files have been uploaded
New: Option in "Settings" to disable the Upload Widget by default

v1.10 Update

2009-11-10T09:47:00.004Z

Updated: Public uploads now includes a "From" field

Public Uploads: Explained

2009-11-05T09:56:00.002Z

If you would like to try the new public upload area go to: http://[your-site].onlineworkarea.com/upload/

Send yourself an upload.
When file is uploaded for the first time a "Public Uploads" project is created for your site
Within that project, a folder for the recipient user is created (if it doesn't already exist)
The uploaded files is placed in that folder
Any message added with the uploaded file is added as a comment against that file
Email notification is sent to the recipient user

v1.09 Update

2009-11-04T08:45:00.001Z

Updated: Registration email now removed, the system will handle a new user's first visit appropriately
Updated: QuickSend alert messages now contain the body text, expiry information and more prominent download links
Updated: QuickSend download page now more attractive and intuitive
New: "Director" role. This type of user can see all files and folders in the system
New: Public upload pages. Anyone can now upload to the system, as long as they know the email address of the user they are trying to upload to.
Fixed: Files in archived projects can still be accessed by users that have them shared.

v1.08 Update

2009-09-21T10:12:00.001+01:00

New: Old QuickSend messages can now be resent or forwarded to others (creating a new QuickSend message)
Updated: QuickSend alert messages now contain the body text, expiry information and more prominent download links
Updated: QuickSend download page now more attractive and intuitive
New: HTML signatures can be configured in "Settings" and will be automatically added to QuickSend alert messages

v1.07 Update

2009-08-25T11:50:00.002+01:00

Fix: Password Reminder now resends invitation message if not yet activated (rather than password reminder)

Fix: Password Reminder will not send if account has been deleted

Update: Alert messages now in HTML format

Video Standards Council work area now live

2009-08-17T15:07:00.000+01:00

http://videostandards.onlineworkarea.com

v1.06 Update

2009-06-15T13:49:00.000+01:00

Fixed: Folders now visible to a user if they have been created by that user, contains files shared to that user, or contains files created by that user.

v1.05 Update

2009-05-05T11:30:00.000+01:00

Fixed: Big downloads timing out

v1.04 Update

2009-04-28T10:51:00.000+01:00

New: Help system in place
New: Ability to share multiple files at once
New: Change sharing state of multiple files
Updated: Moved "public sharing" into the "share" popup and replaced with new "download" mini-button
Fixed: Mulitple recipients of alerts

v1.03 Update

2009-04-01T09:39:00.000+01:00

New: Disk usage is now available to administrators in "Settings" -> "Site Config"
New: Security message in all Communal folders
Updated: Alert messages for newly shared files give more detail
New: Administrators can CC invitations to themselves
Fixed: minor bugs

v1.02 Update

2009-03-24T08:54:00.000Z

New: Alerts are now batched together and sent after a five minute wait
New: New-file alerts only sent when a recipient has completed registration

Woodborough House work area now live

2009-03-23T09:54:00.000Z

http://woodboroughhouse.onlineworkarea.com

PPC Group work area now live

2009-03-20T10:10:00.001Z

http://ppcgroup.onlineworkarea.com

What People Want work area now live

2009-02-23T15:48:00.001Z

http://whatpeoplewant.onlineworkarea.com

Branding: Explained

2009-02-18T10:35:00.000Z

ModeZero work area now live

2009-02-12T08:45:00.001Z

http://modezero.onlineworkarea.com

v1.01 Update

2009-02-12T08:45:00.000Z

Fixed: post-download exceptions

QuickSend: Explained

2009-02-11T14:44:00.003Z

QuickSend is an efficient way of sharing files with people outside main the project area. Particularly useful for sending one-off files to people.

For added security, an expiry can be set so that the link expires after a given period of time or a number of "reads".

You are notified when the users have clicked the link and read the QuickSend.

Companies, Project & Folders : Explained

2009-02-11T14:44:00.002Z

Companies contain the people with whom you’d like to share files

Projects are collaborations that involve one or more companies.

Folders sub-divide Projects into logical areas for holding files. By default each Project has a single Folder, called the Communal Folder. Files can be uploaded to any folder by administrators, but people shared to a folder can only upload to the Communal Folder.

Files can be shared with any person within any company that is connected with the project. For security, the person with whom you share a file will only see the Projects and Folders that contain at least one file shared with them, as well as the Communal Folder.

Files can be made “public”, and given an optional alias, and then they are accessible to everyone on the Internet.

OWA is live!

2009-01-22T14:47:00.001Z

Version 1.0 of the Online Work Area is now finished and running on a shiny new server.

Welcome....

2008-10-17T17:42:00.003+01:00

Hello, and welcome - this is the blog for all the latest news and updates for the Online Work Area project: http://OnlineWorkArea.com