UserFiles 3.15 - Flexible Documents and Files Manager for DNN with many unique and powerful options

DNN User Files

A Files and Documents Manager with many unique and powerful features

DNNUserFiles is an easy to use and flexible files and documents manager with many unique and powerful features such as: dynamic root folder, URL Sharing, file's previewing, in-place editing and visualization of cloud-based files, full text search, tagging, social features, subscriptions, notifications, granular permissions, and more.

It allows you to present fully localizable template-based filtered views of the portal's files served by any folder provider (file system), including all the provides supported by DNNGlobalStorage.

Please let us know which customizations or enhancements you need for your particular needs.

• Features compatibility with DNN virtual file system, easy to create templates, optional download tracking, and more.
• 100% compatible with the DNN virtual File System. This means, you can use any folder provider, such as DNN's built-in secure and database providers, or the ones provided by DNN GlobalStorage (Amazon S3, Windows Azure, DropBox, BOX, Google Drive, OneDrive, Office 365, [S]FTP, etc.), and also rely on the documents manager capabilities of the underlying provider.
• Very fast and efficient, even when handling large amounts of files.
• It is an Evoq Preferred Product . Evoq Preferred Products have been tested and verified by DNN to work with Evoq products on all supported deployment platforms. When you buy an Evoq Preferred Product, you're buying with confidence that the product meets quality standards and is sold by an established vendor.
• Modern and flexible (fully customizable) UI
• Dynamic root folder. The module's root folder can be defined to depend on the who is the current user of the module, and/or in which page or portal the module currently is, the value of a given variable in the page's URL (query string), or anything you can image, for which there is DNN or UserFiles Token available.
• Powerful tokens (including custom "query string" tokens, and all the standard DNN tokens). Same examples: [UserFiles:RESX:|key] to get a localized text, [UserFiles:QueryString|element] to get the element's value from the page's URL, [UserFiles:RefreshFolder|RESX:RefreshFolder] to add a button to the page (with a localized text) that when clicked or tapped will refresh the underlying file system in the context of the current folder.
• Customizable simple and pure HTML layouts (templates), in which you are allowed to include JavaScript code, if you want.
• Multiple files uploader, supporting very big files (tested with files larger than 4 GB), and optimized for cloud files providers (implementing 'chunked' uploads for some folder providers).
• Advanced search by file's content. Find text within PDF, DOC/DOCX, PPT/PPTX, TXT, and any file for which there is an IFilter installed on the server (some file extensions doesn't need IFilter).
• Native DNN tagging system (with search support)
• Native DNN folder permissions management. DNNUserFiles is backed by the native DNN Folders Permissions, which means the permission (read, write, browse, etc.) can be interchangeably set in the module or the standard DNN Digital Assets Manager.
• Granular Permissions: Granular Module's permissions (upload, download, edit, delete, create folders, view reports, etc.) can be configured on each module's instance.
• Optional native DNN global search integration, including the file's content, tags, titles, descriptions, relative paths, etc.
• Responsive and touch friendly built-in templates
• Native DNN meta-data support (Title, Description, Taxonomy)
• Index contents of documents, search by contents and metadata
• Special features for administrators (edit file's dates, and more)
• Configurable filters by file's extension, tags or a given DNN role's "start date"
• Folders tree
• Make your files even more secure hosting them in your favorite cloud storage powered by GlobalStorage.
• Powerful URL Sharing capabilities
• Journal (user feed) integration
• Notifications
• 100% built upon DNN standard APIs. This means, no obscure proprietary API is needed to work with its data. Its API is the DNN Core (files and folders, metadata, tagging, notifications, folder providers, etc.).
• You can upload very large files (regarding the module, there is no limit). For example, it was tested uploading DVD image files (4 GB file size).
• Complete control over the way the files are presented to the user, via easy to create templates (basically, the templates are standard html files).
• To create or update a template, you don't need to know anything about Razor, Angular, Knockout, or whatever; just plain and simple HTML.

• Fully localizable, including an easy way to make the templates localizable (multilingual).
• Mobile friendly.
• Configuring some simple settings you can configure the module to provide users their own 'sand boxed' place for private files
• Wide range of 'tokens' that you can include in your templates and the (optionally) dynamic root path for the files being listed.
• DNN 6.2+ (even running under .NET 3.5) [version 2.0.4] , DNN 7+, DNN 8+ and DNN 9+ are fully supported.
• It supports a 'root folder pattern', who defines additional items (static and dynamic) that will be added 'at runtime' to the root folder that was defined. It supports tokens, such as [User:...], [Profile:...], [Module:...], [Tab:...], etc.
• Three modes of operation are supported: "Normal": (a root folder (+pattern) is defined as the starting point; "Group": allows defining a common repository of files attached to a social group; and "User": provided for compatibility with DNN's Digital Assets module.
• Optional support for 'querystring' parameters.
• Option to provide a 'flat' view of all files included in the configured root folder and its subfolders.
• Built-in support for DNN Taxonomy, enabling file's tagging and filtering.
• Built-in support for DNN MetaData, such as adding Titles and Descriptions (free HTML text) to files.
• Built-in support for basic files and folders management: add, delete, rename, etc. Users with proper permissions can also edit folder's permissions for DNN roles and users
• PDF files direct previewing
• PDF thumbnails
• Comments (powered by Disqus) can be enabled for files and folders
• Option to post in the user's feed (journal) new file uploads.
• Option to notify administrators when a file was uploaded.
• Bulk download a folder as a ZIP file
• Any folder provider is fully supported (even other providers, besides DNN GlobalStorage).
• When utilized with DNN Global Storage (v 2.3 or later), it can provide enhanced functionality, like an optimized upload experience for Amazon S3 and Windows Azure
• Option to hide files from users, based on which date a role was granted to them. It also provides an easy way for Host and Admin users to update the 'start date' of a file.
• Optional 'URL Sharing' feature. Create your own 'share links' for everyone, with optional expiration date, password, and max downloads limits. You can find more information about this feature in the documentation and demo videos.
• Optional downloads tracking.
• Optional Filter by a list of allowed file extensions.
• Optional Filter by a list of allowed file tags.
• Powerful optional content-based search engine. This means, it can search for text inside office documents, pdf or txt files, etc.

See also

DNNGlobalStorage | Easily tie-in cloud-based, external file systems

DNNGlobalStorage expands your DNN and Evoq storage options beyond your Web Server, enabling a seamlessly integrated way to have your files wherever you want.

It is a set of 'folder providers' that allows the integration of special, external, and cloud based file systems out of the box. This makes it the perfect foundation for your DNN Documents Manager powered by our DNN UserFiles module.

Available connectors: Microsoft Azure, Amazon S3 / CloudFront, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive and Google Docs, Rackspace Cloud Files, Microsoft OneDrive, Office 365, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint, FTP, SFTP, and UNC shares.

Please let us know if you need a provider not yet implemented.

DNNGlobalGallery | Fast and flexible media gallery

DNNGlobalGallery is an easy to use and flexible media gallery, optimized for local or external media files, featuring many unique and powerful features.

It is the best way to create galleries of media you already have either locally (in your web server) or hosted in your favorite could storage provider.

DNNGlobalGallery allows you to present fully localizable template-based filtered views of the portal's media files served by any folder provider (file system), including all the provides supported by DNNGlobalStorage.

Please let us know which customizations or enhancements you need for your particular needs.

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