A while ago, we gave you a sneak preview of KnowledgeTree Explorer CP, the next generation of our KnowledgeTree Explorer desktop tool. Now you get the chance to see it in action!

We've prepared a quick video demonstrating its platform independence, powerful desktop integration, intuitive interface and more.

We're always striving to make things easier and more accessible for the KnowledgeTree community and we've got some great initiatives and plans in store for you. I'd like to take this opportunity to share some of the exciting developments ahead.

Within the next few weeks, KnowledgeTree.org will be home to a new reorganized wiki that will be the main focus for all things community (you might have already noticed a few minor structural changes to our websites to accommodate this). Here, you'll find a single point of access to a wider variety of relevant resources, tools, FAQs and other vital information.

We really value your feedback and we've already received excellent ideas on how we can improve our products on our forums, Twitter and Facebook. Now, we need your help and recommendations on how we can serve you better. Be on the lookout for an anonymous survey where we’ll ask your opinion on issues that affect the KnowledgeTree community. Now is your chance to be heard and there will also be great prizes offered to a few lucky survey respondents.

These are just a few of the great initiatives coming down the road. Watch this space as we keep you posted on more community-related news and updates.

It's always great to see new and exciting projects being actively developed by the KnowledgeTree community. This month, we'll be featuring the KTGPLClient by Jeremy Smith.

Briefly, could you describe this project and what it entails?
The KTGNUClient project is a desktop scanning tool for Windows that is designed to allow scanning of multi-page documents, which can be used to upload documents to KnowledgeTree from within a single application.

What inspired you to create this project?
I found that using the built in Microsoft "Scanner and Camera Wizard" tool for multi-page documents was tedious and painful.

What business problems were you looking at solving specifically with this project?
I was hoping to solve critical business issues of saving valuable time and maintaining consistent document formats in the repository.

What other KnowledgeTree projects have you been involved with?
None, this is the first project that I have developed for KnowledgeTree.

What are the benefits that you experience from your involvement with KnowledgeTree?
KnowledgeTree has help me to increase our data access, data organization and enhance my activity communications.

What would you say to encourage additional community participation?
If any community edition users have a need, there's a very good chance that other community members do too! Everyone should try and solve their business problems and share these solutions with others. Whether its sharing tips/hints/guides, participating on the forums or developing tools/plugins.

With KnowledgeTree 4.0 on the road-map, which KnowledgeTree feature would you most like to see included in the next major release?   [Read more]

KnowledgeTree is pleased to announce the release of KnowledgeTree 3.7 Community Edition (Release Candidate).

New features and enhancements in the Community Edition include:

• Deployment on Zend Server for enhanced performance
• Document thumbnail preview functionality
• Support for Microsoft Windows 2008 Server, along with IIS 6 and 7
• RPM and DEB packages for Ubuntu and Red Hat Linux
• Additions to the types of document properties provided out of the box
• Support for open standards, including CMIS and OpenSearch
• Setup Wizards that assist you during all phases of installing, configuring and upgrading KnowledgeTree
• Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese translations

For more information on the release, please view the release notes.

Download KnowledgeTree version 3.7 Community Edition now!

New to KnowledgeTree? Well, we've put together a brief and informative video to help you get the most out of your KnowledgeTree experience. In this video, I'll walk you through some of KnowledgeTree's key features: working with documents in KnowledgeTree, using workflows, collaborating with team members and many more.

View the video below or have a look at our resources page for more great videos!

The KnowledgeTree community is extremely fortunate to have members who are actively involved in developing and supporting open source software.

For this month's featured KnowledgeTree community project, we'll be showcasing the "Wemag Online Document Viewer" plugin by Aart-Jan Boor from Wemag Consulting.

DW: Briefly, describe this project and what it entails?
This KnowledgeTree plugin allows users to view the content of documents without downloading the document or having any special software installed on their computer.

DW: What inspired you to create this project?
Often you simply want to view a document quickly and this is exactly what this plugin allows you to do. We just wanted to support the KnowledgeTree community by adding even more functionality to the KnowledgeTree application.

DW: What business problems were you looking at solving specifically with this project?
The software has not been developed to solve a specific business problem but it is useful in many business situations. For example, if you need your users to be able to read documents on PC’s without relying on Microsoft Office software, you can use this plugin to view the documents.   [Read more]

Once again, it's time to showcase yet another awesome KnowledgeTree Community Project! Every couple of months, a KnowledgeTree community project will be featured to acknowledge the outstanding contributions made by members of the KnowledgeTree community.

This time, I interviewed Pradip Patel from iNETProcess, about their project, iNETAutocompletion.

DW: Briefly, describe this project and what it entails?
The project name is iNETAutocompletion. This plugin simplifies assigning tags to a document and gives users the freedom to select from available tags, which are suggested automatically. As a result, the user does not need to visit the ‘Dashboard’ to identify tags that have been previously used.

For example, when user begins to specify a tag, after typing two characters, a box will open suggesting existing tags that matches the tag being typed. It is extremely useful when adding or editing the document tags and it's completely Web 2.0 compliant.

DW: What inspired you to create this project?
First of all, we are developing plugins because, as KnowledgeTree partners and resellers for over two years, we enjoy working with the product, and developing additional functionality to support the KnowledgeTree ecosystem. After working with a few clients and identifying their needs, the company has decided to create this plugin that, we hope, will help simplify users' everyday tasks.   [Read more]

KnowledgeTreeLive's integration with Zoho Office allows you to edit and view Office documents without having to download them on to their Desktop and open them in Microsoft Office.

We've prepared a quick video showing how this currently supports editing and viewing of existing documents as well as the generation of new content on-the-fly.

Recently, Colosa hosted an excellent webinar on how to integrate ProcessMaker's Business Process Management Solution with KnowledgeTree and we've distilled this webinar into a concise, 10-minute, YouTube video.

The combination of ProcessMaker business process management (BPM) software with KnowledgeTree’s powerful open source document management software allows businesses to bring together workflow and document management capabilities to design and manage business processes, and to seamlessly file, store and retrieve mission-critical documents.

For detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to integrate KnowledgeTree and ProcessMaker, wisit our wiki: http://wiki.knowledgetree.com/ProcessMaker_Integration.

We are pleased to announce the release of KnowledgeTree 3.6.1 and the Microsoft^® Office Add-in 1.0.

This release, for both community and commercial editions, includes a number of new features and enhancements, including:

• Standalone Microsoft^® Office Add-in with new features and seamless integration of Office with KnowledgeTree. Commercial only
• Document Type Alerts functionality for managing time-based events. Commercial only
• Configurable electronic signatures for enhanced accountability and compliance. Commercial only
• Improvements to search and indexing engines for higher quality search results.
• Core API and REST interfaces for integration with other applications and services.
• Text extraction engine for improved cross-platform stability.
• Installers and upgrade installers for Windows and Linux in the KnowledgeTree stack.

You can also find more information in the release notes and on Scribd.

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