[TYPO3] On-line filesharing extension (was: Windows Explorer look-alike for filelinks?)

[Loek Hilgersom]

Hi Jonathan,

Here is a late answer to your question, and a proposal.

A few months ago I made a program exactly like that, based on a deserted 
open-source program Quixplorer. I basically took the dust off, polished up the 
interface, modernized the html-output, fixed some security holes and added some 
features like logging and a bit more detailed user rights, ending up in a nice 
and easy on-line file sharing application, exactly what you seem to be after 
(nothing as elaborate as DAM, but much more than e.g. filelinks).

I would like to create Typo3 extension out of this, but I haven't done that 
before and it would take me some time to get to grips with that.
Maybe we could speed it up if someone with experience in building extensions 
likes to work on this together.

Cheers,
Loek

PS. There is also a Typo3 extension Quixplorer, but this is a BE extension 
intended for exploring and editing files, basically for administrative and 
programming purposes, as opposed to on-line filesharing between site users.

PS2. A modernization of the program code is also on the todo-list (there's no 
separation between html and program code, and OOP didn't seem to exist yet). 
Just in case it rains all summer ;-)

Jonathan Bartels wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am searching for an extension that would offer a user-interface 
> similar to windows explorer.
> 
> My goal is to have a list of files available for download that is 
> divided into columns and can be reordered (sorted) by clicking on the 
> column title. For example click on the 'Date' column and the list is 
> sorted by date.
> 
> I am currently working with CSS-styled-filelinks, which has some of the 
> functionality I need, but not all. I tried DAM Filelinks and got SQL 
> errors, the DAM system is excessive for this application.
> 
> Is there an extension that offers the functionality I am after? If not 
> what should I look at in CSS-filelinks to get a dynamic sorting capability?
> 
> Please and thank you.
> 
> -----
> Jon Bartels
> jbartels at kent.edu