New aC user - questions before I begin. . .
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I need to implement a project tracking system here at my design shop. I am currently downloading Ubuntu Linux to use as the OS because it has some easy to install LAMP features which I find attractive.
I am not a linux guru, I'm just a simple HTML/CSS web designer. Server administration is beyond me. I got a MythTV box running once in RedHat, but when it died, I was unable to fix or re-install it. Heh.
I have a few questions before I begin:
- Is it difficult to install aC if I am not an experienced linux admin? What problems can I expect?
- How difficult will it be to upgrade when new versions are released?
- Is there a server somewhere that I can look at to see this product in action before I go to the effort of installing it?
- Is it easy to edit the CSS/HTML files to alter the look and feel? What about the images?
- Are there any file formats that aC chokes on when uploading? Any file formats to avoid?
- Does aC generate thumbnails of images uploaded? What about Powerpoint or specifgic apps? (i.e. Photoshop, WMV, Quicktime icons)
Thanks in advance,
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I need to implement a project tracking system here at my design shop. I am currently downloading Ubuntu Linux to use as the OS because it has some easy to install LAMP features which I find attractive.
I am not a linux guru, I'm just a simple HTML/CSS web designer. Server administration is beyond me. I got a MythTV box running once in RedHat, but when it died, I was unable to fix or re-install it. Heh.
I have a few questions before I begin:
- Is it difficult to install aC if I am not an experienced linux admin? What problems can I expect?
- How difficult will it be to upgrade when new versions are released?
- Is there a server somewhere that I can look at to see this product in action before I go to the effort of installing it?
- Is it easy to edit the CSS/HTML files to alter the look and feel? What about the images?
- Are there any file formats that aC chokes on when uploading? Any file formats to avoid?
- Does aC generate thumbnails of images uploaded? What about Powerpoint or specifgic apps? (i.e. Photoshop, WMV, Quicktime icons)
Thanks in advance,
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Ilija Studen
on Sep 5. 2006. 5:00 pm
spdorsey:- Is it difficult to install aC if I am not an experienced linux admin? What problems can I expect?
No, it is not. If you know how to WordPress or any other popular script you'll be just fine. Just, system requirements are a bit high, but there should be no problem if you have a dedicated box and don't depend on hosting company.
spdorsey:- How difficult will it be to upgrade when new versions are released?
Every new version will ship with automated updater. Just rewrite old files and run upgrade script... Thats the plan.
spdorsey:- Is there a server somewhere that I can look at to see this product in action before I go to the effort of installing it?
Nope. Screencast is back online. Its a screencast by Eli Foner made for alpha version. 0.7 is more stable and much better ;)
spdorsey:- Is it easy to edit the CSS/HTML files to alter the look and feel? What about the images?
Its not hard. Just edit CSS files please. If you need to update the HTML know that you are hacking (you'll need to keep track of changes when upgrading etc).
spdorsey:- Are there any file formats that aC chokes on when uploading? Any file formats to avoid?
No. activeCollab treats every file format same - as binary data. There are 3 limiting factors on file size:
1. upload_max_filesize - php.ini
2. post_max_size - php.ini
3. max_allowed_packet - mysql, if you select DB as storage engine for files (default in 0.7)
If you can control server you can put them pretty high. Note that browser will choke most probably if you try to upload file larger than 20MB. activeCollab will handle it if it gets through.
spdorsey:- Does aC generate thumbnails of images uploaded? What about Powerpoint or specifgic apps? (i.e. Photoshop, WMV, Quicktime icons)
Thumbnail generation is supported just for images: JPEGs, GIFs and PNGs. If you (or anybody else) can come up with support for other types I'd be more than glad to include them, but processing proprietary formats is not an easy thing. Also, I don't think its smart in most cases, especially with video.
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