Changelog

Current development of SeedDMS covers three active branches. The 4.3.x versions are rock solid, but rarely receives any updates anymore. 5.0.x has been an intermediate release on the way to 5.1.x. 5.1.x is the current old stable version which still receives lots of updates. 6.0.x is the new stable version introducing lots of new features. Use this version if you start with SeedDMS. Try it, and send me bugs and your comments!

Version 6.0.x

This version is in active development and offers lots of new features.

scheduled revision of a document
ask for acknowledging the receptions of a document
grouping and downloading of documents
user roles
document lists
check in/out of documents from/to a network drive
task planer, e.g. automatically indexing documents, sending remainder mails

Version 5.1.x

Version 5.1.x is rock solid and in wide use. It is still in active development and most changes will first be applied to 5.1.x before they are passed on to 6.0.x. The major changes compared to 5.0.x are:

document files can be attached to specific document versions
user roles
support for PostgreSQL (still experimental)
show a list of logged in users, tasks and files of the drop folder in the menu bar
better handling of customized attributes
major rework of user manager
add list of expired documents per user and for the whole dms
support for extensions
export of search result

Version 5.0.x

Version 5.0.x introduced extensions for adding new features and modifications without changing the original source code of seeddms. It also

adds a new calendar
adds lots of hooks which are called at various operation and can be used to modify the behaviour of seeddms
has a major overhaul of indexing documents
adds authentication with SMTP servers

Version 4.3.x

Version 4.3.x again fixes various bug and has lots of small improvements like:

create preview images for attachments
reorganization of ViewDocument page
replaced folder tree view with a tree based on jquery which loads subfolders on demand
attribute value must match regular expression if given
combine full text and database search in one form
added new language arabic (Egypt)
moving several documents/folders at a time
… and much more

Version 4.2.x

Version 4.2.x fixes various bug and has lots of small improvements like:

better looking GUI
Admin can switch into the role of another user
better notification if a user needs to take an action, like approving a document

Version 4.1.x

Version 4.1.x contains various bug fixes and much better optimization for mobile devices. The notification system sends emails in the language of the receiving user instead of the currently logged in user.

Verson 4.0.x

SeedDMS 4.0.x is the first version after the name change. It countinues the version numbers of LetoDMS and is based on its code. SeedDMS 4.0.x is still highly experimental and should not be used in a production environment. It is in many aspects a complete rewrite and requires a modern web browser to be fully usable. Here are some of the highlights:

new user interface based on bootstrap (the old user interface is still available but will not have any of the new features)
new workflow engine replacing the old static review/approval process
support for sqlite3
database abstraction ADODb can be replaced by PDO
added clipboard and drag&drop for moving documents

Version 3.4.x

check for password strength
added expiration of passwords
disabling of login page after a configurable number of failed logins
added internal database transactions
added user defined attributes for documents, folders and document content

Version 3.3.x

First released in Feb. 2012, this branch of LetoDMS is considered the most stable with already 12 updates. Users of an older version than 3.3.x should definitely update because of many fixed security holes.

lots of security fixes
multi level content directory for supporting more than 32000 documents
searching for folders
password forgotten function
saving to database doesn’t do any sanitizing anymore
improved installation process