Share documents

A block can be set up, for example using an action button, to let users easily share a document with others by uploading it locally on a page. This can very useful, especially in a community, but can be used in other types of apps as well.

One document can be uploaded each time. A document uploaded this way will be read only.

This is needed:

A property, for example Document data.
A page type for this purpose, with an iFrame block pointing to the property.
A page set up to list the uploaded, local documents.

Note that this can be added to setup for the central community template, and added to the community layouts, so functionality for sharing documents swill be added automatically to all new communities.

Implementation example

Here’s an example, where sharing documents is available in a community:

When a user clicks SHARE DOCUMENT, this is shown:

The user can upload by using drag and drop, add a description (Summary) and tag the document. Also note that a name for the uploader is registered. The name can be changed if the user uploads a document for someone else.

The user must click PUBLISH for the upload to start.

For all users of the community to read a shared document, the button FIND DOCUMENTS will be used. When clicked, something like the following is shown:

The document title can be clicked to read a document. The uploader’s name can also be clicked to display that user’s user profile card, if it’s used within your organization, or the user’s delve page if the profile card is not used.