Laserfiche WebLink 8 released

July 16, 2009:Laserfiche has unveiled a new a user-friendly public portal site for providing Internet access to documents.

WebLink 8 can be instantly configured to show searches and lists that quickly lead users to what they are looking for — and to display a visual style that matches your existing Website.

WebLink 8 is designed to be more accessible to public users who might be unfamiliar with Laserfiche or your organization’s naming conventions and filing methodologies. And part of the new portal feel of WebLink 8 is focused on making searching take a more prominent role over browsing.

For example, instead of landing on a page displaying the repository folder structure, users will now land on a WebLink Welcome page with preconfigured searches and commonly used bookmarks. Administrators can easily customize this Welcome page and searching options using a new WebLink Designer.

WebLink 8 also includes the following enhancements:

New Browser Support: WebLink 8 supports Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8, Firefox 2 and 3, Safari, Chrome, and Opera;

Mobile Support: WebLink 8 can be viewed from the iPhone and Android mobile devices.WebLink Designer: The WebLink Designer is a point and click tool for creating search forms, setting up the Welcome page, and customizing the colors and logo for WebLink;

Simplified Viewer: The Document Viewer is easier to understand and includes only relevant metadata;Page Scrolling: Users can pan, zoom or scroll across pages without reloading the web page.Web Search Crawling: WebLink can now be crawled by Internet search engines, so documents in WebLink can be found the same way users find other pages on the Internet; and

Updated Administrator’s Utility: The updated Administrator’s Utility configures your repository connections, watermarks, e-mail, usage statistics, and the location of your temporary files.

New Reporting: WebLink 8 Reporting allows administrators to see simple usage statistics about their WebLink site.