I'm sorry that Wild Apricot doesn't currently provide options for developing webpages containing a file hub that links to the underlying website file directory. This seems like a function that could be widely applicable to other Associations as it allows for more interactive content development while avoiding file duplication and loss of documents.

Looking also for this option. File library sharing for members. But will try for now the Forum option...

NewPath Consulting now has a flexible and powerful solution that uses WordPress to organize and index any sort of file like PDF or Word document. Please have a look at https://waxm.newpathconsulting.com/wadm

The resulting feature can be embedded into any Wild Apricot site.

Please make sure if and when this gadget ever emerges that it allows variable access privileges based on membership level this way we can financial dox for leadership, other documents for membership, and public facing documents for the rest of the world.

We have nearly 200 newsletters in PDF format that we'd like available for members and the public. They should be able to view the documents in thumbnail or list view and search the text. This would also be helpful for organizations that want to share meeting minutes or other documents.
We can do this through DropBox or other file sharing systems BUT they either require the user to sign into another system or the search function isn't available. The PDFs are already searchable.

We would like to use a gadget like this to share the minutes of our board meetings with our membership. Ideally, the secretary would move the minutes to a directory, and they would automatically show up in the list of minutes. Even better if the documents could be searchable so that we can easily find what previous minutes have said about issues.

Our non-profit also would love to have such a feature as part of our website with WA. With Yahoo Groups phasing out next week and Google Groups not allowing to upload files we have found Groups.io to be Yahoo's replacement - but another portal board members have to log into to gain access to business files, which is cumbersome. The library gadget integrated into the WA website would eliminate the need for an external document files repository and simplify the matter of who has access to them as that can all be administered easily within the WA website. I hope this feature will be added in the near future and please take a look at Groups.io as it is strikingly similar to Yahoo and that setup would serve as a good template for the gadget. Thanks - Tom

What is the progress on this? A document library gadget is absolutely needed.

If making the HTML table sortable will help, then you might try using the solution described at http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/ it provides client side sorting of an HTML table.

Sharing of club minutes is a critical function of our website. With all the great features of WA I am shocked that there is no default document library page layout template or gadget. It is a significant step backwards for us from our old website. Please bump this up the priority list

Roger,

Why not then just make your Box or Google Docs etc folder shareable to anyone with the link to that folder and then add that link to a page on your WA website (presumably on a WA page that has restricted access).

We have been using this approach for a long time now to provide member access to our photo galleries which we host on SmugMug.

To keep these rather ugly looking links more usable - just bury them behind some text or a graphic.

Given the elapsed time for a gadget that reads the file system, perhaps a simpler (i.e. table based) gadget could be produce in a shorter timescale to meet the obvious demand.

So what I would term a Sortable Link gadget with the following columns

Document_Name
Category
Document_Description
Modified_Date
URL_Link

The ability to set the sort on any combination of columns other than URL_Link.

Doing it this way the gadget isn't limited to WA resource any internet resource can be used, just make sure it can use external file storage like Box , Google Docs etc.....

Admins can just add new entries to the gadget safe in the knowledge that the defined sort order will display the desired result.

It would be also nice to present documents in a "magazine" format like issuu.com does.

A gadget to allow access to the file structure without having to go
into the admin mode is desperately needed.
I am loosing my conversion effort because the everyday logged in user
does not want to deal with the admin pages for file access.

As a new member I'm honestly shocked a gadget has not been provided for this functionality. It seems so necessary and simple. Our organization would benefit from a library to display monthly minutes, so add me to those requesting a document library gadget.

It appears development to implement this idea began in 2014. Any progress?

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rGmaU46R_w4OAbarK2-wdXjUp1waJlpfO1MYVbiOyDY/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 is a good idea and should be released as soon as possible

Please Please Please can this be put on top of the wishlist?

This is a pretty nice implementation in jQuery -- I wonder if it can be made available in a File Browser gadget -- could be really useful. This code is GPL

https://www.abeautifulsite.net/jquery-file-tree

I'd like a simple gadget which would provide a list of files from within a specified subdirectory.... e.g. select directory ... resources/documents/committeeminutes and then a list of the files within that (sorted by date or file name) with a link to that file would be shown.

As an interim workaround for the missing 'Library Gadget' - I have created a forum for meeting minutes. Currently you can add up to 20 documents to a forum topic, so I create a topic in the forum for each calendar year. I only allow select users to create topics and from the Public View - only the owner of the topic can edit (add more documents). Any admin with sufficient authority can edit from the Admin View.

Take care when adding documents as they are displayed in a sequence of first added to last added