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Laserfiche WebLink

Content Portals for Public-Facing Websites or Extranets

Laserfiche WebLink is a Web browser–based thin client that provides read-only access to documents and functions as a secure portal for access to public information.

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WebLink allows you to generate a content portal site based on a database, without coding or programming. Anyone with a connection to the Internet or a local intranet has access to the information they need—often reducing the burden on staff of responding to requests for information.

Use Content Internally, Share it With the Public

Public portal functionality enables your organization to make information available to more interested parties than typically have access to your content repository. Specifically, adding WebLink to the full Laserfiche Client allows you to offer two views into the same active repository: full read/write access to individuals who need to work with content (e.g., internal use with the Client), and read-only access with no modify or delete capabilities for the public (e.g., external publication with WebLink). In addition, WebLink sites can now be crawled by Internet search engines, so your public documents can be found the same way users find other pages on the Internet.

Integrate Web Content Management with Your Laserfiche Repository

With Laserfiche WebLink, access, security, and customization are easy. Your published WebLink site is browser and platform independent, so anyone who needs to access your content can find it. Administrators put the power of Laserfiche access controls to work to allow or restrict public access to appropriate information. And functionality can be customized to your organization’s needs, just as the look and feel can be customized to match your branding.

Basic Functionality

Remote and Mobile Work

  • Access Laserfiche documents from any computer with an Internet browser.
  • Access documents from mobile devices.
  • Stay up-to-date on documents added to or deleted from folders with RSS feeds.

Searching

  • Search for document properties, metadata, or text.
  • Search via the Quick Search, Search Pane options, or Laserfiche advanced search syntax.
  • Customize the Welcome Page to include preconfigured searches.

Image and Document Tools

  • Use various toolbar buttons for flexible document viewing.
  • Export and print PDF versions of documents.
  • E-mail links to documents directly from the Laserfiche repository.

System Administration

  • Manage application settings through IIS and ASP.NET configuration.
  • Manage Laserfiche repository connections, e-mail, watermarks, and other administrative features through the WebLink Administrator’s Utility.
  • Fully customize the colors, images, and other components of your WebLink site with the WebLink Designer.

Installation and Support

Thin Client

  • Centrally-administered IIS Server.
  • Access from a variety of browsers, operating systems, and mobile devices.

Authentication

  • Single sign-on with Windows domain account in Active Directory.
  • Authentication using LDAP accounts.
  • Authentication using Laserfiche accounts.
  • Configure automatic login using any account in your repository.

Security

  • Secure documents through access control lists, security tags, and privileges.
  • Support for SSL secure communication.
  • Assign security directly to domain user and group accounts.

Environment

Web Server Operating System

  • Windows XP (Service Pack 2), Windows 2003 (Service Pack 1), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2008.

Web Server

  • Internet Information Services (IIS).

Web Browsers

  • Internet Explorer 6 , 7, or 8, Firefox 2 or 3, Safari, Chrome, and Opera.

Mobile Device Access

  • iPhone or Android.

Authentication

  • Integrated Windows Authentication, Active Directory, Kerberos, Laserfiche Authentication, LDAP.

Virtualization

  • VMWare Infrastructure, VMWare Workstation, VMWare Server.
Access WebLink from an Internet browser. Access WebLink from an Internet browser. Link preconfigured searches from the Welcome Page. Link preconfigured searches from the Welcome Page. Send links to documents via e-mail. Send links to documents via e-mail. Configure repository connections, watermarks, e-mail, usages statistics, and the location of your temporary files using the WebLink Administrator’s Utility. Configure repository connections, watermarks, e-mail, usages statistics, and the location of your temporary files using the WebLink Administrator’s Utility.  Customize your site’s theme, Welcome Page, navigation links, Document Viewer, search results, and search options using the WebLink Designer. Customize your site’s theme, Welcome Page, navigation links, Document Viewer, search results, and search options using the WebLink Designer.

Product Datasheet

WebLink 8 Datasheet
Provide document access with a customizable public Web portal

Related Resources

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