Developing FireFox Add-ons with the Add-on Builder and SDK
This article explains the basics of creating an add-on for FireFox using the FireFox Add-on Builder and Add-on SDK. Read more about them on the Mozilla website. As an example, I’ll use the GroupDocs add-on. (You can download the source code from Github.) It’s an advanced extension so I’ll focus on the basics and highlight a couple of interesting aspects communication between scripts. I’ll mainly look at the add-on folders data and lib in the /resources/groupdocsviewer/ folder.
PDF Viewer Plugin for Joomla Is Now Officially Released!
Hello to all Joomla users! Here at GroupDocs, we’re excited to announce the release of the long-awaited PDF viewer plugin for Joomla CMS. The plugin allows you to easily embed and host PDF documents (as well as Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents) on your Joomla website. We’ve been working hard to make the installation process and plugin deployment hassle-free for Joomla web-developers and website owners. At the same time, our aim was to make the document viewer interface convenient for the end users - your website visitors.
A Year of Great Achievements: 2012 in Review
For GroupDocs, 2012 was a significant year marked by milestones; we’re proud and grateful to end a busy year with great achievements. With constant enhancements, we were able to prove that we’re an integral part of the document management world. In 2012, we have introduced enhanced versions of our apps with added features from time to time; created a variety of plugins for multiple platforms; integrated many different storage options with GroupDocs; introduced flexible API SDKs to help you integrate our apps to your existing applications; and were able build a strong base of valuable customers, ranging from small to mid to enterprise levels; amongst many others.
Online Document Viewer Plugin for Umbraco is Now Available for Download
GroupDocs’ Viewer package for Umbraco CMS is now available for download from our Marketplace. GroupDocs Viewer is a platform and software independent online document viewer that lets you open all common document formats straight in a web-browser and from any web-enabled device. With this plugin you can integrate the GroupDocs Viewer into your Umbraco website and then publish documents on any web-pages within your website. Your website visitors can then view documents directly on your Umbraco web-pages.
PDF Document Viewer Module for Drupal is Now Available for Download
Great news for all Drupal CMS users! We have released a PDF viewer module for Drupal. The module allows you to seamlessly embed PDF documents, as well as PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, word processing documents and images into web-pages on your Drupal website. The PDF document viewer module for Drupal utilizes our GroupDocs Viewer’s functionality and provides you with the following benefits:
Your website visitors don’t need any browser plug-ins or Flash to view documents hosted with our document viewer.
Announcing GroupDocs Online Document Viewer Block for Moodle
We are excited to introduce the GroupDocs.Viewer block for Moodle CMS. With this block installed, you can embed GroupDocs’ online document viewer widget into Moodle webpages to display PDF, Microsoft Office and other common document types on your website. You Moodle website visitors can then view documents online directly on your website. What is important, end users don’t have to install any software. Documents embedded to your website with GroupDocs.Viewer can be viewed using any standard web-browser.
Announcing GroupDocs Online Document Viewer Module for ExpressionEngine
Great news for all ExpressionEngine CMS users! We’ve released an efficient GroupDocs Viewer module for ExpressionEngine CMS. This plugin allows you to embed GroupDocs’ high-fidelity online document viewer together with selected documents to ExpressionEngine pages. As GroupDocs’ online document viewer supports many different formats, visitors to ExpressionEngine websites can now effortlessly view documents of multiple formats online. [caption id=“attachment_1047” align=“alignnone” width=“600” caption=“Announcing GroupDocs’ online document viewer module for ExpressionEngine”][/caption] GroupDocs Viewer is an efficient and flexible online document viewer.
Announcing GroupDocs' Online Document Viewer Module for Orchard
Good news to all Orchard CMS users! We’ve rolled out a module for the Orchard platform, which lets you embed GroupDocs’ high-fidelity online document viewer as well as selected documents to Orchard pages. No matter what the format is, you can now embed and view documents online using GroupDocs’ efficient online document viewer. [caption id=“attachment_999” align=“alignnone” width=“600” caption=“Announcing GroupDocs’ online document viewer module for Orchard”][/caption] GroupDocs Viewer is a powerful online document viewer, which allows you to view documents online simply using a browser.
Announcing GroupDocs’ Online Document Viewer Theme for Tumblr
We’re excited to announce the release of the GroupDocs Viewer Theme for Tumblr. This theme allows you to embed and host documents of various formats right on your Tumblr web-pages. And thanks to its high-fidelity rendering, the font formatting and layout of the embedded documents is exactly the same as in the original documents. [caption id=“attachment_1004” align=“alignnone” width=“600” caption=“GroupDocs’ online document viewer theme for Tumblr”][/caption]
Supported File FormatsYou can use the GroupDocs’ online document viewer theme to host documents literally of all common business formats, including: PFD documents; Word processing documents (DOC, DOCX, TXT, RTF, ODT, etc.
Introducing The New GroupDocs Dashboard and Online Document Viewer UI
We’re about to launch a new interface for the GroupDocs Dashboard and our online document viewer app. We have overhauled the look and feel of the tools to make them more intuitive to use. At the moment, we’re adding the final touches and making sure that everything works fine. The changes will be live in the next few weeks. Here’s what will change when the new interface goes live: Dashboard interface: