Searching Downloads + additional questions

[wembley2000]

Hi there

I have a site which we are currently setting up to use with Phoca Download; we previously used Remository, however this has many disadvantages including slow download speeds, it has problems when installed in a Windows server and many more which I am disappointed with.

We have therefore found the Phoca Download component, which we find to be fresh, powerful and much more compatible with our Windows host platform.

We currently use Joomla v1.5, which yes I know needs upgrading to Joomla v2.5, but with the heavy amount of content and need to redesign the template, this is not going to happen very soon.

We have a couple of problems as follows:
Firstly we are unable to search Phoca Downloads; how, if at all possible, can we fix this
Does Phoca support nested categories when used with Joomla v1.5 and Phocal Download v1.3.9?
Is it possible to port our entire Remository install to Phoca Download? We have so many files and categories, this is going to be really difficult if done manually?

Kind regards

[Jan]

Hi,

1) search - there is a search plugin for Phoca Download but it is external - you will find it on JED, for 2.5 there is internal plugin: https://www.phoca.cz/phoca-download-search-plugin
2) No in 1.5 - there the sections are used. Nested categories are supported since version 2 (Joomla! 2.5)
3) I don't know Remository so cannot say anything about importing. In Phoca Download 2, there is Multiple Add function which can help while adding files to the system.

Jan