A new version of the Project Tracker has been released today. This version incorporates over a dozen major feature upgrades and enhancements - plus a whole lot of bug fixes as well. Version 1 turned out to be a bit popular and generated some interest, which led to lots of upgrades since people were actually using it!
Thanks to all who contributed - in code and in suggestions, including Nick Tong, Mark Mandel, Rick Osborne, Terrence Ryan, Jeff Coughlin, Jeffry Houser, Ray Camden, and anyone else I might have missed..
The improvements go something like this:
- New Administration area for settings, projects, clients, users, etc.
- Email and/or SMS Notification system of new files, issues, messages, milestones, tasks
- Granular permission system for each project and item
- New issue system featuring statuses of new, accepted, resolved, and closed.
- Enhanced code for speed: JavaScript libraries trimmed down. Less reliance on Interface, more on jQuery and now using lates jQuery. Minimized number of external CSS and JS calls.
- CSS has been made more "bullet-proof"
- Streamlined UI when only 1 project. Allows for auto-login of guest user to provide for public projects.
- Includes SQL upgrade scripts for version 1. Better internationalization. Better mySQL compatibility.
- Forgot username/password functionality.
- Moved to JavaKit SVN for UNIX SVN browsing. Now includes Diff functionality. Includes JavaLoader.
- Client management included and linked to projects.
- Attach files to messages.
- Assign due date to tasks.
- API for reading projects data.
- General bug fixes...
Hopefully lots of you will find this helpful and it will help you manage your projects better!!!
-Joe