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ProjectFork Beta released
ProjectFork BetaPhew! The beta is out now, finally! And I can't tell you how excited I am about the fact that ProjectFork will soon be ready for production. In fact, Kyle and I planned on releasing the stable version in exactly two weeks from now (11/01). Until then, we still have things to do and a lot of bugs to fix. But let's talk about the current release first:

I've added an enormous amount of new and complex features, some of which are still under construction. Therefore the beta is running less stable than the previous versions. However I am confident that it will all work out as planned in the next two weeks. You can help ensure the stability of the system by reporting anything you find in the forum (http://forum.projectfork.net).

 

New Features

As I've said before, there are a lot of new things to explore in the beta release. One of the biggest features is the incredible access system. It allows you to restrict access accross all sections/actions available. It is extremly sophisticated and there are 113 permissions to choose from! We now also have a new section called "Board". It's basically a pared-down Forum where you can create topics and people can reply to. Another big feature is the ability to comment on tasks and notes. Here is a (almost) complete list of the new features:

  • Added Access System
  • Added Board section
  • Added comment function for tasks and notes
  • Added avatar upload in profile
  • Added modular note details page
  • Added modular profile details page
  • Added ability to archive projects
  • Added ability to attach folders,files and notes to tasks
  • Added ability to approve projects
  • Added "events" panel to control panel
  • Added "tasks" panel to project details page
  • Added email notification for tasks
  • Added ability to request to join a project
  • Added ability to show projects, tasks and milestones in calendar
  • Added public registration form (Link: index.php?option=com_projectfork&section=users&task=form_register)
  • Added several copy settings (allows to create project templates) to projects section
  • Added ability to quickly update the task progress from within the task list
  • Added config quicklink (see top-right of the PF screen)
  • Added "Did you know" panel with over 50 random tips


And we have a DEMO SITE! Finally, after almost two years :)


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written by a guest, October 18, 2008
Great piece of software,
Is there also an dutch language comming for this ??
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written by a guest, October 18, 2008
Fantastic!
Just playing around with the demo - what I see is really impressing...
Recently made a sort of research in chase of a collaborative tool for our animal welfare society and I was considering Basecamp and PHProjekt but now I think it will be ProjectFork after all. Suits exactly our purpose, not being too complicated at the same time, open source and Joomla integrated.
Congratulations and thanks a ton!
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written by eaxs, October 19, 2008
Is there also an dutch language comming for this ??

I don't know. Someone will have to translate the language file.
I don't speak dutch smilies/wink.gif
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written by a guest, October 19, 2008
i am really looking forward to this software. there was no problem to install the alpha release, but now i got this massage, even joomla told me, that everything was installed succsessfull,but:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '&', expecting T_VARIABLE or '$' in ....mydomain..../administrator/components/com_projectfork/_core/lib/protector.php on line 179

but i am sure, you will finally do a great job.
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written by eaxs, October 19, 2008
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '&', expecting T_VARIABLE or '$' in ....mydomain..../administrator/components/com_projectfork/_core/lib/protector.php on line 179

Open the file /administrator/components/com_projectfork/_core/lib/protector.php and go to line 179 where you see:
foreach ($sub_tasks AS $id => &$task)

Remove the "&" smilies/smiley.gif
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written by a guest, October 19, 2008
Hello,

GREAT ! Just installed it, works fine. The only thing that seems to be not working is the calendar. it works as calendar, but doesn't show a deadline or whatever. I have a published project, a milestone in the future, a task, members. And in the config of the calendar i set all to YES. I am logged in, so everything should be fine.

With regards,

joep.
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written by eaxs, October 19, 2008
Thanks, I'll check it out!
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written by a guest, October 19, 2008
We, at jjcd.nl, are working on a dutch translation. (and some other things aswell smilies/smiley.gif )

Remco
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written by a guest, December 10, 2008
can I remove / hide the random tips at the top ?
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