Version 2.0 Released - Major Upgrade!

Posted At : February 25, 2008 11:59 AM | Posted By : Joe Danziger
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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...