September 13, 2012

We released updates for Tasks Plus and Assignments Plus modules for activeCollab 3. Both of them bring a lot of enhancements – most of which you asked for!

Tasks Plus v3.2

The biggest addition to this release of Tasks Plus is workflow rule support for Sub Tasks.. Your workflow labels rules for Tasks now also apply to Sub Tasks. So sub tasks automatically close / open based on those labels too!

Enhancements:
+ Subtasks too adhere to Task Workflow rules ! And automatically 
  close / reopen.
+ Added ability to open a Task in a new window from the task list 
  (click on the outward pointing arrow on right)
+ Email notifications are now triggered when a task is reassigned
+ Labels are sorted by workflow position in admin panel now

Fixes:
- Adding new workflow label did not set positions correctly. Fixed.

Assignments Plus v3.1

Assignments Plus was only accessible to people with Project Management (and above) privileges so far – because it was visible only in the “Reports and Filters” screen. But now you can let everyone in your team benefit from the power of assignments plus by creating a homescreen tab for “Assignment Plus Filters”. You can even select a filter to apply.

Here’s the full changelog:

Enhancements:
+ Added ability to export assignments in HTML and CSV format
  (CSV format does not show grouping yet…)
+ Added ability to print assignments
+ You can now add Assignments Plus filters as a Homescreen Tab and use them 
  even for people who don't have access to Reports & Filters section

Fixes:
- Database query error about "start_on" field not being present
- "Failed to execute query" error when grouping by milestone.
- Some assignments were missing from the results
- Assignment labels did not display correctly

You can download the latest updates from our “My Account” section.

September 12, 2012

Communications module debuts on aC3

Today we released the first version of Communications module for activeCollab 3. Communications module provides instant live chat rooms and discussions. You can create such communications at global level or for a specific project – and can even limit them to specific people.

The aC3 edition is in beta currently. Final version will be released in near future based on user feedback.

Major Improvements in Time Reports Plus

Today’s Time Reports Plus 3.2 version adds mass update for job types / billable status, printable time reports, group level selection checkboxes and more!

Here’s the full change log:

Enhancements:
+ Time reports are now available at project level too! Just like aC2!
+ Selection checkboxes at group level - to select all children with one click
+ Print Time Reports
+ New sidebar for project overview to see time tracked by users
+ New in mass update: Change billable status labels of selected time records
+ New in mass update: Change job type of selected time records

Fixes:
- Total hours were not displaying correctly when number formatting included ","
- HTML export did not work correctly with non latin characters

activeCollab 3.1.12 compatibility for Search Plus

We are also releasing Search Plus v3.0.1 today. This makes it compatible with activeCollab 3.1.12.

Here’s the full change log:

activeCollab 3.1.12 compatible version.

Fixes:
- Show only one Todo list in search result

August 18, 2012

Do you want your WHMCS clients to use activeCollab? But don’t want to make them remember two different passwords? Enter WHMCS aC Connector!

WHMCS aC Connector module for activeCollab 3 lets your WHMCS clients login to activeCollab using their WHMCS login credentials. You can now use WHMCS for billing, hosting and support tickets, and use activeCollab for project management and collaboration. Best of both worlds!

Learn more and buy the module at huge inaugural discount!!

July 24, 2012

We are happy to announce immediate availability of our new module – Quick Links.

Quick Links module for activeCollab 3 lets you add custom links to activeCollab’s main menu (the left most menu with icons). You can add external links or links to any page within activeCollab. You can even decide to open the link in a new window or embed it within activeCollab. Not only that, you can even choose from a wide range of icons to go with your links.

This is the simplest, smartest and most elegant way to achieve third party app integrations with activeCollab in the entire history.

Perfect solutions when:

• You want to integrate activeCollab with a CRM system, or WHMCS, or Xero, or Freshbooks, or JIRA, or any other system.
• You have documentation / resources for your team and clients stored on another system (CMS / Intranet / Cloud etc), and want to make them available within activeCollab.
• you want to cut down on the time it takes to navigate within activeCollab. And allow jumping to any page within activeCollab with a single click.

 

Learn more and buy Quick Links module

 

PS: Thanks to Bart Dabek for the original idea!

 

July 20, 2012

Quick note:

We’ve released Planning v3.1.1, Tasks Plus v3.0.5 and Quick Add Plus v3.1 for activeCollab 3. All three are recommended upgrades for activeCollab 3 users. Please download them from our “My Account” area.

You don’t need to “uninstall” and “reinstall” to upgrade. Simply overwrite the module folders on your server, login as admin, and rebuild images, clear cache and clear compile folders using “Admin Tools” in activeCollab bottom bar menu.

July 15, 2012

When I was in school, they’d make us shout the schools motto loud and clear. I kept on calling it at the top of my voice year after year. Sometimes when I’d sit with myself, I’d whisper it to myself. Trying to understand what it meant…

I realized the true meaning of that mantra a decade after leaving school…

The mantra was:

Better Everyday!

Knowingly or unknowingly, that mantra has become a part of myself now. It’s into my core belief system and hence a core principle for Apps Magnet’s operations as well.

Better Everyday. Continuos Improvement. Kaizen. Iterative Development. Daily Standups. Weekly Reviews. Monthly Goal Setting….

What really matters is not whether you are better than others, but whether you are better than your former self.

That’s the mantra that inspires us every morning. Gets us to keep innovating.

And that’s what got us release updates to five products today.

• Planning module 3.1 – many improvements, cards view is back
• Tasks Plus 3.0.4 – bug fixes and activeCollab 3.1.10 compatibility
• Reports Plus 3.0.2 – minor update to check Tracking module presence on installation
• Notifications Plus 3.0.1 – Fixes a query error
• Time Reports Plus 3.0.2 – minor update to check Tracking module presence on installation

You can download these updates from your My Account page.

So, how did you improve from yesterday?

July 11, 2012

Do you want to color your activeCollab? Not happy with the default color scheme?

While theme support for activeCollab 3 is not yet available, it’s easy to customize activeCollab’s color scheme if you use our Bespoke module.

Jacques Island from Inquesta Corporation, a Bespoke customer, told me he wanted to change activeCollab color scheme, but didn’t know what CSS to change. So I went ahead and created a Bespoke snippet!

This snippet changes colors for the top tab bar, list of items on the left and the background of entire activeCollab. You can replace color values in the CSS with your own colors and paste it in the CSS section within Bespoke. Save, refresh, and off you go!

So what’s your favorite shade?

June 22, 2012

If you are looking for activeCollab 3 compatible version of one of our products, there are couple of simple ways to determine if a product has been ported to activeCollab 3.

Check the product catalog for “AC3″ tag

All activeCollab 3 products are tagged with “AC3″ in our product catalog. This tag is shown next to the product name in the all products listing. It is also shown on right just above the “additional properties” tabs on individual product pages.

Check if the version number begins with 3

From within the My Account area, you can check if the version number of a product begin with 3 (for example 3.0, 3.0.1 etc). If it does, then it’s the activeCollab 3 edition of the product. All activeCollab 2 products will have version numbers lower than 3.

Multi version downloads

If a product does not have version number displayed, it’s most likely ported to activeCollab 3 and the .zip file download contains both activeCollab 2 and activeCollab 3 versions. You can confirm this by looking at the product catalog – the product will have both “AC2″ and “AC3″ tags.

Renamed / Merged Products

Some products are renamed in activeCollab 3 to match new terminology. E.g. Tickets Plus is renamed to Tasks Plus. Reports is renamed to Reports Plus. If you purchased an activeCollab 2 version of the product, we have also added the renamed aC3 version of the product in your available downloads.

We have also merged Housekeeping, Incremental Backup, acGarage Lite and Gravatar into a single acGarage Plus product for activeCollab 3. If you had any of these products for aC2, you will need to re-purchase acGarage Plus. To compensate for the possible loss, we have included $10 store credit with acGarage Plus.

Discontinued Products

Some products will not be ported to activeCollab 3. Mainly because that functionality is already incorporated in aC3. Such products include: Copy Pages and Discussions acHack, Latest Comments First acHack and Inline Pagination acHack.

Confidential Items is not yet ported to aC3. We want to make it available for aC3, but haven’t yet found a “clean” way to implement it.

Click here to see all our activeCollab 3 modules

 

You may also want to learn how to install a custom module in activeCollab 3 or check the status of activeCollab 3 porting of our products.

 

Hope this answers your questions. Post a comment here if you have any further questions.

May 23, 2012

activeCollab 3 was announced yesterday and our mailbox is full with people asking if our modules are compatible with activeCollab 3, or when will we do acGarage upgrade to aC3.

We’ve created a page to answer these questions and will keep updating it as we go along.

Head over to activeCollab 3 Status page

May 9, 2012

We released updates to four activeCollab modules today.

You can download these versions from your “My Account” page after logging in.