It's time for another maintenance update to eliminate more low-level bugs that have been discovered.

 

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A huge maintenance update for Projectfork 2.0 is now available. The patch fixes all the issues that have been reported so far, thanks to your great feedback in the forum.

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I've also published the first two user guides to help you find your way around in Projectfork. More to come very soon!

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After two years of development I am happy and proud to announce the first stable release in the history of Projectfork! What has started out as a little tool to keep my own projects a bit more organized has now become one of the biggest components available for Joomla!

A bit later than announced, but here it is now. The changes on the access system kept me busy longer than I expected. Instead of importing Joomla users to Projectfork, all users are now automatically available in Projectfork. Each user, depending on his Joomla group (visitor/registered/super administrator etc..) is automatically a member of a global group with a default set of permissions and access level. Permissions and access level can then be overwritten for each project. I think this is a huge step forward in simplifying the whole system. Furthermore, I've added a ton of tooltips and hints that will help you understand and troubleshoot the access settings and to make them more transparent.  Here is a list of new features that have been missing in the beta:

• Added ability to move folders, files and notes in the filemanager
• Added ability to subscribe to topics in the board
• Added button tooltips
• Added global groups
• Added global access levels

[Demo]
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The first reactions on the beta release were just like I expected: A lot of bugs and confused users. Always the questions that start with "How do I...", "Why can't I ..." etc.. Most of these questions were directly/indirectly related to the access system. This made me think about it again. While it is very powerful, it's a) not working properly at the moment, and b) not user-friendly and transparent enough. So I took a short break over the weekend to look at everything from a distance and as an actual user.

Phew! 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 wanted to let everyone know that we've made some awesome progress in the past weeks and you can except the beta to be released in the next 10/15 days. We've received a lot of questions via email where you could download the stable release and if a subscription is required. I want to say it again: ProjectFork is a free open-source extension for Joomla...no subscription/payment or whatsoever required at all! The stable release can be expected this November and will be announced here. Another thing I would like to mention - and I know many people who come here are looking for this - is that along with the beta release, an online demo will be available! The demo will be available to all the lazy people who don't want to download and install ProjectFork just to see what it does and if it suits their needs. However, the demo will have a few restrictions for security reasons.

It's time for our monthly update! I actually intended to release the beta version today,
but I didn't make it that far. So you'll have to wait until next month, sorry :)
Nevertheless I have tons of new features and improvements in this updated alpha release for you:

• Proper install/uninstall of sections, panels and themes
• Added XML Parameters to sections and panels
• Set custom color scheme per project
• Upload custom logo per project
• Modular project details page
• Reworked project list page
• Reworked task list page
• Configurable task milestones
• Added customizable ordering to tasks
• News panel for the controlpanel
• Workspace panel for the controlpanel
• Upload multiple files in the file manager
• "Documents" have been renamed to "notes"
• Content editor can be enabled/disabled individually for each section

I finally managed to publish two first tutorials on the website. The first tutorial explains how to create your own language package, and the second one shows you how to use the theme override feature (very similar to the Joomla template override). I know I promised to release something last week but my right hand has been sabotaged by a ton of mosquitos...and it still hurts a lot.

Anyway, you can access the documentation by clicking on the new menu item in the right menu (or just click here). Of course this is not everything - there are more tutorials in the pipeline but not yet ready. If you have any questions regarding the documentation, please post them in our documentation forum.

 

- Tobias

I wanted to share with you the final result of our last poll "Do you need a ProjectFork 0.6.7 - 2.0 converter". The majority of people wanted us to focus on the current development and so we did. However, quite a few people are asking for a tool to convert the data from ProjectFork 0.6.7 to the next version. So I've made the decision to create this converter after the release of ProjectFork 2.0. Unfortunately I cannot tell how exact the data can be converted to 2.0 at this point, because both systems and the database structure are very different. But I will find a way :)

 

If any one asks for tutorials, there's something coming out this weekend!

 

- Tobias