Posts for the "Updates" category71 posts

Email Notification Improvements

Posted May 2, 2012

We have made a small but important change to the way email notifications work in your account. In the past, you would receive an email when you changed or added something in the app. Since you were the one that added it, the email was nothing more than a confirmation that it worked. Therefore, you would probably just delete it from your inbox. We felt this was an unnecessary extra step so we removed it to save you time. Now if you are the author, you will no longer receive emails. Of course everyone else will still receive emails on records posted to the project, just not the author.

This change was just made, so after testing it out for a couple weeks let us know in the comments if you like it or not.

New Report Enhancement: View Hours and Fees by Project, Contact, or Both

Posted December 22, 2011

The Global Hours and Fees report was used to display the hours and fees by user. However, based on your feedback, we have just released an updated version of this report that now includes the following options:

• View by contact
• View by project
• View by project, expanded
• View by contact, expanded

These views were added as an additional filter and therefore you can still filter by a specific contact first. The first two options above display a summary by contact or project, whereas the ones which say "expanded" show the summary followed by the break out of the hours and fees for each project by user (as shown below) or the break out of the hours and fees for each user by project.

With these new enhancements, you can quickly see which projects and contacts have the most hours and fees logged and which projects need updating or are not as involved yet. This update was a direct result of feedback received by you. You can submit ideas or vote on existing requests from the suggestion forum.

New HTML email formats

Posted September 7, 2011

In version 3.2, we've introduced HTML formatted emails. This includes all emails sent from Projecturf such as notifications, discussions, and Daily Progress Reports. With all the system emails formatted in HTML, they appear much cleaner and more presentable, which is very important when working with clients and colleagues. The emails are nicely laid out and easy to follow for improving communication. Below is an example of the newly formatted HTML emails.

However, we also offer the option to turn off HTML emails if you still wish to receive them in plain text. This can be done by going to the account section as described here.

The new email enhancements were a direct result of feedback from you. You can continue to share new ideas or vote on existing ones by visiting our suggestion forum.

New Email Updates: Daily Progress Reports

Posted September 1, 2011

Keeping track of upcoming deadlines, overdue tasks, and schedule changes across multiple projects and teams can be a daunting task. Using a simple project management software like Projecturf will centralize and track all the moving parts of your projects while keeping you organized and focused on getting things done. A critical part of staying informed and meeting deadlines also includes quick email notifications and project status updates. Therefore, to further enhance project tracking and make managing projects easier, we've introduced a daily progress email notifying you of important updates across all of your projects.

The Daily Progress Report is a nicely formatted HTML email displaying your new and completed tasks and tickets, overdue tasks, and upcoming events and tasks. Now you will be notified of what's due within the next week, upcoming meetings, and which items have been completed. You'll also see when new tasks or tickets are added and who created them. These emails will only show items based on your individual permissions. System admin will see these changes to all projects regardless of whether or not they are assigned to the project. I've included a partial screenshot here with an example of what the report looks like.

Now you have all your project updates available in one simple email. Having this information at your fingertips will ultimately results in greater productivity across project teams, easier communication, and quicker decision making. Everyone on the team will stay informed as each project progresses. To learn more about the Daily Progress Reports, visit the support center by clicking here.

New Timecard Enhancements: Add Project Expenses & Date Filters

Posted August 30, 2011

In the Timecard section, you can now add fixed expenses along with individual time entries. These expenses can also be associated with a task or ticket similar to how your time entries are attached to tasks and tickets. This allows you to track and monitor all project expenses in one place and compare these expenses to your project budgets. Just select expense from the drop-down menu under Type to add a fixed expense.

Another enhancement just released is the ability to quickly filter the Timecards by date. This option is available from the global and project Timecard sections. You can easily view costs for a particular month or week and export the data based on the filters you set. To view a specific time period, click the filter option on the gray bar and select the date range.

These features were a direct result of feedback we received on our suggestion forum.

New Feature: Drag and Drop Gantt Charts

Posted August 25, 2011

We've just released drag and drop functionality on the custom Gantt charts. Now you can update your project schedules by quickly dragging or resizing tasks and subtasks right in the Gantt chart. You can use the global Gantt chart to make changes across all of your projects in one place or use the project Gantt chart for updating a single project. Filters are included on the top of the chart in order to view specific time periods, only show tasks and subtasks for a specific user, and to add/remove subtasks. There are also several sorting options available when displaying the chart.

To learn more about how the new drag and drop Gantt charts work, watch this short video tutorial:

Get One Month Free!

Posted August 22, 2011

We are now offering a promotion which gives you one month free when signing up for the annual subscription. Simply follow these instructions to pre-pay for one year and receive one full month off the total price:

1. When logged into your account, hover over your name on the top right of the screen and click Account
2. Under Subscription Details - Subscription, click on Modify Subscription
3. Select the plan you want and click on the drop-down menu for Type and change it to Annual.
4. Click Continue and complete the remaining steps to confirm.

You have now received your one month discount and will not be charged again for 12 months when your account renews.

Version 3.2 Now Live!

Posted August 18, 2011

Projecturf version 3.2 was just released and is available to all new and existing customers. This update includes several major new features and enhancements that provide additional functionality and help improve efficiency by speeding up your workflow. This latest version includes the following:

• Drag and drop Gantt chart that allows you to move and resize your tasks and subtasks to update your timelines quickly. This is available at both the Global level across all your projects and the project level.
• Apply colors to the Gantt charts to easily decipher between projects on the Global Gantt chart when updating your project schedules.
• Add expenses to your Timecard. You can also associate fixed expenses with a task or ticket and track to your budgets.
• Filter timecards based on selected dates to quickly view a specific week, month, etc. and export them based on the applied filters.
• Sync all your tasks and subtasks to any popular calendar application. Simply check a box and the feed will automatically generate.
• Receive a daily digest email in HTML format of all new, completed, and upcoming tasks, tickets, and events.
• Receive nicely formatted HTML emails for all your notifications and discussions. HTML emails can also be turned off if you wish to receive plain text emails.
• Get notified of Projecturf updates, news, features, and blog posts when logged in. This can be turned on and off in the account section.

These new features and enhancements were a direct result of feedback from you. Share ideas and vote on existing suggestions here: Projecturf suggestion box. To learn more about the Gantt chart and task syncing, visit the support center. We have also added a video tutorial of the Gantt chart for those who prefer video over text.

New Enhancement: Quickly Access Project Settings

Posted July 11, 2011

We have added an enhancement that allows you to enter the project settings page with just one click. If you have a project open and need to make changes to the settings, simply click the icon on the right side of the project tab (as shown below). This will take you directly to the settings tab where you can add users, change permissions, set your project budgets, and more. This comes in handy when you need to make frequent changes to the project and easily navigate back and forth.

You can also enter the settings page from the Projects page using the actions panel to the right of the project name. This enhancement was a direct result of your feedback. To vote on ideas or request new functionality, visit our suggestion forum here.

Replying to Discussions Made Simple AND New Website Released

Posted July 3, 2011

We have vastly improved the process for replying to discussions from your email. When replying to a discussion, all you will need to do is hit reply, type your message, and click send. Since the emails now say "Add your reply above this line," everything you type will be included in the reply and post to your account for that discussion topic. You are no longer required to input your message in between the lines, which makes it as easy as replying to any other email. When adding a new discussion from Projecturf, the send email notifications checkbox (as shown below) must be checked to receive the emails. Everyone added to the discussion will receive all email replies.

Website Redesign

We also redesigned our website and released it to the public on Friday, July 1st. The streamlined design offers a quick overview of our plans and simple sign up as well as a video demo of version 3.0, which is included on the Projecturf homepage. This new custom blog is also a major part of the release and provides a sleek design and quick navigation, which we have transitioned over from Wordpress.